| 1 | 1 | | 85R12767 SLB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 3467 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a restriction on permits authorizing discharges of |
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| 8 | 8 | | sewage effluent into any water in the contributing or recharge zone |
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| 9 | 9 | | of the San Antonio or Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by adding Section 26.0465 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 26.0465. RESTRICTION ON PERMITS FOR DISCHARGES OF |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEWAGE EFFLUENT INTO WATER IN CERTAIN ZONES OF EDWARDS AQUIFER. (a) |
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| 15 | 15 | | The commission may not: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) issue a new permit authorizing the discharge of |
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| 17 | 17 | | sewage effluent into any water in the contributing or recharge zone |
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| 18 | 18 | | of the San Antonio or Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer; |
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| 19 | 19 | | or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) amend a permit that was issued before September 1, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2017, to authorize an increase in the amount of sewage effluent that |
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| 22 | 22 | | may be discharged into any water in the contributing or recharge |
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| 23 | 23 | | zone of the San Antonio or Barton Springs segment of the Edwards |
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| 24 | 24 | | Aquifer. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) This section does not affect the authority of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | commission to issue a new permit authorizing one or more of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | following discharges or to amend a permit to authorize an increase |
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| 28 | 28 | | in one or more of the following discharges: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) a discharge of storm water runoff from: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) an industrial facility; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) a municipal storm sewer system that is |
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| 32 | 32 | | separate and distinct from the municipality's wastewater |
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| 33 | 33 | | collection system; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | (C) construction activity; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) a discharge from: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) firefighting activity; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) the flushing of a fire hydrant; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C) a potable water source, including the |
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| 39 | 39 | | flushing of drinking fountain water or a water line; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) an air conditioner or compressor if the |
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| 41 | 41 | | discharge consists of uncontaminated condensate; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (E) lawn watering or similar irrigation work; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (F) pavement wash-down without the use of |
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| 44 | 44 | | detergents or other chemicals if a spill or leak of toxic or |
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| 45 | 45 | | hazardous material has not occurred or all spilled or leaked |
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| 46 | 46 | | material has been removed; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (G) a routine external building wash-down that |
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| 48 | 48 | | does not use detergents or other compounds; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (H) a foundation or footing drain if the |
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| 50 | 50 | | discharge is not contaminated with a solvent or other process |
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| 51 | 51 | | material; or |
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| 52 | 52 | | (I) the spray-down of a lumber or wood product |
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| 53 | 53 | | storage yard if chemical additives are not used in the spray-down |
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| 54 | 54 | | water and chemicals are not applied to the lumber or wood products |
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| 55 | 55 | | during storage; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) a discharge of uncontaminated groundwater or |
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| 57 | 57 | | spring water; or |
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| 58 | 58 | | (4) a discharge of storm water or groundwater seepage |
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| 59 | 59 | | from mine dewatering activity at a construction, sand and gravel, |
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| 60 | 60 | | industrial sand, or crushed stone mining facility. |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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