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| 1 | 1 | 86R13501 JXC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 3324 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to groundwater impact contingency planning by pipeline | |
| 8 | 8 | operators. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 26.409 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 26.409. CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR PIPELINES. (a) The | |
| 13 | 13 | commission by rule shall require the operator of a pipeline that is | |
| 14 | 14 | under the jurisdiction of the pipeline safety and regulatory | |
| 15 | 15 | program described by Section 81.071, Natural Resources Code, to | |
| 16 | 16 | submit to the commission a site-specific contingency plan that | |
| 17 | 17 | describes measures to be taken to control, contain, and collect any | |
| 18 | 18 | discharge of fluids from the pipeline to minimize impacts to | |
| 19 | 19 | groundwater in this state. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) The commission may reject a plan submitted under | |
| 21 | 21 | Subsection (a), and require a new plan, if the commission | |
| 22 | 22 | determines that the submitted plan is insufficient to safeguard | |
| 23 | 23 | present and future groundwater supplies. | |
| 24 | 24 | (c) The commission shall send each plan accepted under this | |
| 25 | 25 | section to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety | |
| 26 | 26 | Administration or a successor agency. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |