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