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| 1 | 1 | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 242 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental | |
| 7 | 7 | Quality to require water pollution abatement plans from certain | |
| 8 | 8 | facilities regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 26.0462 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 26.0462. EDWARDS AQUIFER PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL, | |
| 13 | 13 | GAS, OR GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Notwithstanding another provision of | |
| 14 | 14 | this chapter or a provision of the Natural Resources Code, the | |
| 15 | 15 | commission may require the owner or operator of a facility used in | |
| 16 | 16 | connection with an activity that is associated with the | |
| 17 | 17 | exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or geothermal | |
| 18 | 18 | resources and regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas to | |
| 19 | 19 | submit to the commission a water pollution abatement plan for the | |
| 20 | 20 | facility if the facility is located in the recharge zone of the | |
| 21 | 21 | Edwards Aquifer, as defined by commission rule. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |