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1		-	H.B. No. 3516
	1	+	By: King of Uvalde, Guillen H.B. No. 3516
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Perry)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2021;
	4	+	May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	5	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 10, 2021, rereferred to
	6	+	Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2021,
	7	+	reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	8	+	May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
	9	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to the regulation of the recycling of fluid oil and gas
6	15		waste.
7	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	17		SECTION 1. Section 122.004, Natural Resources Code, is
9	18		amended to read as follows:
10	19		Sec. 122.004. COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL
11	20		USE. (a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment
12	21		and beneficial use of oil and gas waste.
13	22		(b) Rules adopted under this section must:
14	23		(1) encourage fluid oil and gas waste recycling for
15	24		beneficial purposes; and
16	25		(2) establish standards for the issuance of permits
17	26		for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste.
18	27		(c) In adopting rules under this section, the commission
19	28		shall consider previously adopted rules for recycling fluid oil and
20	29		gas waste.
21	30		(d) Rules adopted under this section for commercial
22	31		recycling of fluid oil and gas waste must establish:
23	32		(1) minimum siting standards for fluid recycling pits;
24	33		(2) uniform technical, construction, and placement
25	34		standards;
26	35		(3) uniform standards for estimating closure costs;
27	36		(4) minimum and maximum bonding and financial security
28	37		amounts based on factors determined by the commission; and
29	38		(5) standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil
30	39		and gas waste.
31	40		(e) The commission shall approve or deny an application for
32	41		a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later
33	42		than the 90th day after the date the complete application was
34	43		received by the commission, unless a protest is filed with the
35	44		commission, in which case the commission may extend the amount of
36	45		time to approve or deny the application in order to allow for
37	46		notice, public comment, and a public hearing on the application. If
38	47		the commission does not approve or deny the application before that
39	48		date, the permit application is considered approved and the
40	49		applicant may operate under the terms specified in the application
41	50		for a period of one year.
42	51		(f) An application requesting a variance from the standards
43	52		adopted under this section must be evaluated and determined to be
44	53		substantially similar to previous variances approved by the
45	54		commission.
46	55		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
47		-	______________________________ ______________________________
48		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
49		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3516 was passed by the House on April
50		-	27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 1 present, not
51		-	voting.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Chief Clerk of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3516 was passed by the Senate on May
55		-	21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Secretary of the Senate
58		-	APPROVED: _____________________
59		-	Date
60		-	_____________________
61		-	Governor
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