Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4066 Compare Versions

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1	1		87R17585 JAM-D
2		-	By: Lucio III, Larson H.B. No. 4066
	2	+	By: Lucio III H.B. No. 4066
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4066:
	4	+	By: Price C.S.H.B. No. 4066
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the adoption by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a
8	10		permit by rule for the beneficial reuse of domestic wastewater and
9	11		mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater produced at
10	12		certain oil and gas drilling sites.
11	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	14		SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 3, Natural Resources Code, is
13	15		amended by adding Chapter 124 to read as follows:
14	16		CHAPTER 124. TREATMENT AND RECYCLING FOR BENEFICIAL USE OF CERTAIN
15	17		WASTEWATER AT OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITES
16	18		Sec. 124.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
17	19		(1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of
18	20		Texas.
19	21		(2) "Domestic wastewater" means wastewater that
20	22		originates primarily from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry sources,
21	23		including waste from food preparation, dishwashing, garbage
22	24		grinding, toilets, baths, showers, and sinks of a residential
23	25		dwelling.
24	26		(3) "Mobile drinking water treatment system
25	27		wastewater" means wastewater generated from the treatment of
26	28		surface or subsurface groundwater for drinking water purposes.
27	29		Sec. 124.002. BENEFICIAL RECYCLING OF CERTAIN WASTEWATER AT
28	30		OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITES. (a) This section applies to an oil and
29	31		gas drilling site regardless of whether the well has been
30	32		completed.
31	33		(b) The commission shall adopt a permit by rule for the
32	34		beneficial recycling of:
33	35		(1) treated domestic wastewater generated at oil and
34	36		gas drilling sites; and
35	37		(2) mobile drinking water treatment system
36	38		wastewater, including reverse osmosis reject water, generated from
37	39		oil and gas drilling sites.
38	40		(c) The commission, in adopting a permit by rule under this
39	41		section, must require:
40	42		(1) that discharges of treated wastewater at oil and
41	43		gas drilling sites are in compliance with the state's applicable
42	44		water quality standards for reuse down-hole or applied to land;
43	45		(2) notification of the start date and exact location
44	46		for each domestic wastewater or mobile drinking water treatment
45	47		system unit;
46	48		(3) reporting requirements that include:
47	49		(A) the total number of days domestic wastewater
48	50		or mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater is reused or
49	51		applied after treatment;
50	52		(B) the total volume of each type of wastewater
51	53		received for treatment;
52	54		(C) the total volume of treated effluent for each
53	55		type of reuse method, including down-hole, controlled irrigation,
54	56		and dust suppression;
55	57		(D) a table of the water treatment analytical
56	58		results, sampling dates, corresponding analytical reports, and
57	59		chain of custody for the parameters; and
58	60		(E) the filing of an organization report; and
59	61		(4) financial security assurances in an amount not to
60	62		exceed $200,000 per year for each active permit.
61	63		SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Railroad
62	64		Commission of Texas shall adopt the permit by rule as required by
63	65		Section 124.002, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act.
64	66		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.