87R17585 JAM-D
By: Lucio III, Larson H.B. No. 4066
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a
permit by rule for the beneficial reuse of domestic wastewater and
mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater produced at
certain oil and gas drilling sites.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 3, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 124 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 124. TREATMENT AND RECYCLING FOR BENEFICIAL USE OF CERTAIN
WASTEWATER AT OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITES
Sec. 124.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of
Texas.
(2) "Domestic wastewater" means wastewater that
originates primarily from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry sources,
including waste from food preparation, dishwashing, garbage
grinding, toilets, baths, showers, and sinks of a residential
dwelling.
(3) "Mobile drinking water treatment system
wastewater" means wastewater generated from the treatment of
surface or subsurface groundwater for drinking water purposes.
Sec. 124.002. BENEFICIAL RECYCLING OF CERTAIN WASTEWATER AT
OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITES. (a) This section applies to an oil and
gas drilling site regardless of whether the well has been
completed.
(b) The commission shall adopt a permit by rule for the
beneficial recycling of:
(1) treated domestic wastewater generated at oil and
gas drilling sites; and
(2) mobile drinking water treatment system
wastewater, including reverse osmosis reject water, generated from
oil and gas drilling sites.
(c) The commission, in adopting a permit by rule under this
section, must require:
(1) that discharges of treated wastewater at oil and
gas drilling sites are in compliance with the state's applicable
water quality standards for reuse down-hole or applied to land;
(2) notification of the start date and exact location
for each domestic wastewater or mobile drinking water treatment
system unit;
(3) reporting requirements that include:
(A) the total number of days domestic wastewater
or mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater is reused or
applied after treatment;
(B) the total volume of each type of wastewater
received for treatment;
(C) the total volume of treated effluent for each
type of reuse method, including down-hole, controlled irrigation,
and dust suppression;
(D) a table of the water treatment analytical
results, sampling dates, corresponding analytical reports, and
chain of custody for the parameters; and
(E) the filing of an organization report; and
(4) financial security assurances in an amount not to
exceed $200,000 per year for each active permit.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Railroad
Commission of Texas shall adopt the permit by rule as required by
Section 124.002, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.