| 1 | 1 | | 87R12105 SLB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perry S.B. No. 1335 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the regulation of the recycling of oil and gas waste. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 122.004, Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 122.004. COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL |
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| 12 | 12 | | USE. (a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment |
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| 13 | 13 | | and beneficial use of oil and gas waste. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), rules adopted |
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| 15 | 15 | | under this section must not differ in treatment of commercial and |
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| 16 | 16 | | noncommercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c) Rules adopted under this section must establish: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) minimum siting standards for commercial fluid |
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| 19 | 19 | | recycling pits; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) uniform technical, construction, and sampling |
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| 21 | 21 | | standards consistent with noncommercial recycling standards for |
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| 22 | 22 | | fluid oil and gas waste; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) minimum and maximum bonding and financial security |
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| 24 | 24 | | amounts for commercial fluid recyclers; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil |
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| 26 | 26 | | and gas waste. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) The commission shall approve or deny an application for |
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| 28 | 28 | | a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later |
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| 29 | 29 | | than the 90th day after the date the complete application was |
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| 30 | 30 | | received by the commission. If the commission does not approve or |
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| 31 | 31 | | deny the application before that date, the permit application is |
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| 32 | 32 | | considered approved and the applicant may operate under the terms |
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| 33 | 33 | | specified in the application for a period of one year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (e) An application requesting a variance from the standards |
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| 35 | 35 | | adopted under this section must be evaluated and approved |
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| 36 | 36 | | consistent with previous variances approved by the commission. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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