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1		-	~~89R22075~~ ANG-F
	1	+	89R3836 ANG-F
2	2		By: Darby H.B. No. 3158
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3158:
4		-	By: Darby C.S.H.B. No. 3158
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9	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	8		AN ACT
11	9		relating to imposition of application fees for certain permits and
12	10		permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste.
13	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	12		SECTION 1. Section 91.1013, Natural Resources Code, is
15	13		amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
16	14		(a-1) to read as follows:
17	15		(a) [With each application for a fluid injection well
18	16		permit, the applicant shall submit to the commission a
19	17		nonrefundable fee of $200.] In this section:
20		-	(1) "Commercial oil and gas waste separation facility"
21		-	means a facility that manages but does not dispose of oil and gas
22		-	waste on site and that is managed by an owner or operator whose
23		-	primary business is to provide oil field fluid or oil and gas waste
24		-	management services for compensation.
25		-	(2) "Commercial surface oil and gas waste disposal
26		-	facility" means a facility that disposes of oil and gas waste on
27		-	site and that is managed by an owner or operator whose primary
28		-	business is to provide oil field fluid or oil and gas waste disposal
29		-	services for compensation.
30		-	(3) "Fluid[, "fluid] injection well" means any well
	18	+	(1) "Fluid[, "fluid] injection well" means any well
31	19		used to inject fluid or gas into the ground in connection with the
32	20		exploration or production of oil or gas other than an oil and gas
33	21		waste disposal well regulated by the commission pursuant to Chapter
34	22		27, Water Code.
35		-	(4) "Land application permit" means a permit
	23	+	(2) "Land application permit" means a permit
36	24		authorizing the covering of a controlled area with gas plant
37	25		effluent or low-chloride produced water through the use of a
38	26		sprinkler or other irrigation system.
39		-	(5) "Landfarm permit" means a permit authorizing the
40		-	disposal of low-chloride, water-based oil and gas waste, including
41		-	drilling fluid, by mixing or tilling the fluid or waste into the
42		-	natural soil so that the waste will not migrate from the area
43		-	covered by the landfarm permit.
44		-	(6) "Landtreatment permit" means a permit authorizing
45		-	the disposal of oil-based oil and gas waste, including oil-based
46		-	drilling fluid, oil-impacted soil, or other oil and gas waste, by
47		-	mixing or tilling the fluid, soil, or waste into the natural soil to
48		-	degrade the fluid, impacted soil, or waste so that the fluid,
49		-	impacted soil, or waste will not migrate from the area covered by
50		-	the landtreatment permit.
	27	+	(3) "Landfarm permit" means a permit authorizing the
	28	+	disposal of low chloride, water-based drilling fluid or oil and gas
	29	+	waste by mixing or tilling the fluid or waste into the natural soil
	30	+	so that the waste will not migrate from the area covered by the
	31	+	landfarm permit.
	32	+	(4) "Landtreatment permit" means a permit authorizing
	33	+	the disposal of oil-based drilling fluid, oil-impacted soil, or oil
	34	+	and gas waste by mixing or tilling the fluid, soil, or waste into
	35	+	the natural soil to degrade the fluid, impacted soil, or waste so
	36	+	that the fluid, impacted soil, or waste will not migrate from the
	37	+	area covered by the landtreatment permit.
51	38		(a-1) With each application for a fluid injection well
52	39		permit, the applicant shall submit to the commission a
53	40		nonrefundable fee of $200.
54	41		(b) An applicant [With each application] for a permit to
55	42		store, treat, or dispose of certain oil and gas waste [discharge to
56	43		surface water under this chapter and commission rules, other than a
57	44		permit for a discharge that meets National Pollutant Discharge
58	45		Elimination System requirements for agricultural or wildlife use,
59	46		the applicant] shall submit to the commission a nonrefundable fee
60	47		for that application as follows:
61	48		(1) $500 for an application for a landfarm,
62	49		landtreatment, or land application permit or permit amendment;
63	50		(2) $2,000 for an application for a commercial oil and
64	51		gas waste separation facility permit;
65	52		(3) $1,000 for an application for an amendment to a
66		-	commercial ~~oil and gas~~ waste separation facility permit;
	53	+	commercial waste separation facility permit;
67	54		(4) $3,000 for an application for a commercial surface
68		-	oil and gas waste ~~disposal~~ facility permit; and
	55	+	oil and gas waste facility permit; and
69	56		(5) $1,000 for an application for an amendment to a
70		-	commercial surface oil and gas waste disposal facility permit [of
71		-	$300].
	57	+	commercial surface waste facility permit [of $300].
72	58		SECTION 2. Section 91.1013, Natural Resources Code, as
73	59		amended by this Act, applies only to an application for the issuance
74	60		or amendment of a permit that is filed with the Railroad Commission
75	61		of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. An application
76	62		for a permit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed
77	63		by the law in effect on the date of the filing, and the former law is
78	64		continued in effect for that purpose.
79	65		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.