Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1		-	By: Birdwell, et al. S.B. No. 1145
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	1	+	By: Birdwell, Sparks S.B. No. 1145
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 6, 2025; February 24, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
	4	+	March 5, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
	5	+	Nays 0; March 5, 2025, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	10		AN ACT
8	11		relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental
9	12		Quality to issue permits for the land application of water produced
10	13		from certain mining and oil and gas extraction operations.
11	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	15		SECTION 1. Section 26.131, Water Code, as effective until
13	16		delegation of authority under the Resource Conservation and
14	17		Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.) to the
15	18		Railroad Commission of Texas, is amended by amending Subsection (b)
16	19		and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
17	20		(b) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (d) and
18	21		(e), the Railroad Commission of Texas may issue permits for the
19	22		discharge of waste resulting from the activities described by
20	23		Subsection (a), and the discharge of waste into water in this state
21	24		resulting from those activities must meet the water quality
22	25		standards established by the commission.
23	26		(e) The commission may issue permits for the land
24	27		application of produced water resulting from activities described
25	28		by Subsection (a) that has been treated for beneficial use. The
26	29		commission shall adopt standards for the land application of water
27	30		under this section, including standards that prevent the pollution
28	31		of surface and subsurface water.
29	32		SECTION 2. Section 26.131, Water Code, as effective on
30	33		delegation of authority under the Resource Conservation and
31	34		Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.) to the
32	35		Railroad Commission of Texas, is amended by amending Subsection (b)
33	36		and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
34	37		(b) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (c) and
35	38		(d), the Railroad Commission of Texas may issue permits for the
36	39		discharge of waste resulting from the activities described by
37	40		Subsection (a), and the discharge of waste into water in this state
38	41		resulting from those activities must meet the water quality
39	42		standards established by the commission.
40	43		(d) The commission may issue permits for the land
41	44		application of produced water resulting from activities described
42	45		by Subsection (a) that has been treated for beneficial use. The
43	46		commission shall adopt standards for the land application of water
44	47		under this section, including standards that prevent the pollution
45	48		of surface and subsurface water.
46	49		SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
47	50		to a permit, the application for which is filed on or after the
48	51		effective date of this Act. A permit, the application for which is
49	52		filed before the effective date of this Act, is subject to the law
50	53		in effect on the date the application is filed, and that law is
51	54		continued in effect for that purpose.
52	55		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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