Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1		By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2122
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	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2025; March 24, 2025, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
	4	+	April 10, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
	5	+	Nays 1; April 10, 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 imposition of application fees for certain permits and
9	12		permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste.
10	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	14		SECTION 1. Section 91.1013, Natural Resources Code, is
12	15		amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
13	16		(a-1) to read as follows:
14	17		(a) [With each application for a fluid injection well
15	18		permit, the applicant shall submit to the commission a
16	19		nonrefundable fee of $200.] In this section:
17		-	(1) "Commercial oil and gas waste separation facility"
18		-	means a facility that manages but does not dispose of oil and gas
19		-	waste on site and that is managed by an owner or operator whose
20		-	primary business is to provide oil field fluid or oil and gas waste
21		-	management services for compensation.
22		-	(2) "Commercial surface oil and gas waste disposal
23		-	facility" means a facility that disposes of oil and gas waste on
24		-	site and that is managed by an owner or operator whose primary
25		-	business is to provide oil field fluid or oil and gas waste disposal
26		-	services for compensation.
27		-	(3) "Fluid[, "fluid] injection well" means any well
	20	+	(1) "Fluid[, "fluid] injection well" means any well
28	21		used to inject fluid or gas into the ground in connection with the
29	22		exploration or production of oil or gas other than an oil and gas
30	23		waste disposal well regulated by the commission pursuant to Chapter
31	24		27, Water Code.
32		-	(4) "Land application permit" means a permit
	25	+	(2) "Land application permit" means a permit
33	26		authorizing the covering of a controlled area with gas plant
34	27		effluent or low-chloride produced water through the use of a
35	28		sprinkler or other irrigation system.
36		-	(5) "Landfarm permit" means a permit authorizing the
37		-	disposal of low-chloride, water-based oil and gas waste, including
38		-	drilling fluid, by mixing or tilling the fluid or waste into the
39		-	natural soil so that the waste will not migrate from the area
40		-	covered by the landfarm permit.
41		-	(6) "Landtreatment permit" means a permit authorizing
42		-	the disposal of oil-based oil and gas waste, including oil-based
43		-	drilling fluid, oil-impacted soil, or other oil and gas waste, by
44		-	mixing or tilling the fluid, soil, or waste into the natural soil to
45		-	degrade the fluid, impacted soil, or waste so that the fluid,
46		-	impacted soil, or waste will not migrate from the area covered by
47		-	the landtreatment permit.
	29	+	(3) "Landfarm permit" means a permit authorizing the
	30	+	disposal of low chloride, water-based drilling fluid or oil and gas
	31	+	waste by mixing or tilling the fluid or waste into the natural soil
	32	+	so that the waste will not migrate from the area covered by the
	33	+	landfarm permit.
	34	+	(4) "Landtreatment permit" means a permit authorizing
	35	+	the disposal of oil-based drilling fluid, oil-impacted soil, or oil
	36	+	and gas waste by mixing or tilling the fluid, soil, or waste into
	37	+	the natural soil to degrade the fluid, impacted soil, or waste so
	38	+	that the fluid, impacted soil, or waste will not migrate from the
	39	+	area covered by the landtreatment permit.
48	40		(a-1) With each application for a fluid injection well
49	41		permit, the applicant shall submit to the commission a
50	42		nonrefundable fee of $200.
51	43		(b) An applicant [With each application] for a permit to
52	44		store, treat, or dispose of certain oil and gas waste [discharge to
53	45		surface water under this chapter and commission rules, other than a
54	46		permit for a discharge that meets National Pollutant Discharge
55	47		Elimination System requirements for agricultural or wildlife use,
56	48		the applicant] shall submit to the commission a nonrefundable fee
57	49		for that application as follows:
58	50		(1) $500 for an application for a landfarm,
59	51		landtreatment, or land application permit or permit amendment;
60	52		(2) $2,000 for an application for a commercial oil and
61	53		gas waste separation facility permit;
62	54		(3) $1,000 for an application for an amendment to a
63		-	commercial ~~oil and gas~~ waste separation facility permit;
	55	+	commercial waste separation facility permit;
64	56		(4) $3,000 for an application for a commercial surface
65		-	oil and gas waste ~~disposal~~ facility permit; and
	57	+	oil and gas waste facility permit; and
66	58		(5) $1,000 for an application for an amendment to a
67		-	commercial surface ~~oil and gas~~ waste ~~disposal facility~~ [of $300].
	59	+	commercial surface waste facility permit [of $300].
68	60		SECTION 2. Section 91.1013, Natural Resources Code, as
69	61		amended by this Act, applies only to an application for the issuance
70	62		or amendment of a permit that is filed with the Railroad Commission
71	63		of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. An application
72	64		for a permit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed
73	65		by the law in effect on the date of the filing, and the former law is
74	66		continued in effect for that purpose.
75	67		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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