Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 134.027 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
MONITORING OF OPERATIONS THAT AFFECT AQUIFERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For surface coal mining and reclamation operations that remove or disturb strata that serve as aquifers that significantly ensure the hydrologic balance of water use on or off the mining site, the commission shall specify:
(1) monitoring sites to record:
(A) the quantity and quality of surface drainage above and below the mine site and in the potential zone of influence;
(B) the level and amount and to take samples of groundwater and aquifers potentially affected by the mining and directly below the lowermost, deepest coal seam to be mined; and
(C) precipitation; and
(2) records of well logs and borehole data to be maintained.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.134.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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