Tex. Water Code § 26.0406 · Subchapter B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
GENERAL PERMITS FOR AQUACULTURE; EXEMPTION FOR CLEANING STRUCTURES USED FOR GROWING OYSTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A general permit for aquaculture issued by the commission must allow the holder of a cultivated oyster mariculture permit under Chapter 75, Parks and Wildlife Code, to discharge into waters of this state waste related to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture in accordance with Subsection (b).
(b) A cultivated oyster mariculture permit holder cleaning a structure as described by Subsection (a):
(1) may clean the structure only:
(A) at the location where the permit holder is authorized to operate; and
(B) with water from that location;
(2) may not alter the water in any way before using the water for cleaning, including by adding a soap, chemical, or similar substance; and
(3) must comply with all other permit conditions established by the commission.
(c) In establishing a permit condition described by Subsection (b)(3), the commission shall consult with the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 550 (H.B. 609), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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