Tex. Water Code § 26.0481 · Subchapter B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
DISPOSAL OF DAIRY WASTE IN RETENTION FACILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "dairy waste" means milk, milk by-products, or milk processing waste that is spilled, spoiled, adulterated, unmarketable, stranded, or otherwise unfit for human consumption produced at a concentrated animal feeding operation.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law and to the extent permitted by federal law, the commission shall adopt rules under this section to allow:
(1) the disposal of dairy waste from a concentrated animal feeding operation into a control or retention facility, including a lagoon or playa, as that term is defined by Section 26.048; and
(2) the land application by irrigation associated with the disposal described by Subdivision (1).
(c) Rules adopted under Subsection (b) must:
(1) minimize the risk of water quality impairment caused by:
(A) the disposal of dairy waste into the control or retention facility; and
(B) the land application by irrigation associated with the disposal described by Paragraph (A); and
(2) require best management practices to ensure that the disposal of dairy waste into the control or retention facility does not impair water quality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 175 (H.B. 692), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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