Tex. Water Code § 26.552 · Subchapter M. WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREAS
APPLICABILITY; PILOT PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter applies only to quarrying in a water quality protection area designated by commission rule. This subchapter does not apply to the construction or operation of a municipal solid waste facility regardless of whether the facility includes a pit or quarry that is associated with past quarrying.
(b) For the period of September 1, 2005, to September 1, 2027, the commission shall apply this subchapter only as a pilot program in:
(1) the John Graves Scenic Riverway; and
(2) the Coke Stevenson Scenic Riverway.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a quarry or associated processing plant that since on or before January 1, 1994, has been in regular operation in the John Graves Scenic Riverway without cessation of operation for more than 30 consecutive days and under the same ownership;
(2) the construction or modification of associated equipment located on a quarry site or associated processing plant site described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) an activity, facility, or operation regulated under Chapter 134, Natural Resources Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 698 (H.B. 1688), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.26.htm
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