Tex. Water Code § 27.021 · Subchapter B. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION
PERMIT FOR DISPOSAL OF BRINE FROM DESALINATION OPERATIONS OR OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS IN CLASS I INJECTION WELLS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may issue a permit to dispose of brine produced by a desalination operation or of drinking water treatment residuals in a Class I injection well if the applicant for the permit meets all the statutory and regulatory requirements for the issuance of a permit for a Class I injection well.
(a-1) A permit issued under this section may authorize the disposal of water treatment residuals produced by the desalination of seawater.
(b) The commission by rule shall provide for public notice and comment on an application for a permit authorized by this section. Notwithstanding Section 27.018, an application for a permit authorized by this section is not subject to the hearing requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1118, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 901 (H.B. 2654), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 901 (H.B. 2654), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 4097), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2015.
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