Tex. Water Code § 27.035 · Subchapter C. OIL AND GAS WASTE; INJECTION WELLS
JURISDICTION OVER IN SITU RECOVERY OF TAR SANDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The railroad commission has jurisdiction over the in situ recovery of tar sands and may issue permits for injection wells used for the in situ recovery of tar sands.
(b) A person may not begin to drill an injection well to be used in the in situ recovery of tar sands unless that person has a valid permit for the well issued by the railroad commission under this chapter.
(c) The railroad commission shall adopt rules that are necessary to administer and regulate the in situ recovery of tar sands.
(d) For purposes of regulation by the railroad commission, an injection well for the in situ recovery of tar sands is designated as a Class V well under the underground injection control program administered by the railroad commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 754, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.27.htm
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