Tex. Water Code § 31.013 · Chapter 31. SUBSURFACE EXCAVATIONS
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall adopt rules and performance standards to govern the granting of permits under this chapter and may impose additional requirements it considers necessary.
(b) A permit issued under this chapter must require that the subsurface construction and operations meet all applicable performance standards of this chapter and performance standards adopted by the commission relating to:
(1) construction, operation, closure, and decommissioning;
(2) casings, liners, and seals for subsurface excavations;
(3) water inflow management and disposal;
(4) ground movement control;
(5) roof control and shaft pillar dimensions; and
(6) spoils and industrial waste management and disposal.
(c) The permittee shall provide records as required by the executive director to indicate compliance with Subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 15.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.31.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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