Bill Text: TX HB3324 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to groundwater impact contingency planning by pipeline operators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB3324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3324-Introduced.html
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| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 3324 | |
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| relating to groundwater impact contingency planning by pipeline | ||
| operators. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 26.409 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26.409. CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR PIPELINES. (a) The | ||
| commission by rule shall require the operator of a pipeline that is | ||
| under the jurisdiction of the pipeline safety and regulatory | ||
| program described by Section 81.071, Natural Resources Code, to | ||
| submit to the commission a site-specific contingency plan that | ||
| describes measures to be taken to control, contain, and collect any | ||
| discharge of fluids from the pipeline to minimize impacts to | ||
| groundwater in this state. | ||
| (b) The commission may reject a plan submitted under | ||
| Subsection (a), and require a new plan, if the commission | ||
| determines that the submitted plan is insufficient to safeguard | ||
| present and future groundwater supplies. | ||
| (c) The commission shall send each plan accepted under this | ||
| section to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety | ||
| Administration or a successor agency. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
