Bill Text: TX HB3516 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the recycling of fluid oil and gas waste.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3516 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3516-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3516 | ||
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| relating to the regulation of the recycling of fluid oil and gas | ||
| waste. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 122.004, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 122.004. COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL | ||
| USE. (a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment | ||
| and beneficial use of oil and gas waste. | ||
| (b) Rules adopted under this section must: | ||
| (1) encourage fluid oil and gas waste recycling for | ||
| beneficial purposes; and | ||
| (2) establish standards for the issuance of permits | ||
| for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste. | ||
| (c) In adopting rules under this section, the commission | ||
| shall consider previously adopted rules for recycling fluid oil and | ||
| gas waste. | ||
| (d) Rules adopted under this section for commercial | ||
| recycling of fluid oil and gas waste must establish: | ||
| (1) minimum siting standards for fluid recycling pits; | ||
| (2) uniform technical, construction, and placement | ||
| standards; | ||
| (3) uniform standards for estimating closure costs; | ||
| (4) minimum and maximum bonding and financial security | ||
| amounts based on factors determined by the commission; and | ||
| (5) standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil | ||
| and gas waste. | ||
| (e) The commission shall approve or deny an application for | ||
| a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later | ||
| than the 90th day after the date the complete application was | ||
| received by the commission, unless a protest is filed with the | ||
| commission, in which case the commission may extend the amount of | ||
| time to approve or deny the application in order to allow for | ||
| notice, public comment, and a public hearing on the application. If | ||
| the commission does not approve or deny the application before that | ||
| date, the permit application is considered approved and the | ||
| applicant may operate under the terms specified in the application | ||
| for a period of one year. | ||
| (f) An application requesting a variance from the standards | ||
| adopted under this section must be evaluated and determined to be | ||
| substantially similar to previous variances approved by the | ||
| commission. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3516 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3516 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
