Bill Text: TX HB4066 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a permit by rule for the beneficial reuse of domestic wastewater and mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater produced at certain oil and gas drilling sites.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB4066 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4066-Engrossed.html
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By: Lucio III, Larson | H.B. No. 4066 |
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relating to the adoption by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a | ||
permit by rule for the beneficial reuse of domestic wastewater and | ||
mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater produced at | ||
certain oil and gas drilling sites. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 3, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 124 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 124. TREATMENT AND RECYCLING FOR BENEFICIAL USE OF CERTAIN | ||
WASTEWATER AT OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITES | ||
Sec. 124.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of | ||
Texas. | ||
(2) "Domestic wastewater" means wastewater that | ||
originates primarily from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry sources, | ||
including waste from food preparation, dishwashing, garbage | ||
grinding, toilets, baths, showers, and sinks of a residential | ||
dwelling. | ||
(3) "Mobile drinking water treatment system | ||
wastewater" means wastewater generated from the treatment of | ||
surface or subsurface groundwater for drinking water purposes. | ||
Sec. 124.002. BENEFICIAL RECYCLING OF CERTAIN WASTEWATER AT | ||
OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITES. (a) This section applies to an oil and | ||
gas drilling site regardless of whether the well has been | ||
completed. | ||
(b) The commission shall adopt a permit by rule for the | ||
beneficial recycling of: | ||
(1) treated domestic wastewater generated at oil and | ||
gas drilling sites; and | ||
(2) mobile drinking water treatment system | ||
wastewater, including reverse osmosis reject water, generated from | ||
oil and gas drilling sites. | ||
(c) The commission, in adopting a permit by rule under this | ||
section, must require: | ||
(1) that discharges of treated wastewater at oil and | ||
gas drilling sites are in compliance with the state's applicable | ||
water quality standards for reuse down-hole or applied to land; | ||
(2) notification of the start date and exact location | ||
for each domestic wastewater or mobile drinking water treatment | ||
system unit; | ||
(3) reporting requirements that include: | ||
(A) the total number of days domestic wastewater | ||
or mobile drinking water treatment system wastewater is reused or | ||
applied after treatment; | ||
(B) the total volume of each type of wastewater | ||
received for treatment; | ||
(C) the total volume of treated effluent for each | ||
type of reuse method, including down-hole, controlled irrigation, | ||
and dust suppression; | ||
(D) a table of the water treatment analytical | ||
results, sampling dates, corresponding analytical reports, and | ||
chain of custody for the parameters; and | ||
(E) the filing of an organization report; and | ||
(4) financial security assurances in an amount not to | ||
exceed $200,000 per year for each active permit. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Railroad | ||
Commission of Texas shall adopt the permit by rule as required by | ||
Section 124.002, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |