Bill Text: TX HB931 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disposal of certain naturally occurring radioactive material waste resulting from the treatment of drinking water.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Referred to Energy Resources [HB931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB931-Introduced.html
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By: Darby | H.B. No. 931 |
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relating to the disposal of certain naturally occurring radioactive | ||
material waste resulting from the treatment of drinking water. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 401.011(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission has jurisdiction to regulate and | ||
license: | ||
(1) the disposal of radioactive substances, except as | ||
provided by Section 401.415(f); | ||
(2) the processing or storage of low-level radioactive | ||
waste or naturally occurring radioactive material waste received | ||
from other persons, except oil and gas NORM; | ||
(3) the recovery or processing of source material in | ||
accordance with Subchapter G; | ||
(4) the processing of by-product material as defined | ||
by Section 401.003(3)(B); and | ||
(5) sites for the disposal of: | ||
(A) low-level radioactive waste; | ||
(B) by-product material; or | ||
(C) naturally occurring radioactive material | ||
waste, except as provided by Section 401.415(f). | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 401.415, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 401.415. OIL AND GAS NORM WASTE; CERTAIN DRINKING | ||
WATER TREATMENT NORM WASTE. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 401.415, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, | ||
Chapter 27, Water Code, or any other law, the Railroad Commission of | ||
Texas has sole authority to regulate and issue licenses, permits, | ||
and orders for the disposal in a bedded salt formation of naturally | ||
occurring radioactive material waste resulting from the treatment | ||
of drinking water. | ||
SECTION 4. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt | ||
rules for the implementation of Section 401.415(f), Health and | ||
Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |