Bill Text: TX SB1541 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the treatment and recycling for beneficial use of drill cuttings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [SB1541 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1541-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1541 |
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relating to the treatment and recycling for beneficial use of drill | ||
cuttings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 123.001, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: | ||
(4) "Treatment" means a manufacturing, mechanical, | ||
thermal, or chemical process other than sizing, shaping, diluting, | ||
or sorting. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 123, Natural Resources Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 123.0015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 123.0015. BENEFICIAL USE. (a) For the purposes of | ||
this chapter, a use of drill cuttings is considered to be beneficial | ||
if the cuttings are used: | ||
(1) in the construction of oil and gas lease pads or | ||
oil and gas lease roads; or | ||
(2) as part of a legitimate commercial product. | ||
(b) The commission by rule shall define "legitimate | ||
commercial product" for the purposes of this chapter. | ||
(c) The commission by rule shall adopt criteria for | ||
beneficial uses to ensure that a beneficial use of recycled drill | ||
cuttings under this chapter is at least as protective of public | ||
health, public safety, and the environment as the use of an | ||
equivalent product made without recycled drill cuttings. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 123.005, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 123.005. COMMISSION RULES, PERMITS, AND ORDERS FOR | ||
TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL USE. (a) The commission shall adopt rules | ||
to govern the treatment and beneficial use of drill cuttings. | ||
(b) A rule adopted by the commission under this chapter or a | ||
permit or order issued by the commission regarding the treatment | ||
and beneficial use of drill cuttings must be at least as protective | ||
of public health, public safety, and the environment as a rule, | ||
permit, or order, respectively, adopted or issued by the commission | ||
regarding the disposal of drill cuttings. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1541 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 16, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1541 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |