Bill Text: TX SB1715 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of the management and disposal of certain drinking water treatment residuals through underground injection.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB1715 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1715-Introduced.html
2011S0632-1 03/08/11 | ||
By: Duncan | S.B. No. 1715 |
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relating to regulation of the management and disposal of certain | ||
drinking water treatment residuals through underground injection. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 401.412, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(g) The commission by rule shall provide for the expedited | ||
processing of applications for and the issuance of licenses | ||
required by this chapter for the management of residuals derived | ||
from the treatment of groundwater for drinking water purposes. | ||
(h) In exercising its authority under Subsection (g), the | ||
commission shall, where applicable, reciprocate recognition of | ||
similar licensing authorized to an applicant by other agencies of | ||
this state in an effort to create administrative efficiencies, | ||
avoid regulatory redundancies, and otherwise streamline the | ||
administrative requirements for obtaining any additional licensing | ||
that may be required under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 27.026 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 27.026. USE OF BEDDED SALT FORMATIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF | ||
CERTAIN DRINKING WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS. (a) The commission by | ||
rule shall provide for the expedited processing of applications for | ||
and issuance of permits required under this chapter for the | ||
disposal into a bedded salt formation of residuals derived from the | ||
treatment of groundwater for drinking water purposes. | ||
(b) In exercising its authority under Subsection (a), the | ||
commission shall work to create administrative efficiencies, avoid | ||
regulatory redundancies, where applicable, and otherwise | ||
streamline the administrative requirements for obtaining permits | ||
required by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 27.073, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Persons to whom an injection well permit is issued under | ||
Section 27.026 for a well that is also permitted for injection | ||
disposal by the railroad commission may demonstrate financial | ||
responsibility to the commission upon demonstration that | ||
compatible financial security has already been issued in | ||
satisfaction of the railroad commission requirements adopted under | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 4. As soon as possible after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the Department of State Health Services, the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Railroad Commission of | ||
Texas shall undertake all efforts necessary to efficiently | ||
implement this Act while providing for the preservation of | ||
groundwater quality and otherwise ensuring all necessary | ||
protections of the public health and safety. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |