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TX Water Code § 26.405 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter J. Groundwater Protection|Section 26.405. Powers and Duties of Committee

Sec. 26.405.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE.  The committee shall, on a continuing basis:(1)  coordinate groundwater protection activities of the agencies represented on the committee;(2)  develop and update a comprehensive groundwater protection strategy for the state that provides guidelines for the prevention of contamination and for the conservation of groundwater and that provides for the coordination of the groundwater protection activities of the agencies represented on the committee;(3)  study and recommend to the legislature groundwater protection programs for each area in which groundwater is not protected by current regulation;(4)  file with the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives before the date that each regular legislative session convenes a report of the committee's activities during the two preceding years and any recommendations for legislation for groundwater protection;  and(5)  publish the joint groundwater monitoring and contamination report required by Section 26.406(c) of this code.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 26.406 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter J. Groundwater Protection|Section 26.406. Groundwater Contamination Information and Reports; Rules

Sec. 26.406.  GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION INFORMATION AND REPORTS;  RULES.  (a)  Each state agency having responsibilities related to the protection of groundwater shall maintain a public file of all documented cases of groundwater contamination that are reasonably suspected of having been caused by activities regulated by the agency.(b)  For purposes of this section, the agencies identified as having responsibilities related to protection of groundwater include the commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the State Soil and Water Conservation Board.(c)  In conjunction with the commission, the committee shall publish not later than April 1 of each year a joint groundwater monitoring and contamination report covering the activities and findings of the committee made during the previous calendar year.  The report must:(1)  describe the current status of groundwater monitoring programs conducted by or required by each agency at regulated facilities or in connection with regulated activities;(2)  contain a description of each case of groundwater contamination documented during the previous calendar year and of each case of groundwater contamination documented during previous periods for which enforcement action was incomplete at the time of issuance of the preceding report;  and(3)  indicate the status of enforcement action for each case of groundwater contamination that is included in the report.(d)  The committee shall adopt rules defining the conditions that constitute groundwater contamination for purposes of inclusion of cases in the public files and the joint report required by this section.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.296, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 26.407 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter J. Groundwater Protection|Section 26.407. Protection and Enhancement Plans

Sec. 26.407.  PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT PLANS.  (a)  The commission, with the advice of the committee, shall develop plans, except for those plans required by Section 201.026, Agriculture Code, for the protection and enhancement of water quality pursuant to federal statute, regulation, or policy, including management plans for the prevention of water pollution by agricultural chemicals and agents.(b)  Any agency represented on the committee shall be eligible to receive and spend federal funds for its participation in the development of such management plans.  Receipt of such funds shall have no effect on whether the agency in receipt of the funds is the lead agency for water issues in this state.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 26.408 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter J. Groundwater Protection|Section 26.408. Notice of Groundwater Contamination

Sec. 26.408.  NOTICE OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.  (a)  If a state agency documents under Section 26.406(a) a case of groundwater contamination that may affect a drinking water well, the state agency shall notify the commission.(b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection (a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination, the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the contamination by first class mail to each owner of a private drinking water well that may be affected by the contamination and to each applicable groundwater conservation district.(c)  The committee by rule shall prescribe the form and content of notice required under this section.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1135, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 26.451 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter K. Occupational Licensing and Registration|Section 26.451. Definitions

Sec. 26.451.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1), (2) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 25(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.(3)  "Critical junctures" means, in the case of an installation, repair, or removal, all of the following steps:(A)  preparation of the tank bedding immediately before receiving the tank;(B)  setting of the tank and the piping, including placement of any anchoring devices, backfill to the level of the tank, and strapping, if any;(C)  connection of piping systems to the tank;(D)  all pressure testing of the underground storage tank, including associated piping, performed during the installation;(E)  completion of backfill and filling of the excavation;(F)  any time during the repair in which the piping system is connected or reconnected to the tank;(G)  any time during the repair in which the tank or its associated piping is tested;  and(H)  any time during the removal of the tank.(4)  "Installation" means the installation of underground storage tanks and ancillary equipment.(5)  to (10) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 25(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.(11)  "Removal" means the process of removing and disposing of an underground storage tank that is no longer in service, or the process of abandoning an underground storage tank in place after purging the tank of vapors and filling the vessel of the tank with an inert material.(12)  "Repair" means the modification or correction of an underground storage tank and ancillary equipment.  The term does not include:(A)  relining an underground storage tank through the application of epoxy resins or similar materials;(B)  the performance of a tightness test to ascertain the integrity of the tank;(C)  the maintenance and inspection of cathodic protection devices by a corrosion expert or corrosion technician;(D)  emergency actions to halt or prevent leaks or ruptures;  or(E)  minor maintenance on ancillary aboveground equipment.(13), (14) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 25(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 244, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 639, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8900, Sec. 1 and amended by Acts 1995, ch. 315, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 25(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 26.452 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter K. Occupational Licensing and Registration|Section 26.452. Underground Storage Tank Contractor

Sec. 26.452.  UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CONTRACTOR.  (a)  A person who offers to undertake, represents that the person is able to undertake, or undertakes to install, repair, or remove an underground storage tank must hold a registration issued by the commission under Chapter 37. If the person is a partnership or joint venture, it need not register in its own name if each partner or joint venture is registered.(b)  An underground storage tank contractor must have an on-site supervisor who is licensed by the commission under Chapter 37 at the site at all times during the critical junctures of the installation, repair, or removal.(c)  This subchapter does not apply to the installation of a storage tank or other facility exempt from regulation under Section 26.344. |Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 244, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8900, Sec. 2 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 315, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 26.456 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter K. Occupational Licensing and Registration|Section 26.456. Underground Storage Tank On-Site Supervisor Licensing

Sec. 26.456.  UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK ON-SITE SUPERVISOR LICENSING.  (a)  A person supervising the installation, repair, or removal of an underground storage tank must hold a license issued by the commission under Chapter 37. (b)  An on-site supervisor must be present at the site at all times during the critical junctures of the installation, repair, or removal.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 244, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8900, Sec. 6 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 315, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 26.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter L. Protection of Certain Watersheds|Section 26.501. Definitions

Sec. 26.501.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Concentrated animal feeding operation" has the meaning assigned by 30 T.A.C. Section 321.32 on the effective date of this subchapter.(2)  "New concentrated animal feeding operation" means a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation, any part of which is located on property not previously authorized by the state to be operated as a concentrated animal feeding operation.(3)  "Historical waste application field" means an area of land that at any time since January 1, 1995, has been owned or controlled by an operator of a concentrated animal feeding operation on which agricultural waste from a concentrated animal feeding operation has been applied.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 12.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 26.551 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.551. Definitions

Sec. 26.551.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Aggregates" means any commonly recognized construction material originating from a quarry or pit by the disturbance of the surface, including dirt, soil, rock asphalt, granite, gravel, gypsum, marble, sand, stone, caliche, limestone, dolomite, rock, riprap, or other nonmineral substance.  The term does not include clay or shale mined for use in manufacturing structural clay products.(2)  "John Graves Scenic Riverway" means that portion of the Brazos River Basin, and its contributing watershed, located downstream of the Morris Shepard Dam on the Possum Kingdom Reservoir in Palo Pinto County, Texas, and extending to the county line between Parker and Hood Counties, Texas.(3)  "Operator" means any person engaged in or responsible for the physical operation and control of a quarry.(4)  "Overburden" means all materials displaced in an aggregates extraction operation that are not, or reasonably would not be expected to be, removed from the affected area.(5)  "Owner" means any person having title, wholly or partly, to the land on which a quarry exists or has existed.(6)  "Pit" means an open excavation from which aggregates have been or are being extracted with a depth of five feet or more below the adjacent and natural ground level.(7)  "Quarry" means the site from which aggregates for commercial sale are being or have been removed or extracted from the earth to form a pit, including the entire excavation, stripped areas, haulage ramps, and the immediately adjacent land on which the plant processing the raw materials is located.  The term does not include any land owned or leased by the responsible party not being currently used in the production of aggregates for commercial sale or an excavation to mine clay or shale for use in manufacturing structural clay products.(8)  "Quarrying" means the current and ongoing surface excavation and development without shafts, drafts, or tunnels, with or without slopes, for the extraction of aggregates for commercial sale from natural deposits occurring in the earth.(9)  "Refuse" means all waste material directly connected with the production, cleaning, or preparation of aggregates that have been produced by quarrying.(10)  "Responsible party" means the owner, operator, lessor, or lessee who is responsible for overall function and operation of a quarry required to apply for and hold a permit pursuant to this subchapter.(11)  "Water quality protection area" means a contributing watershed of a river the water quality of which is threatened by quarrying activities.(12)  "Water body" means any navigable watercourse, river, stream, or lake within the water quality protection area.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.552 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.552. Applicability; Pilot Program

Sec. 26.552.  APPLICABILITY; PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  This subchapter applies only to quarrying in a water quality protection area designated by commission rule.  This subchapter does not apply to the construction or operation of a municipal solid waste facility regardless of whether the facility includes a pit or quarry that is associated with past quarrying.(b)  For the period of September 1, 2005, to September 1, 2025, the commission shall apply this subchapter only as a pilot program in the John Graves Scenic Riverway.(c)  This subchapter does not apply to:(1)  a quarry or associated processing plant that since on or before January 1, 1994, has been in regular operation in the John Graves Scenic Riverway without cessation of operation for more than 30 consecutive days and under the same ownership;(2)  the construction or modification of associated equipment located on a quarry site or associated processing plant site described by Subdivision (1); or(3)  an activity, facility, or operation regulated under Chapter 134, Natural Resources Code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.554 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.554. Financial Responsibility for Discharges of Certain Wastes Within Water Quality Protection Area

Sec. 26.554.  FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCHARGES OF CERTAIN WASTES WITHIN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA.  (a)  The commission by rule shall adopt requirements for:(1)  maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for restoration of a water body affected by an unauthorized discharge from a permitted quarry; or(2)  taking corrective action and compensating for water quality effects caused by an unauthorized discharge resulting from quarrying.(b)  A responsible party commits a violation if the responsible party operates a permitted quarry knowing that financial responsibility required by a permit does not exist.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.555 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.555. Inspections of and Sampling of Water in John Graves Scenic Riverway

Sec. 26.555.  INSPECTIONS OF AND SAMPLING OF WATER IN JOHN GRAVES SCENIC RIVERWAY.  (a)  To detect potential violations of this subchapter in the John Graves Scenic Riverway, the commission, the Brazos River Authority, and the Parks and Wildlife Department shall coordinate efforts to conduct each calendar year:(1)  visual inspections of the riverway; and(2)  testing of water samples drawn from the Brazos River and its tributaries in the riverway.(b)  The visual inspections and the drawing of water samples must be conducted at least once in a winter month and at least once in a summer month.  The visual inspections must be conducted both from the surface of the John Graves Scenic Riverway and from an aircraft flying over the riverway.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.557 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.557. Emergency Orders

Sec. 26.557.  EMERGENCY ORDERS.  The commission may issue a temporary or emergency order under Section 5.509 relating to a discharge of waste or pollutants from a quarry in a water quality protection area.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.558 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.558. Recovery of Costs for Unauthorized Discharges Within Water Quality Protection Area

Sec. 26.558.  RECOVERY OF COSTS FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES WITHIN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA.  If the commission has incurred any costs in undertaking a corrective or enforcement action with respect to an unauthorized discharge from a quarry under this subchapter, including a reclamation or restoration action, the responsible party is liable to the state for all reasonable costs of the corrective or enforcement action, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, and for any punitive damages that may be assessed by the court.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.559 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.559. Reclamation and Restoration Fund Account

Sec. 26.559.  RECLAMATION AND RESTORATION FUND ACCOUNT.  (a)  Penalties and other money received by the commission as a result of an enforcement action taken under this subchapter, and any gift or grant the commission receives for the purposes of this subchapter, shall be deposited into the reclamation and restoration fund account in the general revenue fund.  Money in the account may be appropriated only to the commission for the reclamation and restoration of the beds, bottoms, and banks of water bodies affected by the unlawful discharges subject to this subchapter.(b)  At least 60 days before spending money from the reclamation and restoration fund account, the commission shall publish notice of its proposed plan and conduct a hearing for the purpose of soliciting public comment, oral or written.  The commission shall fully consider all written and oral submissions on the proposed plan.(c)  At least 30 days before the date of the public hearing, the notice must be published in the Texas Register and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the violation resulting in the payment of the penalties or other money occurred.(d)  Interest and other income earned on money in the account shall be credited to the account.  The account is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.560 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.560. Cooperation With Other State Agencies

Sec. 26.560.  COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES.  (a)  The commission is the principal authority in the state on matters relating to the implementation of this subchapter.  All other state agencies engaged in water quality or water pollution control activities in a water quality protection area shall coordinate those activities with the commission.(b)  The executive director, with the consent of the commission, may enter into contracts, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements with other state agencies for purposes of developing effluent or other water quality requirements, including requirements for financial responsibility, adequate to protect the water resources in a water quality protection area, in any individual or general permit or other authorization issued under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 26.562 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control|Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas|Section 26.562. Expiration

Sec. 26.562.  EXPIRATION.  This subchapter expires September 1, 2025.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 27.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 27 - Injection Wells|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 27.001. Short Title

Sec. 27.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Injection Well Act.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3161, ch. 830, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 27.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 27 - Injection Wells|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 27.003. Policy and Purpose

Sec. 27.003.  POLICY AND PURPOSE.  It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to maintain the quality of fresh water in the state to the extent consistent with the public health and welfare and the operation of existing industries, taking into consideration the economic development of the state, to prevent underground injection that may pollute fresh water, and to require the use of all reasonable methods to implement this policy.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3161, ch. 830, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 1.27, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|