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TX Nat Res Code § 119.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 119 - Ownership of Carbon Dioxide Captured by Clean Coal Project|Section 119.007. Representation by Attorney General

Sec. 119.007.  REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.  (a)  In this section, "state agency" includes:(1)  a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government; and(2)  a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(b)  A state agency may request the attorney general to represent the state agency in a legal proceeding that arises from an escape or migration of carbon dioxide captured or sequestered in connection with a clean coal project.(c)  If the attorney general declines to represent the state agency, the state agency may obtain outside counsel in accordance with Section 402.0212, Government Code, and for purposes of that section, the attorney general's declination to represent the agency constitutes the attorney general's approval of the outside counsel for the matter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 (S.B. 1461), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Nat Res Code § 120.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 120 - Verification, Monitoring, and Certification of Clean Energy Project|Section 120.001. Definitions

Sec. 120.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Bureau" means the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin.(2)  "Clean energy project" means a project to construct a coal-fueled, natural gas-fueled, or petroleum coke-fueled electric generating facility, including a facility in which the fuel is gasified before combustion, that will:(A)  have a capacity of at least 200 megawatts;(B)  meet the emissions profile for an advanced clean energy project under Section 382.003(1-a)(B), Health and Safety Code;(C)  capture at least 70 percent of the carbon dioxide resulting from or associated with the generation of electricity by the facility;(D)  be capable of permanently sequestering in a geological formation the carbon dioxide captured; and(E)  be capable of supplying the carbon dioxide captured for purposes of an enhanced oil recovery project.(3)  "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.(4)  "Sequester" means to inject carbon dioxide into a geological formation in a manner and under conditions that create a reasonable expectation that at least 99 percent of the carbon dioxide injected will remain sequestered from the atmosphere for at least 1,000 years.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 469), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (H.B. 2446), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Nat Res Code § 120.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 120 - Verification, Monitoring, and Certification of Clean Energy Project|Section 120.002. Certification of Clean Energy Project

Sec. 120.002.  CERTIFICATION OF CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT.  (a)  The commission is the authority responsible for certifying whether a project has met the requirements for a clean energy project.(b)  An entity may apply to the commission for a certification that a project operated by the entity meets the requirements for a clean energy project.  An entity may not submit an application under this section before September 1, 2018.  The application must be accompanied by:(1)  a certificate from a qualified independent engineer that the project is operational and meets the standards provided by Sections 120.001(2)(A), (B), and (C); and(2)  a fee payable to the commission.(c)  The amount of the fee prescribed by Subsection (b)(2) is $50,000 unless the commission by rule determines that a fee in a greater amount is necessary to cover the commission's costs of processing an application.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 469), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (H.B. 2446), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Nat Res Code § 120.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 120 - Verification, Monitoring, and Certification of Clean Energy Project|Section 120.003. Monitoring of Sequestered Carbon Dioxide

Sec. 120.003.  MONITORING OF SEQUESTERED CARBON DIOXIDE.  (a)  An entity that applies to the commission under Section 120.002 for a certification that a project operated by the entity meets the requirements for a clean energy project is responsible for conducting a monitoring, measuring, and verification process that demonstrates that the project complies with the requirements of Section 171.602(b)(4), Tax Code.(b)  The entity shall contract with the bureau for the bureau to:(1)  design initial protocols and standards for the process described by Subsection (a);(2)  review the conduct of the process described by Subsection (a) in order to make any necessary changes in the design of the protocols and standards;(3)  evaluate the results of the process described by Subsection (a);(4)  provide an evaluation of the results of the process described by Subsection (a) to the commission; and(5)  determine whether to transmit to the comptroller the verification described by Section 171.602(b)(4), Tax Code.(c)  Unless otherwise agreed by the entity and the bureau, a contract required by Subsection (b) must require the entity to compensate the bureau by paying an annual fee in accordance with the following schedule:Year             AmountOne              $700,000Two              $1,300,000Three            $1,800,000Four             $1,500,000Five             $1,200,000Six              $900,000Seven            $500,000Eight            $200,000(d)  The first payment under Subsection (c) is due not later than 24 months before the date the entity first supplies carbon dioxide captured by the project to an enhanced oil recovery project.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 469), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (H.B. 2446), Sec. 5, eff. June 14, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 21.002(17), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Nat Res Code § 120.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 120 - Verification, Monitoring, and Certification of Clean Energy Project|Section 120.004. Issuance of Certificate of Compliance

Sec. 120.004.  ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.  (a)  On verification that a project meets the requirements for certification as a clean energy project, the commission shall issue a certificate of compliance for the project to the entity operating the project and shall provide a copy of the certificate to the comptroller.(b)  The commission may not issue a certificate of compliance for more than three clean energy projects. Not more than one of the clean energy projects may be a natural gas project.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 469), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (H.B. 2446), Sec. 6, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Nat Res Code § 121.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 121 - Ownership and Stewardship of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide|Section 121.001. Definitions

Sec. 121.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Anthropogenic carbon dioxide," "anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well," and "geologic storage facility" have the meanings assigned by Section 27.002, Water Code.(2)  "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.(3)  "Storage operator" means a person authorized by the commission to operate a geologic storage facility.|Redesignated from Natural Resources Code, Chapter 120 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(44), eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Nat Res Code § 121.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 121 - Ownership and Stewardship of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide|Section 121.002. Ownership of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide

Sec. 121.002.  OWNERSHIP OF ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE.  (a)  This section does not apply to anthropogenic carbon dioxide injected for the primary purpose of enhanced recovery operations.(b)  Unless otherwise expressly provided by a contract, bill of sale, deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other legally binding document or by other law, anthropogenic carbon dioxide stored in a geologic storage facility is considered to be the property of the storage operator or the storage operator's heirs, successors, or assigns.(c)  Absent a final judgment of wilful abandonment rendered by a court or a regulatory determination of closure or abandonment, anthropogenic carbon dioxide stored in a geologic storage facility is not considered to be the property of the owner of the surface or mineral estate in the land in which the anthropogenic carbon dioxide is stored or of a person claiming under the owner of the surface or mineral estate.(d)  The owner, as designated by Subsection (b) or (c), of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide stored in a geologic storage facility, or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns, may produce, take, extract, or otherwise possess anthropogenic carbon dioxide stored in the facility.|Redesignated from Natural Resources Code, Chapter 120 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(44), eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Nat Res Code § 121.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 121 - Ownership and Stewardship of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide|Section 121.003. Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Storage Trust Fund

Sec. 121.003.  ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE TRUST FUND.  (a)  The anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund is created as a special fund in the state treasury.(b)  The anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund is an interest-bearing fund.  Interest earned on money in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.(c)  Fees collected by the commission under Subchapter C-1, Chapter 27, Water Code, penalties imposed for violations of that subchapter or rules adopted under that subchapter, and funds received by the commission from financial responsibility mechanisms under Section 27.073, Water Code, shall be deposited to the credit of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund.(c-1)  Penalties imposed for violations of commission rules adopted under Section 382.502, Health and Safety Code, shall be deposited to the credit of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund.(d)  The anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund may be used by the commission only for:(1)  permitting, inspecting, monitoring, investigating, recording, and reporting on geologic storage facilities and associated anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection wells;(2)  long-term monitoring of geologic storage facilities and associated anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection wells;(3)  remediation of mechanical problems associated with geologic storage facilities and associated anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection wells;(4)  repairing mechanical leaks at geologic storage facilities;(5)  plugging abandoned anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection wells used for geologic storage;(6)  training and technology transfer related to anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection and geologic storage; and(7)  compliance and enforcement activities related to geologic storage and associated anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection wells.|Redesignated from Natural Resources Code, Chapter 120 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(44), eff. September 1, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 460 (H.B. 1284), Sec. 5, eff. June 9, 2021.|
TX Nat Res Code § 121.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 121 - Ownership and Stewardship of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide|Section 121.004. Extraction of Stored Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide

Sec. 121.004.  EXTRACTION OF STORED ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE.  (a)  The commission shall adopt rules allowing anthropogenic carbon dioxide stored in a geologic storage facility to be extracted for a commercial or industrial use.(b)  The commission has jurisdiction over the extraction of anthropogenic carbon dioxide stored in a geologic storage facility.|Redesignated from Natural Resources Code, Chapter 120 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(44), eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Nat Res Code § 122.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 122 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Fluid Oil and Gas Waste|Section 122.001. Definitions

Sec. 122.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.(2)  "Fluid oil and gas waste" means waste containing salt or other mineralized substances, brine, hydraulic fracturing fluid, flowback water, produced water, or other fluid that arises out of or is incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Nat Res Code § 122.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 122 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Fluid Oil and Gas Waste|Section 122.002. Ownership of Fluid Oil and Gas Waste Transferred for Treatment and Subsequent Beneficial Use

Sec. 122.002.  OWNERSHIP OF FLUID OIL AND GAS WASTE TRANSFERRED FOR TREATMENT AND SUBSEQUENT BENEFICIAL USE.  Unless otherwise expressly provided by an oil or gas lease, a surface use agreement, a contract, a bill of sale, or another legally binding document:(1)  when fluid oil and gas waste is produced and used by or transferred to a person who takes possession of that waste for the purpose of treating the waste for a subsequent beneficial use, the waste is considered to be the property of the person who takes possession of it for the purpose of treating the waste for subsequent beneficial use until the person transfers the waste or treated waste to another person for disposal or use; and(2)  when a person who takes possession of fluid oil and gas waste for the purpose of treating the waste for a subsequent beneficial use transfers possession of the treated product or any treatment byproduct to another person for the purpose of subsequent disposal or beneficial use, the transferred product or byproduct is considered to be the property of the person to whom the material is transferred.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 147 (H.B. 3246), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Nat Res Code § 122.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 122 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Fluid Oil and Gas Waste|Section 122.003. Responsibility in Tort

Sec. 122.003.  RESPONSIBILITY IN TORT.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who takes possession of fluid oil and gas waste, produces from that waste a treated product generally considered in the oil and gas industry to be suitable for use in connection with the drilling for or production of oil or gas, and transfers the treated product to another person with the contractual understanding that the treated product will be used in connection with the drilling for or production of oil or gas is not liable in tort for a consequence of the subsequent use of that treated product by the person to whom the treated product is transferred or by another person.(b)  This section does not affect the liability of a person that treats fluid oil and gas waste for beneficial use in an action brought by a person for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage arising from exposure to fluid oil and gas waste or a treated product.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Nat Res Code § 122.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 122 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Fluid Oil and Gas Waste|Section 122.004. Commission Rules for Treatment and Beneficial Use

Sec. 122.004.  COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL USE.  (a)  The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment and beneficial use of oil and gas waste.(b)  Rules adopted under this section must:(1)  encourage fluid oil and gas waste recycling for beneficial purposes; and(2)  establish standards for the issuance of permits for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste.(c)  In adopting rules under this section, the commission shall consider previously adopted rules for recycling fluid oil and gas waste.(d)  Rules adopted under this section for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste must establish:(1)  minimum siting standards for fluid recycling pits;(2)  uniform technical, construction, and placement standards;(3)  uniform standards for estimating closure costs;(4)  minimum and maximum bonding and financial security amounts based on factors determined by the commission; and(5)  standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil and gas waste.(e)  The commission shall approve or deny an application for a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later than the 90th day after the date the complete application was received by the commission, unless a protest is filed with the commission, in which case the commission may extend the amount of time to approve or deny the application in order to allow for notice, public comment, and a public hearing on the application.  If the commission does not approve or deny the application before that date, the permit application is considered approved and the applicant may operate under the terms specified in the application for a period of one year.(f)  An application requesting a variance from the standards adopted under this section must be evaluated and determined to be substantially similar to previous variances approved by the commission.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 420 (H.B. 3516), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Nat Res Code § 123.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 123 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Drill Cuttings|Section 123.001. Definitions

Sec. 123.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.(2)  "Drill cuttings" means bits of rock or soil cut from a subsurface formation by a drill bit during the process of drilling an oil or gas well and lifted to the surface by means of the circulation of drilling mud.(3)  "Permit holder" means a person who holds a permit from the commission to operate a stationary commercial solid oil and gas waste recycling facility.(4)  "Treatment" means a manufacturing, mechanical, thermal, or chemical process other than sizing, shaping, diluting, or sorting.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 1541), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2017.|
TX Nat Res Code § 123.0015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 123 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Drill Cuttings|Section 123.0015. Beneficial Use

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.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 1541), Sec. 2, eff. May 26, 2017.|
TX Nat Res Code § 123.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 123 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Drill Cuttings|Section 123.002. Ownership of Drill Cuttings Transferred for Treatment and Subsequent Beneficial Use

Sec. 123.002.  OWNERSHIP OF DRILL CUTTINGS TRANSFERRED FOR TREATMENT AND SUBSEQUENT BENEFICIAL USE.  Unless otherwise expressly provided by a contract, bill of sale, or other legally binding document:(1)  when drill cuttings are transferred to a permit holder who takes possession of the cuttings for the purpose of treating the cuttings for a subsequent beneficial use, the transferred material is considered to be the property of the permit holder until the permit holder transfers the cuttings or treated cuttings to another person for disposal or use; and(2)  when a permit holder who takes possession of drill cuttings for the purpose of treating the cuttings for a subsequent beneficial use transfers possession of the treated product or any treatment byproduct to another person for the purpose of subsequent disposal or beneficial use, the transferred product or byproduct is considered to be the property of the person to whom the material is transferred.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Nat Res Code § 123.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 123 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Drill Cuttings|Section 123.003. Responsibility in Tort

Sec. 123.003.  RESPONSIBILITY IN TORT.  A person who generates drill cuttings and transfers the drill cuttings to a permit holder with the contractual understanding that the drill cuttings will be used in connection with road building or another beneficial use is not liable in tort for a consequence of the subsequent use of the drill cuttings by the permit holder or by another person.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Nat Res Code § 123.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 123 - Treatment and Recycling for Beneficial Use of Drill Cuttings|Section 123.004. Permit Copy Required

Sec. 123.004.  PERMIT COPY REQUIRED.  A permit holder who takes possession of drill cuttings from the person who generated the drill cuttings shall provide to the generator a copy of the holder's permit.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.|