Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 39 - PUBLIC NOTICE › Subchapter L - PUBLIC NOTICE OF INJECTION WELL AND OTHER SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS › Section 39.655 - Aquifer Exemption

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Applicability.
				  This section applies to the designation of an exempt aquifer under §
										331.13 of this
				  title (relating to Exempted Aquifer).
(b) Notice of Aquifer Exemption. Notice of
				  Aquifer Exemption shall be published once in a newspaper or newspapers in the
				  same manner as required for the Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision
				  for an injection well permit application associated with the proposed aquifer
				  exemption under §
										39.651(d)
				  of this title (relating to Application for Injection Well Permit). This notice
				  must contain the text as required by §39.411(c)(1) - (6) of this title
				  (relating to Text of Public Notice). The chief clerk shall mail this notice to
				  the persons who would receive the Notice of Application and Preliminary
				  Decision for an injection well permit application associated with the proposed
				  aquifer exemption under §
										39.651(d)
				  of this title. The deadline for submitting public comments or requesting a
				  contested case hearing on an aquifer exemption is 30 days after newspaper
				  publication.
(c) Notice of Public
				  Meeting on Aquifer Exemption. Notice of a Public Meeting on Aquifer Exemption
				  shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers in the same manner as required
				  for the Notice of Public Meeting for an injection well permit application
				  associated with the proposed aquifer exemption under §
										39.651(e)
				  of this title. This notice must contain the text as required by §
										39.411(d)
				  of this title. The chief clerk shall mail this notice to the persons required
				  to receive the Notice of Public Meeting for an injection well permit
				  application associated with the proposed aquifer exemption under §
										39.651(e)
				  of this title.
(d) Notice of
				  Contested Case Hearing on Aquifer Exemption. This section applies if an
				  application to designate an exempt aquifer is referred to the State Office of
				  Administrative Hearings for a contested case hearing under Chapter 80 of this
				  title (relating to Contested Case Hearings). Notice of contested case hearing
				  on Aquifer Exemption shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers in the
				  same manner as required for the notice of contested case hearing for an
				  injection well permit application associated with the proposed aquifer
				  exemption under §
										39.651(f)
				  of this title. This notice must contain the text as required by §
										39.423
				  of this title (relating to Notice of Contested Case Hearing). The chief clerk
				  shall mail this notice to the persons required to receive the Notice of
				  Contested Case Hearing for an injection well permit application associated with
				  the proposed aquifer exemption under §
										39.651(f)
				  of this title.
(e) Combined notice.
				  Notice required under this section may be combined to satisfy other applicable
				  sections of this subchapter.