Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 123.001 — DEFINITIONS

NR § 123.001Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part D. REGULATION OF SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS · Ch. 123. TREATMENT AND RECYCLING FOR BENEFICIAL USE OF DRILL CUTTINGS

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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. The term includes any associated sand, silt, drilling fluid, spent completion fluid, workover fluid, debris, water, brine, oil scum, paraffin, or other material cleaned out of the wellbore.

(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 or a commercial oil and gas waste disposal 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:

Legislative history

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 1541), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 145 (S.B. 502), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2023.