Texas Water Code

§ 26.0406 — GENERAL PERMITS FOR AQUACULTURE; EXEMPTION FOR CLEANING STRUCTURES USED FOR GROWING OYSTERS

WA § 26.0406Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Art. B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

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(a)A general permit for aquaculture issued by the commission must allow the holder of a cultivated oyster mariculture permit under Chapter 75, Parks and Wildlife Code, to discharge into waters of this state waste related to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture in accordance with Subsection (b).

(b)A cultivated oyster mariculture permit holder cleaning a structure as described by Subsection (a):

(1)may clean the structure only:

(A)at the location where the permit holder is authorized to operate; and

(B)with water from that location;

(2)may not alter the water in any way before using the water for cleaning, including by adding a soap, chemical, or similar substance; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 550 (H.B. 609), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.