Texas Water Code

§ 26.503 — REGULATION OF CERTAIN CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION WASTES

WA § 26.503Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Art. L. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN WATERSHEDS

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(a)The commission may authorize the construction or operation of a new concentrated animal feeding operation, or an increase in the animals confined under an existing operation, only by a new or amended individual permit.

(b)The individual permit issued or amended under Subsection (a) must:

(1)provide for management and disposal of waste in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 321, Title 30, Texas Administrative Code;

(2)require that 100 percent of the collectible manure produced by the additional animals in confinement at an expanded operation or all of the animals in confinement at a new operation must be:

(A)disposed of or used outside of the watershed;

(B)delivered to a composting facility approved by the executive director;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 12.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.