Texas Water Code
§ 26.553 — REGULATION OF QUARRIES WITHIN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA
WA § 26.553Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Art. M. WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREAS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall require a responsible party to obtain an individual permit for any discharges from a quarry located in a water quality protection area that is located:
(1)within a 100-year floodplain of any water body; or
(2)within one mile of any water body.
(b)The commission shall require a responsible party to obtain a general permit under Section 26.040 for any quarry that is located in a water quality protection area and located a distance of more than one mile from any water body.
(c)Subject to Subsection (d), the commission shall prohibit the construction or operation of any new quarry, or the expansion of an existing quarry, located within 1,500 feet of a water body located in a water quality protection area for which a person files an application for a permit or permit amendment after September 1, 2005.
(d)Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the commission may issue or amend a permit to authorize the construction or operation of a quarry located between 200 and 1,500 feet of a water body on finding that:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.