Texas Water Code

§ 26.554 — FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCHARGES OF CERTAIN WASTES WITHIN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA

WA § 26.554Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Art. M. WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREAS

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(a)The commission by rule shall adopt requirements for:

(1)maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for restoration of a water body affected by an unauthorized discharge from a permitted quarry; or

(2)taking corrective action and compensating for water quality effects caused by an unauthorized discharge resulting from quarrying.

(b)A responsible party commits a violation if the responsible party operates a permitted quarry knowing that financial responsibility required by a permit does not exist.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.