Texas Water Code
§ 27.025 — GENERAL PERMIT AUTHORIZING USE OF CLASS I INJECTION WELL TO INJECT NONHAZARDOUS BRINE FROM DESALINATION OPERATIONS OR NONHAZARDOUS DRINKING WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS
WA § 27.025Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 27. INJECTION WELLS · Art. B. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission may issue a general permit authorizing the use of a Class I injection well to inject nonhazardous brine from a desalination operation or to inject nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals if the commission determines that the injection well and injection activities are more appropriately regulated under a general permit than under an individual permit based on findings that:
(1)the general permit has been drafted to ensure that it can be readily enforced and that the commission can adequately monitor compliance with the terms of the general permit; and
(2)the general permit will contain proper safeguards to protect ground and surface fresh water from pollution. (a-1) A general permit issued under this section may authorize an injection well for the disposal of concentrate produced by the desalination of seawater. The general permit must include any requirements necessary to maintain delegation of the federal underground injection control program administered by the commission.
(b)The commission shall publish notice of a proposed general permit in one or more newspapers of statewide or regional circulation and in the Texas Register. The notice must include an invitation for written comments by the public to the commission regarding the proposed general permit and shall be published not later than the 30th day before the date the commission adopts the general permit. The commission by rule may require additional notice to be given.
(c)The commission may hold a public meeting to provide an additional opportunity for public comment. The commission shall give notice of the public meeting under this subsection by publication in the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date of the meeting.
(d)The commission shall issue a written response to comments on the general permit at the same time the commission issues or denies the permit. The response to comments is available to the public and shall be mailed to each person who made a comment.
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (H.B. 2694), Sec. 4.20, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 4097), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2015.