Texas Water Code

§ 31.001 — DEFINITIONS

WA § 31.001Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 31. SUBSURFACE EXCAVATIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(2)"Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3)"Ground movement" means any horizontal or vertical displacement of the strata, including the earth surface, resulting from or related to activities of subsurface construction, operation, or use including subsidence, uplift, shear along shaft walls, or other disturbance of the natural strata or land surface.

(4)"Industrial waste" means waterborne liquid, gaseous, or solid substances that result from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business, including runoff water from mined materials and associated solids storage or disposal areas.

(5)"Permit" means a subsurface excavation permit issued by the commission.

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 84, eff. September 1, 2025.