Bill Text: TX SB1926 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to permits to be issued for the storage and disposal of certain oil and gas waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1926 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1926-Introduced.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1926 | |
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| relating to permits to be issued for the storage and disposal of | ||
| certain oil and gas waste. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 91.118 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 91.118. PERMITS REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL STORAGE AND | ||
| DISPOSAL FACILITIES. (a) The commission by rule shall regulate | ||
| through the issuance of permits the commercial storage and disposal | ||
| of oil and gas wastes. | ||
| (b) Rules adopted under this section must provide: | ||
| (1) that a permit application must include: | ||
| (A) a land use analysis for the area within a | ||
| one-mile radius of the proposed site that includes information | ||
| regarding: | ||
| (i) stormwater facilities; | ||
| (ii) the results of soil testing; | ||
| (iii) the locations of schools, hospitals, | ||
| and residences; | ||
| (iv) water resources; and | ||
| (v) geology and hydrogeology; | ||
| (B) a site development plan that includes: | ||
| (i) design documents; | ||
| (ii) a groundwater monitoring plan; and | ||
| (iii) a stormwater management plan; and | ||
| (C) a site operating plan that includes operating | ||
| hours and procedures for: | ||
| (i) facility operation; | ||
| (ii) recordkeeping; | ||
| (iii) litter and leachate management; | ||
| (iv) special waste handling; and | ||
| (v) site closure; | ||
| (2) criteria for issuance and denial of a permit, | ||
| including criteria to determine whether to require a buffer zone | ||
| around the facility; and | ||
| (3) requirements to obtain a bond, as described by | ||
| Section 91.109. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas shall adopt rules as required by Section | ||
| 91.118, Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
