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House Bill 3838 |
House Author: Gonzalez Toureilles et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
House Bill 3838 amends the Water Code to grant the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality exclusive jurisdiction and mandatory regulation authority over in situ uranium mining wells used during the development of permit applications to obtain certain required premining information. The bill also requires an applicant for an area permit for an area located in a groundwater conservation district to share any geologic, hydrologic, and premining water quality data concerning wells with the appropriate groundwater conservation district.