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House Bill 444 |
House Author: Creighton et al. |
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Effective: 5-21-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Nichols |
House Bill 444 amends the Injection Well Act in the Water Code to require the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to submit a copy of an application for a permit for an injection well to dispose of industrial and municipal waste to the governing body of a groundwater conservation district if the application is received in proper form and the proposed location of the injection well is in the territory of the district. The bill requires the record of a proceeding to include evidence that a copy of each draft permit proposed by the executive director was provided and evidence that notice of a contested case hearing was mailed to the governing body of the district before any testimony is heard in a contested case regarding such an application.