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Senate Bill 1354 |
Senate Author: Estes |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Keffer, Jim |
Senate Bill 1354 amends the Water Code to establish a 20-year pilot water quality protection program, administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, for the John Graves Scenic Riverway in the Brazos River Basin. The bill sets out provisions relating to regulation of quarries within the water quality protection area, financial responsibility for discharges of certain wastes within the area, inspections of and sampling of water in the John Graves Scenic Riverway, unauthorized discharges of certain wastes in the area, enforcement, emergency orders, recovery of costs for unauthorized discharges, a reclamation and restoration fund account, cooperation with other state agencies, and reports.