By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1929

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

                                       AN ACT

 1-1     relating to the disposal of certain solid waste and permits for

 1-2     disposal of that waste.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety

 1-5     Code, is amended by adding Section 361.116 to read as follows:

 1-6           Sec. 361.116.  INCIDENTAL INJECTION WELL WASTES.  The

 1-7     commission shall adopt rules regulating the disposal of solid waste

 1-8     generated incidentally by the operation of an injection well

 1-9     permitted for the disposal of waste.  The rules must be consistent

1-10     with federal law and rules of the United States Environmental

1-11     Protection Agency.

1-12           SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety

1-13     Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0895 to read as follows:

1-14           Sec. 361.0895.  FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FEDERAL

1-15     APPROVAL.  The commission by rule shall develop separate standards

1-16     for the fixed term of a permit and for the cancellation,

1-17     modification, amendment, revocation, or renewal of a permit for a

1-18     solid waste management facility that is required to obtain separate

1-19     approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

1-20           SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended

1-21     by adding Section 27.0515 to read as follows:

1-22           Sec. 27.0515.  FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FEDERAL

1-23     APPROVAL.  The commission by rule shall develop separate standards

 2-1     for the fixed term of a permit and for the cancellation,

 2-2     modification, amendment, revocation, or renewal of a permit for an

 2-3     injection well permitted for the disposal of solid waste if the

 2-4     facility is required to obtain separate approval from the United

 2-5     States Environmental Protection Agency.

 2-6           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 2-7           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.