1-1     By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1929

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 16, 1997; April 16, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;

 1-4     April 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,

 1-5     Nays 0; April 18, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the disposal of certain solid waste and permits for

 1-9     disposal of that waste.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety

1-12     Code, is amended by adding Section 361.116 to read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 361.116.  INCIDENTAL INJECTION WELL WASTES.  The

1-14     commission shall adopt rules regulating the disposal of solid waste

1-15     generated incidentally by the operation of an injection well

1-16     permitted for the disposal of waste.  The rules must be consistent

1-17     with federal law and rules of the United States Environmental

1-18     Protection Agency.

1-19           SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety

1-20     Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0895 to read as follows:

1-21           Sec. 361.0895.  FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FEDERAL

1-22     APPROVAL.  The commission by rule shall develop separate standards

1-23     for the fixed term of a permit and for the cancellation,

1-24     modification, amendment, revocation, or renewal of a permit for a

1-25     solid waste management facility that is required to obtain separate

1-26     approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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

1-28     by adding Section 27.0515 to read as follows:

1-29           Sec. 27.0515.  FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FEDERAL

1-30     APPROVAL.  The commission by rule shall develop separate standards

1-31     for the fixed term of a permit and for the cancellation,

1-32     modification, amendment, revocation, or renewal of a permit for an

1-33     injection well permitted for the disposal of solid waste if the

1-34     facility is required to obtain separate approval from the United

1-35     States Environmental Protection Agency.

1-36           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-37           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-38     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-39     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-40     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-41     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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