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	Amend CSSB 3 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  AREA PERMITS AND PRODUCTION AREAS FOR URANIUM MINING
	SECTION ____.01.  Subchapter D, Chapter 27, Water Code, is 
amended by adding Section 27.0513 to read as follows:
	Sec. 27.0513.  AREA PERMITS AND PRODUCTION AREAS FOR URANIUM 
MINING.  (a)  The commission may issue a permit pursuant to Section 
27.011 that authorizes the construction and operation of two or 
more similar injection wells within a specified area for mining of 
uranium.  An application for a new permit issued pursuant to Section 
27.011, a major amendment of such a permit, or a renewal of such a 
permit for mining of uranium is subject to the public notice 
requirements and opportunity for contested case hearing provided 
under Section 27.018.
	(b)  For a permit for mining of uranium issued on or after 
September 1, 2007, pursuant to Section 27.011, the term of the 
permit to authorize injection for recovery of uranium shall be 10 
years.  The holder of a permit for mining of uranium issued by the 
commission before September 1, 2007, pursuant to Section 27.011, 
must submit an application to the commission before September 1, 
2012, for renewal of the permit to authorize construction and 
operation of injection wells for mining of uranium.  Authority to 
construct or operate injection wells for recovery of uranium under 
a permit issued before September 1, 2007, pursuant to Section 
27.011, expires on September 1, 2012, if an application for renewal 
of the permit is not submitted to the commission before September 1, 
2012.  Expiration of authority under this subsection does not 
relieve the permit holder from obligations under the permit or 
applicable rules, including obligations to restore groundwater and 
to plug and abandon wells in accordance with the requirements of the 
permit and applicable rules.
	(c)  The commission may issue a holder of a permit issued 
pursuant to Section 27.011 for mining of uranium an authorization 
that allows the permit holder to conduct mining and restoration 
activities in production zones within the boundary established in 
the permit.  The commission by rule shall establish application 
requirements, technical requirements, including the methods for 
determining restoration table values, and procedural requirements 
for any authorization.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Sections 5.551, 5.556, 27.011, and 
27.018, an application for an authorization submitted after 
September 1, 2007, is an uncontested matter not subject to a 
contested case hearing or the hearing requirements of Chapter 2001, 
Government Code.  An application filed by the holder of a permit 
issued pursuant to Section 27.011 to amend a restoration table 
value of an authorization is subject to the public notice 
requirements and opportunity for contested case hearing provided 
under Section 27.018.
	SECTION ____.02.  This article takes effect immediately if 
this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to 
each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas 
Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for 
immediate effect, this article takes effect on the 91st day after 
the last day of the legislative session.