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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application of new requirements for commercial |
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underground injection control wells to be adopted by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall |
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adopt rules governing all aspects of the management and operation |
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of a new commercial underground injection control well, including |
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the regulation of surface facilities associated with the well, that |
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proposes to accept industrial or municipal waste for which a permit |
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has not been issued on or before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality shall suspend the permitting process for any pending |
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application for a permit for a new commercial underground injection |
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control well that proposes to accept industrial or municipal waste |
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until the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act take effect. |
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(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall |
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provide that the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act apply to |
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every application for a permit for a new commercial underground |
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injection control well that proposes to accept industrial or |
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municipal waste that is filed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act and every application for a permit for a new commercial |
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underground injection control well that proposes to accept |
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industrial or municipal waste that is pending on the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may allow |
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an applicant who filed such an application that is pending on the |
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effective date of this Act to amend the application to conform to |
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the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |