87R12105 SLB-D
 
  By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 3516
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of the recycling of oil and gas waste.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 122.004, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 122.004.  COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL
  USE. (a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment
  and beneficial use of oil and gas waste.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), rules adopted
  under this section must not differ in treatment of commercial and
  noncommercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste.
         (c)  Rules adopted under this section must establish:
               (1)  minimum siting standards for commercial fluid
  recycling pits;
               (2)  uniform technical, construction, and sampling
  standards consistent with noncommercial recycling standards for
  fluid oil and gas waste;
               (3)  minimum and maximum bonding and financial security
  amounts for commercial fluid recyclers; and
               (4)  standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil
  and gas waste.
         (d)  The commission shall approve or deny an application for
  a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later
  than the 90th day after the date the complete application was
  received by the commission. If the commission does not approve or
  deny the application before that date, the permit application is
  considered approved and the applicant may operate under the terms
  specified in the application for a period of one year.
         (e)  An application requesting a variance from the standards
  adopted under this section must be evaluated and approved
  consistent with previous variances approved by the commission.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.