Texas Water Code Title 2, Chapter 31 - Subsurface Excavations

• Texas Section 31.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. (2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation...
• Texas Section 31.002 - Applicability
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) subsurface excavations conducted under Chapters 52 and 53 of the Natural Resources Code if the commissioner of the...
• Texas Section 31.003 - Permit From Commission
  A person desiring to drill, excavate, or otherwise construct a subsurface excavation may not begin construction without first obtaining a permit for the work from...
• Texas Section 31.004 - Application For Permit
  The commission shall prescribe forms for a permit application and shall make the forms available on request without charge. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 31.005 - Information Required Of Applicant
  An applicant shall furnish any information the commission considers necessary to discharge its duties under this chapter and the rules of the commission. Added by...
• Texas Section 31.006 - Contents Of Permit Application
  (a) The executive director shall set the requirements for the permit application after determining the local conditions and potential or probable effect of the subsurface...
• Texas Section 31.007 - Application Fee
  With each application for a permit, the commission shall collect a fee as set by the executive director to reasonably offset the costs to the...
• Texas Section 31.008 - Hearing On Permit Application
  (a) The commission may hold an adjudicatory hearing on the application. (b) The commission by rule shall provide for giving notice of a public hearing...
• Texas Section 31.009 - Delegation Of Hearing Powers
  (a) The commission may authorize the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings to call and hold hearings on any subject...
• Texas Section 31.010 - Rules
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules reasonably required for the performance of the powers, duties, and functions of the commission under this chapter. (b) Rules...
• Texas Section 31.011 - Pending Litigation
  The commission may refuse to accept a permit application or hold a permit application hearing if any aspect of the siting, construction, use, or decommissioning...
• Texas Section 31.012 - Issuance Of Permit
  (a) The commission may grant an application in whole or part and may issue the permit if it finds that: (1) the construction or use...
• Texas Section 31.013 - Performance Standards
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules and performance standards to govern the granting of permits under this chapter and may impose additional requirements it considers...
• Texas Section 31.014 - Additional Permit Considerations
  When determining the terms and conditions of the permit, the commission shall consider: (1) known and expected geological and hydrological conditions and relationships; (2) present...
• Texas Section 31.015 - Environmental Report
  If an environmental report, environmental assessment, or environmental impact statement of any kind that includes an analysis of the environmental impacts of the subsurface excavation...
• Texas Section 31.016 - Power To Enter Property
  Members of the commission, employees and agents of the commission, and authorized agents or employees of local governments may enter public or private property at...
• Texas Section 31.017 - Power To Examine Records
  Members of the commission, employees and agents of the commission, and authorized agents or employees of local governments may examine and copy those records or...
• Texas Section 31.018 - Financial Responsibility
  (a) The commission may require in a permit that the permittee reimburse the commission for reasonable costs of monitoring and on-site, full-time surveillance to determine...

Last modified: September 28, 2016