16 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.101 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Prevention of Pollution
(a) No person
conducting activities subject to regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas
may cause or allow pollution of surface or subsurface water in the
state.
(b) This subchapter
establishes, for the purpose of protecting public health, public safety, and
the environment within the scope of the Commission's statutory authority, the
minimum permitting, operating, monitoring, and closure standards and
requirements for the management of wastes associated with activities governed
by the Commission including those governed under:
(1) Texas Natural Resources Code Title 3,
Subtitle B;
(2) Texas Natural
Resources Code Title 3, Subtitle D, Chapters 121-123;
(3) Texas Natural Resources Code Title
5;
(4) Texas Health and Safety Code
Chapter 382, Subchapter K; and
(5)
Texas Water Code Chapters 26, 27 and 29.
(c) Other wastes described in subsection (b)
of this section are included when this subchapter refers to oil and gas
waste(s) and may be managed in accordance with the provisions of this
subchapter at facilities authorized under this subchapter provided the wastes
are nonhazardous and chemically and physically similar to oil and gas
wastes.
(d) Hazardous waste as
defined in §
3.98 of this title (relating to
Standards for Management of Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste) shall be managed in
accordance with the provisions of §
3.98 of this title.
(e) Used oil as defined in §
3.98 of this title shall be
managed in accordance with the provisions of 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), Part 279.
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