Sec. 27.033. LETTER OF DETERMINATION. A person making application to the railroad commission for a permit under this chapter shall submit with the application a letter of determination from the railroad commission stating that drilling and using the disposal well and injecting oil and gas waste into the subsurface stratum will not endanger the freshwater strata in that area and that the formation or stratum to be used for the disposal is not freshwater sand.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3161, ch. 830, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (H.B. 2694), Sec. 2.05, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle D - Water Quality Control
Subchapter C. Oil and Gas Waste; Injection Wells
Section 27.031. Permit From Railroad Commission
Section 27.032. Information Required of Applicant
Section 27.0321. Application Fee
Section 27.033. Letter of Determination
Section 27.034. Railroad Commission Rules, Etc
Section 27.035. Jurisdiction Over in Situ Recovery of Tar Sands