Sec. 374.152. INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT OF RELEASE; EMERGENCY ACTION. (a) If a release or a potential release poses a threat to human health or to the environment, the commission shall:
(1) investigate and assess the extent of the resulting contamination; and
(2) take necessary or appropriate emergency action to ensure that human health or safety is not threatened by the release or the potential release.
(b) Emergency action under Subsection (a)(2) may include the treatment, restoration, or replacement of drinking water supplies.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water
Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response
Subchapter D. Response to Release; Corrective Action
Section 374.151. Response to Release
Section 374.152. Investigation and Assessment of Release; Emergency Action
Section 374.153. Corrective Action
Section 374.1535. Site Restrictions After Corrective Action
Section 374.154. Ranking of Contaminated Dry Cleaning Sites
Section 374.155. Power to Modify Commission Rankings or Postpone Corrective Actions