Sec. 5.513. EMERGENCY ORDER CONCERNING ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. (a) The commission may issue an emergency order suspending the registration of the installer of an on-site sewage disposal system, regulating an on-site sewage disposal system, or both, if the commission finds that an emergency exists and that the public health and safety is endangered because of the operation of an on-site sewage disposal system that does not comply with Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code, or a rule adopted under that chapter.
(b) If an order issued under this section is adopted without notice or hearing, the order must set a time, not more than 30 days after the order is issued, for a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside the order.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle A - Executive Agencies
Chapter 5 - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Subchapter L. Emergency and Temporary Orders
Section 5.502. Application for Emergency or Temporary Order
Section 5.503. Notice of Issuance
Section 5.504. Hearing to Affirm, Modify, or Set Aside Order
Section 5.509. Temporary or Emergency Order Relating to Discharge of Waste or Pollutants
Section 5.510. Emergency Order Concerning Underground or Aboveground Storage Tanks
Section 5.511. Emergency Administrative Order Concerning Imminent and Substantial Endangerment
Section 5.512. Emergency Order Concerning Activity of Solid Waste Management
Section 5.513. Emergency Order Concerning On-Site Sewage Disposal System
Section 5.514. Order Issued Under Air Emergency
Section 5.5146. Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Certain Treatment Facilities Without Permit