Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
WATER CODE |
Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION |
Subtitle D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL |
Chapter 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL |
Subchapter M. WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREAS |
Sec. 26.554. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCHARGES OF CERTAIN WASTES WITHIN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA
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(a) The commission by rule shall adopt requirements for:
(1) maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for restoration of a water body affected by an unauthorized discharge from a permitted quarry; or
(2) taking corrective action and compensating for water quality effects caused by an unauthorized discharge resulting from quarrying.
(b) A responsible party commits a violation if the responsible party operates a permitted quarry knowing that financial responsibility required by a permit does not exist.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 , Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.