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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.152: INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT OF RELEASE; EMERGENCY ACTION.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER For expiration of this chapter, see Section 374.253.
CHAPTER 374. DRY CLEANER ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
SUBCHAPTER D. RESPONSE TO RELEASE; CORRECTIVE 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.

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