Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.162: WRITTEN OBJECTIONS.

(a) Within 30 days after the last publication of notice under Section 131.159 of this code, a person affected or a federal, state, or local governmental agency or authority is entitled to file with the commission written objections to the application for a surface mining permit or to the application for the renewal, revision, or transfer of a surface mining permit.

(b) The written objections shall be made part of the record and one copy of the written objections shall be furnished to the operator.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2625, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.