GroundRules
← Search the law
Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Water Code § 27.043: PERMIT FROM RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. WATER CODE
  2. TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION
  3. SUBTITLE D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL
  4. CHAPTER 27. INJECTION WELLS
  5. SUBCHAPTER C-1. GEOLOGIC STORAGE AND ASSOCIATED INJECTION OF ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE

(a) A person may not begin drilling or operating an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well for geologic storage or constructing or operating a geologic storage facility regulated under this subchapter without first obtaining the necessary permits from the railroad commission.

(b) The railroad commission may not issue a permit under this subchapter for the conversion of a previously plugged and abandoned Class I injection well, including any associated waste plume, to a Class VI injection well.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 224 (S.B. 1387), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 460 (H.B. 1284), Sec. 9, eff. June 9, 2021.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:48Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection