{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-123.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 123.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Commission\" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.\n(2) \"Drill cuttings\" means bits of rock or soil cut from a subsurface formation by a drill bit during the process of drilling an oil or gas well and lifted to the surface by means of the circulation of drilling mud. The term includes any associated sand, silt, drilling fluid, spent completion fluid, workover fluid, debris, water, brine, oil scum, paraffin, or other material cleaned out of the wellbore.\n(3) \"Permit holder\" means a person who holds a permit from the commission to operate a stationary commercial solid oil and gas waste recycling facility or a commercial oil and gas waste disposal facility.\n(4) \"Treatment\" means a manufacturing, mechanical, thermal, or chemical process other than sizing, shaping, diluting, or sorting.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 1541), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2017.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 145 (S.B. 502), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2023.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE D. REGULATION OF SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 123. TREATMENT AND RECYCLING FOR BENEFICIAL USE OF DRILL CUTTINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.123.htm#123.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"6e0b7436a737fc26a7249795e4f0cffa4b5995e825a0b366dc750e3f85f8594e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-122.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-123.0015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}