{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.056","heading":"SMALL MINE EXEMPTION.","body":"The commission shall designate a qualified public or private laboratory to prepare the determination of probable hydrologic consequences and statement of the results of test borings or core samplings required by Section 134.052 and shall pay the costs of preparing the determination and statement if:\n(1) a surface coal mining operator makes a request in writing; and\n(2) the commission finds that the probable total annual production at all locations of the surface coal mining operator will not exceed 300,000 tons.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1307, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 4. MINES AND MINING","CHAPTER 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. SURFACE COAL MINING PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.134.htm#134.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"b932a651cba591d6849cb40890f190f821468c79711b9f1ebbdc3b89c2fe6efe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}