(a) For near-shore discharges or off-shore discharges
that are authorized under the expedited procedures in this chapter,
the point at which a facility may discharge wastewater resulting from
the desalination of marine seawater must be located in a discharge
zone identified and depicted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
(TPWD) and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) pursuant to Marine
Seawater Desalination Diversion and Discharge Zones Study (September
2018) as amended, available on the TPWD website, and as depicted on
the Coastal Resources Management Viewer, on the GLO website.
(b) Discharges of wastewater resulting from the desalination
of marine seawater that are not located in a discharge zone must be
authorized under the requirements in Chapter 305 of this title (relating
to Consolidated Permits) and Texas Water Code, Chapter 26.
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