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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 331UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER MREQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING WELLS USED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CLASS III UIC WELL APPLICATIONS
RULE §331.223Sharing of Data

(a) After a person developing an application for a Class III injection well area permit has identified a permit boundary, that person shall determine if the permit boundary is within the area of a groundwater conservation district. If the proposed permit boundary is within the area of a groundwater conservation district, either wholly or in part, the person shall provide to the district:

  (1) information regarding wells not recorded in the public record when such wells are encountered by that person during the development of the permit application. Information to be provided to the groundwater conservation district shall include the location and ownership of the well, and any other available information for the well, including but not limited to depth, completion method, completion interval, water quality information, and lift method;

  (2) a map with the locations of all wells that are recorded in the public record and that are inside the proposed permit area and within one-quarter mile of the proposed permit area;

  (3) pre-mining water quality information collected from wells registered in accordance with §331.221 of this title (relating to Registration of Wells);

  (4) the amount of water produced each month from each registered well; and

  (5) a record of strata as described in §331.224 of this title (relating to Record of Strata) for each registered well, except for information considered confidential in accordance with Natural Resource Code, §131.048.

(b) After receipt of the final information described by subsection (a) of this section to perform standard quality and assurance procedures, the owner or operator of a registered well may not take more than 90 days to submit the information to the groundwater conservation district.


Source Note: The provisions of this §331.223 adopted to be effective March 12, 2009, 34 TexReg 1638

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