Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 31	NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 1	GENERAL LAND OFFICE
CHAPTER 19	OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
SUBCHAPTER C	SPILL RESPONSE
RULE §19.37	Completion of Response

(a) The General Land Office (GLO) will consider the opinions of the designated trustees in determining whether response actions are complete.

(b) In addition to reporting an unauthorized discharge immediately after it occurs, the responsible person may be required to file a written report with the GLO. If required, the reporting form will be provided to the responsible person by the state on-scene coordinator. The report is due 60 days after being directed by the state on-scene coordinator to complete the report or 60 days after the response actions have been declared complete by the state on-scene coordinator, whichever date is earlier. The report must contain the following information:

(1) incident date and time the responsible person was first aware oil threatened to enter Texas coastal waters;

(2) amount of oil spilled;

(3) product spilled;

(4) areas that were impacted by the spill;

(5) description of incident;

(6) summary of response activity;

(7) a description of the following actions which will be taken to prevent spills of a similar nature, including their effective implementation date:

(A) conducting an analysis of the cause of the unauthorized discharge;

(B) training to be implemented;

(D) revised procedures;

(E) revised inspection schedules; and

(F) organizational changes.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.37 adopted to be effective February 21, 1992, 17 TexReg 1109; amended to be effective March 6, 1995, 20 TexReg 1261; amended to be effective December 3, 2000, 25 TexReg 11660; amended to be effective January 27, 2013, 38 TexReg 296