| (ii) The commission or its delegate may grant an exception
for viable alternative tests or surveys or may require alternative
tests or surveys as a permit condition.
(F) The operator shall notify the appropriate district
office at least 48 hours prior to the testing. Testing shall not commence
before the end of the 48-hour period unless authorized by the district
office.
(G) A complete record of all tests shall be filed in
duplicate in the district office on the appropriate form within 30
days after the testing.
(H) In the case of permits issued under this section
prior to the effective date of this amendment which require pressure
testing more frequently than once every five years, the commission's
delegate may, by letter of authorization, reduce the required frequency
of pressure tests, provided that such tests are required at least
once every three years. The commission shall consider the permit to
have been amended to require pressure tests at the frequency specified
in the letter of authorization.
(13) Plugging. Disposal wells shall be plugged upon
abandonment in accordance with §3.14 of this title (relating
to Plugging).
(14) Penalties.
(A) Violations of this section may subject the operator
to penalties and remedies specified in the Texas Water Code, Chapter
27, and the Natural Resources Code, Title 3.
(B) The certificate of compliance for any oil, gas,
or geothermal resource well may be revoked in the manner provided
in §3.73 of this title (relating to Pipeline Connection; Cancellation
of Certification of Compliance; Severance) for violation of this section.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §3.9 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective February 23, 1979, 4 TexReg 436; amended to be effective April 1, 1982, 7 TexReg 651; amended to be effective December 4, 1996, 21 TexReg 11361; amended to be effective August 4, 1998, 23 TexReg 7768; amended to be effective December 28, 1999, 24 TexReg 11711; amended to be effective November 24, 2004, 29 TexReg 10728; amended to be effective July 2, 2012, 37 TexReg 4892; amended to be effective November 17, 2014, 39 TexReg 8988 |
