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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 295WATER RIGHTS, PROCEDURAL
SUBCHAPTER AREQUIREMENTS OF WATER RIGHTS APPLICATIONS GENERAL PROVISION
DIVISION 7REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS TO WATER USE PERMITS AND EXTENSIONS OF TIME
RULE §295.73Texas Water Code, §11.122(b-1) Amendment Applications

(a) Prior to being declared administratively complete, applications submitted under this section must demonstrate the amount of desalinated seawater the water right holder has begun using. If the water right holder can demonstrate with certainty a specified amount of desalinated seawater the water right holder will begin using in the future, the commission may declare the application administratively complete, but condition any amendment granted under this section upon the actual use of the specified amount of desalination seawater.

(b) Technical review for applications under this section will be completed prior to all other administratively complete applications in the basin that do not meet the requirements of this section.

(c) The commission may include special conditions in the permit, including, but not limited to a re-opener provision, to mitigate adverse impacts on the availability of water for applications that were administratively complete prior to an application that triggered the expedited technical review under subsection (b) of this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §295.73 adopted to be effective August 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 5222

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