The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
(1) Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.
(2) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.
(3) Director--The director of the right of way division
of the department or the director's designee.
(4) District--One of the 25 geographical district offices
of the department.
(5) District administrator--The chief executive officer
in charge of a District.
(6) Executive director--The executive director of the
department or the executive director's designee not below the level
of deputy executive director.
(7) Premises--The area within a right of way being
leased by a saltwater pipeline operator for the installation, operation
and maintenance of a saltwater pipeline facility.
(8) Right of way--An interest in real property that
is held or controlled by the department for a highway purpose.
(9) Saltwater pipeline facility--A pipeline facility
that conducts water that contains salt and other substances and that
is intended to be used in drilling or operating a well used in the
exploration for or production of oil or gas, including an injection
well used for enhanced recovery operations, or that is produced during
drilling or operating an oil, gas, or other type of well. The term
includes a pipeline facility that conducts flowback and produced water
from an oil or gas well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment
has been performed to an oil and gas waste disposal well for disposal.
(10) Saltwater pipeline operator--A person, who owns,
installs, manages, operates, leases, or controls a saltwater pipeline
facility.
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