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TITLE 30 | ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
PART 1 | TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
CHAPTER 295 | WATER RIGHTS, PROCEDURAL |
SUBCHAPTER D | CONTESTED CASE HEARING |
RULE §295.175 | Cancellation of Water Rights |
The commission shall conduct a hearing to determine whether a water right should be cancelled, in whole or in part, under the Texas Water Code, §§11. 171-11.186, if the executive director requests such a hearing. A hearing under the Texas Water Code, §11.146, is required in order to determine whether a permit has been or should be forfeited and cancelled in whole or in part for failure of the permittee to commence or complete construction, unless permittee executes a form abandoning all rights under the permit and waiving rights to notice and hearing thereon. No hearing is required if the water right holder executes a form abandoning all rights under the water right and waiving the right to notice and hearing. |
Source Note: The provisions of this §295.175 adopted to be effective May 28, 1986, 11 TexReg 2326. |