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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 5REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS UNDER TEXAS WATER CODE, §11.143
RULE §295.51Application for Texas Water Code, §11.143, Permit

(a) An applicant for a permit under Texas Water Code, §11.143, shall submit to the executive director a sworn application on a form furnished by or acceptable to the executive director and containing the following information:

  (1) the name, post office address, telephone number, and social security or federal identification number of the applicant;

  (2) the nature and purpose of the proposed use, and the amount of water to be used annually for each purpose;

  (3) the major watershed and the tributary (named or unnamed) on which the dam or reservoir is located;

  (4) the county in which the dam or reservoir is located;

  (5) the approximate distance and direction from the county seat of the county to the location of the dam or reservoir;

  (6) the survey or the portion of the survey in which the dam or reservoir is located, and, to the best of applicant's knowledge and belief, the distance and direction of the midpoint of the dam or reservoir from a corner of the survey and/or other survey point of record;

  (7) the approximate surface area, to the nearest acre, of the reservoir when it is full, and the average depth in feet when it is full;

  (8) the approximate size in acres or square miles of the drainage area above the dam or reservoir; and

  (9) if the permit is sought for irrigation under an agricultural use:

    (A) the total number of irrigable acres in the area;

    (B) the number of acres to be irrigated within the area in any one year;

    (C) the distance and direction of the land to be irrigated from the midpoint of the dam or reservoir; and

    (D) a copy of the deed describing the applicant's tract, with the recording information from the county deed records.

(b) An applicant for a Texas Water Code, §11.143, permit shall furnish an aerial photograph of the site. If no aerial photograph is available, the applicant shall submit a map upon which are outlined any areas to be irrigated and upon which the dam and reservoir are located by distance and direction from a corner of an original survey and/or other survey point of record.


Source Note: The provisions of this §295.51 adopted to be effective May 28, 1986, 11 TexReg 2325; amended to be effective August 15, 2002, 27 TexReg 7149

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