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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 297WATER RIGHTS, SUBSTANTIVE
SUBCHAPTER CUSE EXEMPT FROM PERMITTING
RULE §297.25Permit Exemption for Drilling and Producing of Petroleum

Without obtaining a water use permit from the commission, a person engaged in drilling for petroleum, or producing petroleum, may take for those purposes not to exceed one acre-foot of water per 24-hour period from the Gulf of Mexico or from the adjacent bays and arms of the Gulf of Mexico. A person using water for such purposes is not required to file water use reports.


Source Note: The provisions of this §297.25 adopted to be effective February 24, 1999, 24 TexReg 1162

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