Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.042
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.042, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 131.042. RECORDS, REPORTS, MONITORING EQUIPMENT, AND INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
The commission shall require each permittee to:
(1) establish and maintain appropriate records;
(2) make reports as frequently as the commission may prescribe;
(3) install, use, and maintain necessary monitoring equipment for observing and determining relevant surface or subsurface effects of the mining operation and reclamation program; and
(4) provide other information relative to mining and reclamation operations the commission determines to be reasonable and necessary.
(1) establish and maintain appropriate records;
(2) make reports as frequently as the commission may prescribe;
(3) install, use, and maintain necessary monitoring equipment for observing and determining relevant surface or subsurface effects of the mining operation and reclamation program; and
(4) provide other information relative to mining and reclamation operations the commission determines to be reasonable and necessary.
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