Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.159
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.159, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 131.159. NOTICE BY APPLICANT.
Official statutory text
(a) At the time an application for a surface mining permit or an application for revision, renewal, or transfer of an existing surface mining permit is submitted under this chapter, the applicant shall publish notice of the ownership, location, and boundaries of the permit area sufficiently detailed for local residents to locate readily the proposed operation and the location at which the application is available for public inspection.
(b) The notice shall be published in the local newspaper of greatest general circulation in the locality in which the proposed surface mine is to be located.
(c) The notice shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks.
(b) The notice shall be published in the local newspaper of greatest general circulation in the locality in which the proposed surface mine is to be located.
(c) The notice shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks.
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