Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.162
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.162, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 131.162. WRITTEN OBJECTIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) Within 30 days after the last publication of notice under Section 131.159 of this code, a person affected or a federal, state, or local governmental agency or authority is entitled to file with the commission written objections to the application for a surface mining permit or to the application for the renewal, revision, or transfer of a surface mining permit.
(b) The written objections shall be made part of the record and one copy of the written objections shall be furnished to the operator.
(b) The written objections shall be made part of the record and one copy of the written objections shall be furnished to the operator.
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