Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.102
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.102, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 40.102. RESPONSE COORDINATION.
Official statutory text
(a) In responding to actual or threatened unauthorized discharges of oil, the commissioner may appoint a state-designated on-scene coordinator to act in the commissioner's place.
(b) If the unauthorized discharge of oil is subject to the national contingency plan, in responding to the discharge the commissioner or the state-designated on-scene coordinator shall to the greatest extent practicable act in accordance with the national contingency plan and cooperate with the federal on-scene coordinator or other federal agency or official exercising authority under the national contingency plan.
(c) The commissioner or the state-designated on-scene coordinator may act independently to the extent no federal on-scene coordinator or authorized agency or official of the federal government has assumed federal authority to oversee, coordinate, and direct response operations.
(d) The state or federal on-scene coordinator may authorize the decanting of recovered water during containment, cleanup, and response activities resulting from an unauthorized discharge of oil.
(b) If the unauthorized discharge of oil is subject to the national contingency plan, in responding to the discharge the commissioner or the state-designated on-scene coordinator shall to the greatest extent practicable act in accordance with the national contingency plan and cooperate with the federal on-scene coordinator or other federal agency or official exercising authority under the national contingency plan.
(c) The commissioner or the state-designated on-scene coordinator may act independently to the extent no federal on-scene coordinator or authorized agency or official of the federal government has assumed federal authority to oversee, coordinate, and direct response operations.
(d) The state or federal on-scene coordinator may authorize the decanting of recovered water during containment, cleanup, and response activities resulting from an unauthorized discharge of oil.
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