Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.109
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.109, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 40.109. REGISTRATION OF TERMINAL FACILITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not operate or cause to be operated a terminal facility without a discharge prevention and response certificate issued pursuant to rules promulgated under this chapter.
(b)(1) As a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a certificate, the commissioner shall require satisfactory evidence that:
(A) the applicant has implemented a discharge prevention and response plan consistent with state and federal plans and regulations for prevention of unauthorized discharges of oil and abatement, containment, and removal of pollution when such discharge occurs; and
(B) the applicant can provide, directly or through membership or contract with a discharge cleanup organization, all required equipment and trained personnel to prevent, abate, contain, and remove pollution from an unauthorized discharge of oil as provided in the plan.
(2) A terminal facility response plan that complies with requirements under federal law and regulations for a terminal facility response plan satisfies the requirements of Subdivision (1)(A) of this subsection.
(b)(1) As a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a certificate, the commissioner shall require satisfactory evidence that:
(A) the applicant has implemented a discharge prevention and response plan consistent with state and federal plans and regulations for prevention of unauthorized discharges of oil and abatement, containment, and removal of pollution when such discharge occurs; and
(B) the applicant can provide, directly or through membership or contract with a discharge cleanup organization, all required equipment and trained personnel to prevent, abate, contain, and remove pollution from an unauthorized discharge of oil as provided in the plan.
(2) A terminal facility response plan that complies with requirements under federal law and regulations for a terminal facility response plan satisfies the requirements of Subdivision (1)(A) of this subsection.
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