Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.110

This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.110, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.

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§ 40.110. GENERAL TERMS.

Official statutory text

(a) Discharge prevention and response certificates are valid for a period of five years. The commissioner by rule shall require each registrant to report annually on the status of its discharge prevention and response plan and response capability.

(b) The commissioner may review a certificate at any time there is a material change affecting the terminal facility's discharge prevention and response plan or response capability.

(c) Certificates shall be issued subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may determine are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(d) Certificates issued to any terminal facility shall take into account the vessels used to transport oil to or from the facility.

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