Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.041
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.041, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 89.041. DETERMINING PROPER PLUGGING.
Official statutory text
If it comes to the attention of the commission that a well that has been abandoned or is not being operated is causing or is likely to cause pollution of fresh water above or below the ground or if gas or oil is escaping from the well, the commission may determine at a hearing, after due notice, whether or not the well was properly plugged as provided in Section 89.011 or Section 89.012 of this code.
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