Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.051
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.051, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 89.051. RULEMAKING.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to regulate and monitor inactive wells under this chapter.
(b) In adopting rules under this section, the commission shall consider:
(1) the risk to public safety or the environment;
(2) wellbore and wellhead integrity, including the ability to monitor casing pressure; and
(3) regional risk considerations, including penetration of corrosive or over-pressured formations and completion in zones containing hydrogen sulfide.
(b) In adopting rules under this section, the commission shall consider:
(1) the risk to public safety or the environment;
(2) wellbore and wellhead integrity, including the ability to monitor casing pressure; and
(3) regional risk considerations, including penetration of corrosive or over-pressured formations and completion in zones containing hydrogen sulfide.
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