Tex. Water Code § 26.554
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 26.554, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 26.554. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCHARGES OF CERTAIN WASTES WITHIN WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission by rule shall adopt requirements for:
(1) maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for restoration of a water body affected by an unauthorized discharge from a permitted quarry; or
(2) taking corrective action and compensating for water quality effects caused by an unauthorized discharge resulting from quarrying.
(b) A responsible party commits a violation if the responsible party operates a permitted quarry knowing that financial responsibility required by a permit does not exist.
(1) maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for restoration of a water body affected by an unauthorized discharge from a permitted quarry; or
(2) taking corrective action and compensating for water quality effects caused by an unauthorized discharge resulting from quarrying.
(b) A responsible party commits a violation if the responsible party operates a permitted quarry knowing that financial responsibility required by a permit does not exist.
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