Tex. Water Code § 27.043
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 27.043, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 27.043. PERMIT FROM RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not begin drilling or operating an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well for geologic storage or constructing or operating a geologic storage facility regulated under this subchapter without first obtaining the necessary permits from the railroad commission.
(b) The railroad commission may not issue a permit under this subchapter for the conversion of a previously plugged and abandoned Class I injection well, including any associated waste plume, to a Class VI injection well.
(b) The railroad commission may not issue a permit under this subchapter for the conversion of a previously plugged and abandoned Class I injection well, including any associated waste plume, to a Class VI injection well.
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