Tex. Water Code § 27.0461
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 27.0461, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 27.0461. LETTER OF DETERMINATION FROM COMMISSION.
Official statutory text
A person making an application to the railroad commission for a permit under this subchapter shall submit with the application a letter of determination from the commission concluding that drilling and operating an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well for geologic storage or constructing or operating a geologic storage facility will not impact or interfere with any previous or existing Class I injection well, including any associated waste plume, or any other injection well authorized or permitted by the commission.
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