Tex. Water Code § 28.038

This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 28.038, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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§ 28.038. ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT.

Official statutory text

If an environmental report, environmental assessment, or environmental impact statement of any kind that includes an analysis of the environmental impacts of the shaft construction or operation is required by any federal or state agency before approval to construct the shaft, the environmental document, along with evidence of the needed approvals that have been granted, must be submitted to the commission as part of the shaft permit application, and the commission shall make the environmental document available for public review and comment for a period of not less than 30 days before the application for the shaft permit is considered.

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