If it comes to the attention of the commission that a well that has been abandoned or is not being operated is causing or is likely to cause pollution of fresh water above or below the ground or if gas or oil is escaping from the well, the commission may determine at a hearing, after due notice, whether or not the well was properly plugged as provided in Section 89.011 or Section 89.012 of this code.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 89.041
DETERMINING PROPER PLUGGING
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Cain v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in Cain v. State (August 1994)
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2553, ch. 871, art
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