Unless the activity is subject to the jurisdiction of the railroad commission or authorized by a rule of the commission, no person may continue utilizing an injection well or begin drilling an injection well or converting an existing well into an injection well to dispose of industrial and municipal waste, to extract minerals, or to inject a fluid without first obtaining a permit from the commission.
Tex. Water Code § 27.011
PERMIT FROM COMMISSION
Known as the Injection Well Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (74 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Railroad Commission v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water (2011)
Most recently applied in FPL Farming Ltd. v. Environmental Processing Systems, L.C. (August 2011)
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1647, ch. 644, Sec. 10
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.