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Committee advances bill to allow local sponsors limited permit exemption for small flood-control reservoirs
Summary
The Senate committee voted to report committee substitute Senate Bill 2,568, which would let qualified local sponsors use a permit exemption for storage facilities of up to 200 acre-feet to maintain flood-control reservoirs built under Public Law 83-566, after proponents said the change would speed rehabilitation work and lower costs.
Senator Dean Zaffirini, the bill author, told the Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs that Senate Bill 2,568 would let a "qualified local sponsor" use a statutory permit exemption to construct or maintain storage facilities of not more than 200 acre-feet for erosion, floodwater and sediment control.
The bill "would define the term qualified local sponsor, allow a qualified local sponsor to use a permit exemption to construct or maintain ... a storage facility of not more than 200 acre feet of water," Zaffirini said. He also told the committee a committee…
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