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Committee backs bill shifting land-application permitting for treated produced water to TCEQ
Summary
Senate Bill 1145 would transfer permitting authority for land application of treated produced water from the Railroad Commission to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; industry and environmental witnesses supported the change and the committee reported the bill favorably.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development voted to report Senate Bill 1145, a measure to transfer authority over land-application permits for treated produced water from the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Sponsor Senator Brian Birdwell told the committee that produced water—the wastewater generated by oil and gas extraction—averages about seven barrels for every barrel of oil produced in Texas. Birdwell said…
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