SECTION 331.201. Purpose and Applicability

(a) The commission may issue a permit to dispose of nonhazardous brine produced by a desalination operation or nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals in a Class I injection well if the facility meets all the statutory and regulatory requirements for the issuance of a permit for a Class I injection well.

(b) The commission may issue a general permit authorizing the use of a Class I injection well to inject nonhazardous brine from a desalination operation or to inject nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals if the commission determines that the injection well and injection activities are more appropriately regulated under a general permit than under an individual permit based on findings that:

(1) the general permit has been drafted to ensure that it can be readily enforced and that the commission can adequately monitor compliance with the terms of the general permit; and

(2) the general permit will contain proper safeguards to protect ground and surface fresh water from pollution.

(c) Authorization for the use of an injection well under a general permit does not confer a vested right.

(d) The use or disposal of radioactive material under this subchapter is subject to the applicable requirements of Chapter 336 of this title (relating to Radioactive Substance Rules).

Source Note: The provisions of this §331.201 adopted to be effective July 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 5342