Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subchapter F - OIL AND GAS NORM
Section 4.602 - Exclusions and Exemptions
Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code § 4.602
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Exclusions. Activities involving the recycling of oil and gas NORM waste; the decontamination of equipment and facilities that are contaminated with oil and gas NORM waste as a result of activities other than disposal of oil and gas NORM waste; the possession, use, transfer, transport, and/or storage of oil and gas NORM waste; and worker protection standards associated with such activities are under the jurisdiction of the TDH.
(b) Exemptions. The following activities are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter:
(1) disposal of produced water by injection
into a well permitted under §
3.9 of this title (relating to
Disposal Wells) or §
3.46 of this title (relating to
Fluid Injection into Productive Reservoirs);
(2) disposal of produced water by discharge
to surface waters and in accordance with a discharge permit issued under §
3.8 of this title (relating to
Water Protection); and
(3) disposal
of equipment that has been decontaminated in accordance with a license issued
by the TDH and that meets the exemption criteria of 25 TAC §
289.259(d)
(relating to Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
(NORM)).
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