The following bills that may be of interest to Texas geologists have been filed. New information is listed in bold (No new bills listed):
HB 30, by Larson, Relating to the development of brackish groundwater. 3/4/2015 Referred to directly to s/c on Special Water Districts by Chair. For more information go to:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=HB30
The USEPA is proposing new groundwater protection standards at facilities that extract uranium using the in-situ recovery (ISR) method. The EPA will be holding a public meeting to discuss these new standards on March 10, 2015. For more information go to: http://www.epa.gov/radiation/tenorm/40CFR192.html
The following bills that may be of interest to Texas geologists have been filed. New information is listed in bold (four new bills listed):
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) program has revised the “Release Determination Report” Form (TCEQ-00621, Rev. 1/15) to be used to report the results from the investigation of a suspected or confirmed release from an underground storage tank (UST) or above ground storage tank (AST), or permanent removal from service of a UST or any routine environmental site assessment at PST sites. This form (TCEQ-00621, revised 1/15) replaces all prior versions and effective July 1, 2015, the TCEQ will only accept information submitted on the revised form. Previous versions are considered obsolete and information received by the TCEQ on or after July 1, 2015 on previous versions of the form will need to be resubmitted on the current version.
The RDR Form (TCEQ-00621, Rev. 1/15) is now interactive and is able to be completed electronically. The revised RDR form is available on the TCEQ webpage:
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/remediation/rpr/documents/00621.pdf
