Texas § 26.0345 DISCHARGE FROM AQUACULTURE FACILITIES.

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§ 26.0345 — DISCHARGE FROM AQUACULTURE FACILITIES.

Texas § 26.0345

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Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 26.0345 (2026).

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Sec. 26.0345. DISCHARGE FROM AQUACULTURE FACILITIES.

(a)In addition to wastewater permit conditions established under the authority of Sections 5.102 , 5.103 , 5.120 , and 26.040 , the commission, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and the Parks and Wildlife Department, shall establish permit conditions relating to suspended solids in a discharge permit for an aquaculture facility located within the coastal zone and engaged in shrimp production that are based on levels and measures adequate to prevent:

(1)potential significant adverse responses in aquatic organisms, changes in flow patterns of receiving waters, or untimely filling of bays with settled solids; or

(2)a potential significant adverse response in aquatic plants from attenuation of light by suspended solids in

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Sec. 26.0345. DISCHARGE FROM AQUACULTURE FACILITIES. (a) In addition to wastewater permit conditions established under the authority of Sections 5.102 , 5.103 , 5.120 , and 26.040 , the commission, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and the Parks and Wildlife Department, shall establish permit conditions relating to suspended solids in a discharge permit for an aquaculture facility located within the coastal zone and engaged in shrimp production that are based on levels and measures adequate to prevent:
(1) potential significant adverse responses in aquatic organisms, changes in flow patterns of receiving waters, or untimely filling of bays with settled solids; or
(2) a potential significant adverse response in aquatic plants from attenuation of light by suspended solids in discharges.
(b) In this section, "coastal zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.004 , Natural Resources Code.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1239, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766 ), Sec. 79, eff. September 1, 2025.