Texas § 5.236 GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION REPORTS.

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§ 5.236 — GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION REPORTS.

Texas § 5.236

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Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 5.236 (2026).

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Sec. 5.236. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION REPORTS.

(a)If the executive director acquires information that confirms that a potential public health hazard exists because usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, the executive director, not later than the 30th day after the date on which the executive director acquires the information confirming contamination, shall give written notice of the contamination to the following persons:

(1)the county judge and the county health officer, if any, in each county in which the contamination has occurred or is occurring;

(2)any person under the commission's jurisdiction who is suspected of contributing to the contamination;

(3)any other state agency with jurisdiction over any person who is suspected of contributing to the contamination; and

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Sec. 5.236. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION REPORTS. (a) If the executive director acquires information that confirms that a potential public health hazard exists because usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, the executive director, not later than the 30th day after the date on which the executive director acquires the information confirming contamination, shall give written notice of the contamination to the following persons:
(1) the county judge and the county health officer, if any, in each county in which the contamination has occurred or is occurring;
(2) any person under the commission's jurisdiction who is suspected of contributing to the contamination;
(3) any other state agency with jurisdiction over any person who is suspected of contributing to the contamination; and
(4) a groundwater conservation district, if the contamination has occurred or is occurring in the jurisdiction of the district.
(b) The executive director shall give the notice in the manner and form, and include the information, required by rule of the commission.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 607 (S.B. 430 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.