Texas § NR.123.001 - DEFINITIONS
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § NR.123.001 — DEFINITIONS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ NR.123.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas. (2) "Drill cuttings" means bits of rock or soil cut from a subsurface formation by a drill bit during the process of drilling an oil or gas well and lifted to the surface by means of the circulation of drilling mud. The term includes any associated sand, silt, drilling fluid, spent completion fluid, workover fluid, debris, water, brine, oil scum, paraffin, or other material cleaned out of the wellbore. (3) "Permit holder" means a person who holds a permit from the commission to operate a stationary commercial solid oil and gas waste recycling facility or a commercial oil and gas waste disposal facility. (4) "Treatment" means a manufacturing, mechanical, thermal, or chemical process other than sizing, shaping, diluting, or sorting. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 1541 ), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 145 (S.B. 502 ), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2023.
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Section NR.123.001 ("DEFINITIONS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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