(a) A request to amend the boundaries of a groundwater management area must be addressed to the executive administrator and must contain the following:
  (1) a resolution supporting the change signed by each of the district representatives in each affected groundwater management area;
  (2) a demonstration that the geographic and hydrogeologic conditions require the proposed boundary change or an explanation that the change involves only an administrative correction; and
  (3) a copy of the notice and minutes of the public meeting held by the districts in each affected groundwater management area at which the districts approved the resolution in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(b) The executive administrator will review the request and will notify the districts of his decision.
  (1) If the proposed change involves only an administrative adjustment or correction to the boundary data files identified in §356.21 of this subchapter (relating to Designation of Groundwater Management Areas), the executive administrator will instruct agency staff to make the change and notify the districts upon completing the change.
  (2) If the proposed change involves a substantive change to the boundaries of one or more groundwater management areas, the request will be presented to the board for authorization.
(c) The executive administrator may, in his discretion, make administrative corrections to the data files described in §356.21 of this subchapter. The executive administrator will notify the affected districts before making any correction.
(d) The executive administrator may, in his discretion, waive any of the requirements of this subchapter upon a showing of good cause.

Source Note: The provisions of this §356.22 adopted to be effective December 31, 2012, 37 TexReg 10238; amended to be effective June 23, 2016, 41 TexReg 4491