(a) Applicability. This subchapter applies to applications for injection well permits that are declared administratively complete on or after September 1, 1999.
(b) Preapplication local review committee process. If an applicant decides to participate in a local review committee process under Texas Health and Safety Code, §361.063, the applicant shall submit a notice of intent to file an application to the executive director, setting forth the proposed location and type of facility. The applicant shall mail notice to the county judge of the county in which the facility is to be located. In addition, if the proposed facility is to be located in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a copy of the notice must be mailed to the mayor of the municipality.
(c) Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Permit.
  (1) On the executive director's receipt of an application, or notice of intent to file an application, the Office of the Chief Clerk (chief clerk) shall mail notice to the state senator and representative who represent the area in which the facility is or will be located.
  (2) After the executive director determines that the application is administratively complete, notice must be given as required by §39.418 of this title (relating to Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Permit). This notice must contain the text as required by §39.411(b)(1) - (9) and (11) of this title (relating to Text of Public Notice). Notice under §39.418 of this title will satisfy the notice of receipt of application required by §281.17(d) of this title (relating to Notice of Receipt of Application and Declaration of Administrative Completeness).
  (3) After the executive director determines that the application is administratively complete, in addition to the requirements of §39.418 of this title, notice must be given to the School Land Board, if the application will affect lands dedicated to the permanent school fund. The notice must be in the form required by Texas Water Code, §5.115(c).
  (4) For Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain a Permit concerning Class I or Class III underground injection wells, the chief clerk shall also mail notice to:
    (A) persons who own the property on which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located, if different from the applicant;
    (B) landowners adjacent to the property on which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located;
    (C) persons who own mineral rights underlying the existing or proposed injection well facility;
    (D) persons who own mineral rights underlying the tracts of land adjacent to the property on which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located; and
    (E) any groundwater conservation district established in the county in which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located.
  (5) The chief clerk or executive director shall also mail a copy of the application or a summary of its contents to the mayor and health authority of a municipality in whose territorial limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the solid waste facility is located and to the county judge and the health authority of the county in which the facility is located.
  (6) For Class I underground injection wells, the published notice must be at least 15 square inches (96.8 square centimeters) with a shortest dimension of at least three inches (7.6 centimeters) and the notice must appear in the section of the newspaper containing state or local news items.
(d) Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision. The notice required by §39.419 of this title (relating to Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision) must be published once under §39.405(f)(2) of this title (relating to General Notice Provisions) after the chief clerk has mailed the preliminary decision and the Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision to the applicant. This notice must contain the text as required by §39.411(c)(1) - (6) of this title. In addition to the requirements of §39.419 of this title and §39.426 of this title (relating to Alternative Language Requirements), the following requirements apply.
  (1) The applicant shall publish notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county that is adjacent or contiguous to each county in which the proposed facility is located. One notice may satisfy the requirements of §39.405(f)(2) of this title and of this subsection, if the newspaper meets the requirements of both rules.
  (2) For Class I underground injection wells, the published notice must be at least 15 square inches (96.8 square centimeters) with a shortest dimension of at least three inches (7.6 centimeters) and the notice must appear in the section of the newspaper containing state or local news items.
  (3) The chief clerk shall mail notice to the persons listed in §39.413 of this title (relating to Mailed Notice) and to local governments located in the county of the facility. "Local governments" have the meaning as defined in Texas Water Code, Chapter 26.
  (4) For Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision concerning Class I or Class III underground injection wells, the chief clerk shall also mail notice to:
    (A) persons who own the property on which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located, if different from the applicant;
    (B) landowners adjacent to the property on which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located;
    (C) persons who own mineral rights underlying the existing or proposed injection well facility;
    (D) persons who own mineral rights underlying the tracts of land adjacent to the property on which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located; and
    (E) any groundwater conservation district established in the county in which the existing or proposed injection well facility is or will be located.
  (5) If the application concerns a hazardous waste facility, the applicant shall broadcast notice under §39.503(d)(2) of this title (relating to Application for Industrial or Hazardous Waste Facility Permit).
  (6) The deadline for public comments on industrial solid waste, Class III, or Class V injection well permit applications will be not less than 30 days after newspaper publication, and for hazardous waste applications, not less than 45 days after newspaper publication.
(e) Notice of public meeting.
  (1) For an application for a new hazardous waste facility, the agency:
    (A) may hold a public meeting under §55.154 of this title (relating to Public Meetings) in the county in which the facility is proposed to be located to receive public comment concerning the application; but
    (B) shall hold a public meeting under §55.154 of this title in the county in which the facility is proposed to be located to receive public comment concerning the application:
      (i) on the request of a member of the legislature who represents the general area in which the facility is proposed to be located; or
      (ii) if the executive director determines that there is substantial public interest in the proposed facility.
  (2) For an application for a major amendment to or a Class 3 modification of an existing hazardous waste facility permit, the agency:
    (A) may hold a public meeting under §55.154 of this title in the county in which the facility is located to receive public comment on the application; but
    (B) shall hold a public meeting under §55.154 of this title in the county in which the facility is located to receive public comment concerning the application:
      (i) on the request of a member of the legislature who represents the general area in which the facility is located; or
      (ii) if the executive director determines that there is substantial public interest in the facility.
  (3) For purposes of this subsection, "substantial public interest" is demonstrated if a request for a public meeting is filed by:
    (A) a local governmental entity with jurisdiction over the location in which the facility is located or proposed to be located by formal resolution of the entity's governing body;
    (B) a council of governments with jurisdiction over the location in which the facility is located or proposed to be located by formal request of either the council's solid waste advisory committee, executive committee, or governing board;
    (C) a homeowners' or property owners' association formally organized or chartered and having at least ten members located in the general area in which the facility is located or proposed to be located; or
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