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Tex. Water Code § 26.027 (2026)

Commission May Issue Permits

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Sec. 26.027. COMMISSION MAY ISSUE PERMITS. (a) The commission may issue permits and amendments to permits for the discharge of waste or pollutants into or adjacent to water in the state. No permit shall be issued authorizing the discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent or high-level radioactive waste. The commission may refuse to issue a permit when the commission finds that issuance of the permit would violate the provisions of any state or federal law or rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or when the commission finds that issuance of the permit would interfere with the purpose of this chapter.

(b) A person desiring to obtain a permit or to amend a permit shall submit an application to the commission containing all information reasonably required by the commission. The commission shall, at minimum, require an applicant who is an individual to provide:

(1) the individual's full legal name and date of birth;

(2) the street address of the individual's place of residence;

(3) the identifying number from the individual's driver's license or personal identification certificate issued by the state or country in which the individual resides;

(4) the individual's sex; and

(5) any assumed business or professional name of the individual filed under Chapter 71, Business & Commerce Code.

(c) A person may not commence construction of a treatment facility until the commission has issued a permit to authorize the discharge of waste from the facility, except with the approval of the commission.

(d) The commission may not require under this chapter any permit for the placing of dredged or fill materials into or adjacent to water in the state for the purpose of constructing, modifying, or maintaining facilities or structures, but this does not change or limit any authority the commission may have with respect to the control of water quality. The commission may adopt rules and regulations to govern and control the discharge of dredged or fill materials consistent with the purpose of this chapter.

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1645, ch. 644, Sec. 7. Renumbered from Sec. 21.079 and amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.074, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 152, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.40, eff. April 1, 2009.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: FM Props. Operating Co. v. City of Austin, 22 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2000).
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FM Props. Operating Co. v. City of Austin, 22 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2000). · cites it 2× “See TEX. WATER CODE § 26.027(c) ("A person may not commence construction of a [water] treatment facility until the commission has issued a permit.”
City of Shoreacres v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 166 S.W.3d 825 (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 26.027 (d) (West 2000).”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality v. City of Waco, 413 S.W.3d 409 (Tex. 2013). “” Tex. Water Code § 26.027(a). Under this chapter, the Commission is required to give public notice of a permit application and, when requested by a commissioner, the executive director, or “any affected person,” hold a “public hearing” on the.”
City of League City v. Texas Water Comm'n, 777 S.W.2d 802 (Tex. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “The actual dispute may only be whether the agency could validly make the substandard state of the receiving waters a legally relevant factor in deciding some issue pertinent to the agency's administration of the permit procedure authorized in Tex.Water Code Ann. § 26.027 (1988).…”
Hooks v. Texas Dep't of Water Resources, 645 S.W.2d 874 (Tex. App. 1983). “(Musterman) a waste discharge permit as authorized by the provisions of Tex. Water Code Ann. § 26.027 (a) (Supp.1982).”
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 8× “45 Tex. Water Code § 26.027 ................”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship// Maverick Cnty. City of Eagle Pass Env't Def. Fund Walter Herring Ernesto Ibarra Gabriel De La Cerda Mike Hernandez Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n v. Maverick Cnty. City of Eagle Pass Env't Def. Fund Walter Herring Ernesto Ibarra Gabriel De La Cerda Mike Hernandez Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n// Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship (Tex. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “See Tex. Water Code § 26.027(a) (authorizing TCEQ to issue permits “for the discharge of waste or pollutants into or adjacent to water in the state”).”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship v. Maverick Cnty., City of Eagle Pass, Env't Def. Fund, Walter Herring, Ernesto Ibarra, Gabriel De La Cerda, Mike Hernandez, Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd., & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n (Tex. 2022). · cites it 3× “” TEX. WATER CODE § 26.027(a). As for who must apply for such a permit or what a permit application will look like, the Legislature vested TCEQ with broad discretion: “A person desiring to obtain a permit or to amend a permit shall submit an application to [TCEQ] containing all…”
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “351 •Tex. Water Code §§ 26.027, 26.030 7 Texas Administrative Code Provisions •16 Tex.”
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “003 • Tex. Water Code § 26.027 • Tex. Water Code § 26.”
Save Our Springs All., Inc. v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & the City of Dripping Springs (Tex. 2025). · cites it 3× “027’s language is nowhere close to the type of mandated criteria or findings that invoke the APA’s “statement of underlying facts” requirement. Our leading case on the matter illustrates the difference.”
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (2025). · cites it 3× “The Texas Legislature in turn has authorized the Commission to administer the State’s wastewater-discharge permitting program under the Texas Water Code. Tex. Water Code § 26.027.”
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— Tex. Water Code § 26.027(a) — 8 cases
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality v. City of Waco, 413 S.W.3d 409 (Tex. 2013). “” Tex. Water Code § 26.027(a). Under this chapter, the Commission is required to give public notice of a permit application and, when requested by a commissioner, the executive director, or “any affected person,” hold a “public hearing” on the.”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship// Maverick Cnty. City of Eagle Pass Env't Def. Fund Walter Herring Ernesto Ibarra Gabriel De La Cerda Mike Hernandez Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n v. Maverick Cnty. City of Eagle Pass Env't Def. Fund Walter Herring Ernesto Ibarra Gabriel De La Cerda Mike Hernandez Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n// Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship (Tex. App. 2019). “See Tex. Water Code § 26.027(a) (authorizing TCEQ to issue permits “for the discharge of waste or pollutants into or adjacent to water in the state”).”
Save Our Springs All., Inc. v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & the City of Dripping Springs (Tex. 2025). “027’s language is nowhere close to the type of mandated criteria or findings that invoke the APA’s “statement of underlying facts” requirement. Our leading case on the matter illustrates the difference.”
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). “45 Tex. Water Code § 26.027 ................”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship v. Maverick Cnty., City of Eagle Pass, Env't Def. Fund, Walter Herring, Ernesto Ibarra, Gabriel De La Cerda, Mike Hernandez, Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd., & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n (Tex. 2022). “” TEX. WATER CODE § 26.027(a). As for who must apply for such a permit or what a permit application will look like, the Legislature vested TCEQ with broad discretion: “A person desiring to obtain a permit or to amend a permit shall submit an application to [TCEQ] containing all…”
— Tex. Water Code § 26.027(b) — 4 cases
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). “45 Tex. Water Code § 26.027 ................”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship v. Maverick Cnty., City of Eagle Pass, Env't Def. Fund, Walter Herring, Ernesto Ibarra, Gabriel De La Cerda, Mike Hernandez, Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd., & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n (Tex. 2022). “” TEX. WATER CODE § 26.027(a). As for who must apply for such a permit or what a permit application will look like, the Legislature vested TCEQ with broad discretion: “A person desiring to obtain a permit or to amend a permit shall submit an application to [TCEQ] containing all…”
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (Tex. App. 2025). “003 • Tex. Water Code § 26.027 • Tex. Water Code § 26.”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship// Maverick Cnty. City of Eagle Pass Env't Def. Fund Walter Herring Ernesto Ibarra Gabriel De La Cerda Mike Hernandez Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n v. Maverick Cnty. City of Eagle Pass Env't Def. Fund Walter Herring Ernesto Ibarra Gabriel De La Cerda Mike Hernandez Boulware & Anson Fam., Ltd & Maverick Cnty. Env't & Pub. Health Ass'n// Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Dos Repúblicas Coal P'ship (Tex. App. 2019). “See Tex. Water Code § 26.027(a) (authorizing TCEQ to issue permits “for the discharge of waste or pollutants into or adjacent to water in the state”).”
— Tex. Water Code § 26.027(b)(1) — 1 case
AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality; & Jonah Water Special Util. Dist. v. City of Georgetown, Texas (2025). “The Texas Legislature in turn has authorized the Commission to administer the State’s wastewater-discharge permitting program under the Texas Water Code. Tex. Water Code § 26.027.”
— Tex. Water Code § 26.027(c) — 1 case
FM Props. Operating Co. v. City of Austin, 22 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2000). “See TEX. WATER CODE § 26.027(c) ("A person may not commence construction of a [water] treatment facility until the commission has issued a permit.”
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