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Tex. Water Code § 27.011 (2026)

Permit From Commission

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Sec. 27.011. PERMIT FROM COMMISSION. Unless the activity is subject to the jurisdiction of the railroad commission or authorized by a rule of the commission, no person may continue utilizing an injection well or begin drilling an injection well or converting an existing well into an injection well to dispose of industrial and municipal waste, to extract minerals, or to inject a fluid without first obtaining a permit from the commission.

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1647, ch. 644, Sec. 10. Renumbered from Sec. 22.011 and amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3161, ch. 830, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.114, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2024 · leading case: R.R. Comm'n v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water, 336 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2011).

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R.R. Comm'n v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water, 336 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2011). · cites it 2× “TEX. WATER CODE § 27.011 (granting TCEQ the power to regulate injection wells for the disposal of industrial and municipal waste); id.”

Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, 254 S.W.3d 492 (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.011 (West 2000).”

FPL Farming Ltd. v. Env't Processing Sys., L.C., 351 S.W.3d 306 (Tex. 2011). “Tex. Water Code § 27.011. We have recognized that “[i]t cannot be disputed that [secondary operations to recover oil and gas] should be encouraged” to “increase the ultimate recovery of oil and gas.”

Ring Energy v. Trey Res., Inc., 546 S.W.3d 199 (Tex. App. 2017). “TEX.WATER CODE ANN. § 27.011. Generally, injection wells used for disposal of industrial waste falls under the purview of the TCEQ.”

Nicky E. Dyer Flora Harrell Edgar Hoagland Shirley Hoagland James Langston James A. Langston, III Lois Nelson Brian Rodel Richard Ward Edwin A. (Art) Wilson Montgomery Cnty. & City of Conroe v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Bryan W. Shaw, in His Off. Capacity as Chairman of the Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Buddy Garcia & Carlos Rubinstein, in Their Off. Capacities as Commissioners of the Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & TexCom Gulf Disposal, LLC (Tex. App. 2019). “Under the Injection Well Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the TCEQ or the Commission) has jurisdiction over injection wells used for the disposal of “industrial and municipal waste,” see Tex. Water Code §§ 27.011, .051(a), and the Railroad Commission has…”

NGL Water Solutions Eagle Ford, LLC v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas & Blue Water Disposal (Tex. App. 2019). “051(b), and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has jurisdiction over injection wells used for other purposes, see Tex. Water Code §§ 27.011, .051(a). The Railroad Commission may grant an application and issue a permit for an injection well within its…”

Basic Energy Servs., LP v. PPC Energy, LP & Priest Petroleum Corp. (Tex. App. 2024). “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.011 ; § 27.002.”

Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water & Mr. James G. Popp v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas & Pioneer Expl., Ltd. (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.011 (West 2000).”

FPL Farming Ltd. v. Env't Processing Sys., L.C. (Tex. App. 2009). “" Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 27.011 -.012 (Vernon 2008).”

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