86R13501 JXC-F
 
  By: Zwiener H.B. No. 3324
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to groundwater impact contingency planning by pipeline
  operators.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter J, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 26.409 to read as follows:
         Sec. 26.409.  CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR PIPELINES. (a) The
  commission by rule shall require the operator of a pipeline that is
  under the jurisdiction of the pipeline safety and regulatory
  program described by Section 81.071, Natural Resources Code, to
  submit to the commission a site-specific contingency plan that
  describes measures to be taken to control, contain, and collect any
  discharge of fluids from the pipeline to minimize impacts to
  groundwater in this state. 
         (b)  The commission may reject a plan submitted under
  Subsection (a), and require a new plan, if the commission
  determines that the submitted plan is insufficient to safeguard
  present and future groundwater supplies.
         (c)  The commission shall send each plan accepted under this
  section to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
  Administration or a successor agency.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.