[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8565-8569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3222]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 147

[FRL-7623-1]


Revision to the Texas Underground Injection Control Program 
Approved Under Section 1422 of the Safe Drinking Water Act and 
Administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Today, EPA is amending the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 
and incorporating by reference (IBR), the revised Underground Injection 
Control (UIC) Program for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
(TCEQ, formerly the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission). 
EPA initially approved the Texas UIC program, which is the subject of 
this rule, on January 6, 1982. Since approval, the State has had 
primary authority to implement the UIC program. The State has made 
changes to its EPA approved program and submitted them to EPA for 
review. Those changes are the subject of this rule. EPA, after 
conducting a thorough review, is hereby approving and codifying the 
State program revisions. As required in the Federal UIC regulations, 
substantial State UIC program revisions must be approved and codified 
in the CFR by a rule signed by the EPA Administrator. The intended 
effect of this action is to approve, update and codify the revisions to 
the authorized Texas UIC Program and to incorporate by reference the 
relevant portions of the revisions in the Code of Federal Regulations.

DATES: This rule is effective on March 26, 2004. The Director of the 
Federal Register approves the incorporation by reference contained in 
this rule as of March 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Salazar, 
([email protected]), Mail Code 4606M, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20460, voice 
(202) 564-3894, fax (202) 564-3756. For technical information, contact 
Ray Leissner, ([email protected]) Ground Water/UIC Section (6WQ-SG), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 
TX, 75202-2733, voice (214) 665-7183, fax (214) 665-2191.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Regulated Entities

    This action does not impose any regulation on the public, and in 
fact there are no entities affected. This action merely approves, 
codifies, and incorporates by reference into the Code of Federal 
Regulations the revisions to the Texas UIC program previously adopted 
by the TCEQ. The rules that are the subject of this codification are 
already in effect in Texas under Texas law. The IBR allows EPA to 
enforce the State authorized UIC program, if necessary, and to 
intervene effectively in case of an imminent and substantial 
endangerment to public health and/or USDWs in the State.

II. Background

    Section 1421 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires the 
Administrator to promulgate minimum requirements for effective State 
programs to prevent underground injection activities which endanger 
underground sources of drinking water (USDWs). Section 1422 of SDWA 
allows States to apply to the EPA Administrator for authorization of 
primary enforcement and permitting authority (primacy) over injection 
wells within the State. Section 1422(b)(1)(A) provides that States 
shall submit to the Administrator an application that: (1) contains a 
showing satisfactory to the Administrator that the State has adopted 
and will implement an underground injection control program that meets 
the requirements of regulations in effect under Section 1421 of SDWA, 
and (2) will keep such records and make such reports with respect to 
its activities under its underground injection control program as the 
Administrator may require by regulation. Section 1422(b)(1)(B)(2) 
requires, after reasonable opportunity for public comment, the 
Administrator by rule to approve, disapprove, or approve in part, the 
State UIC program.
    EPA's approval of primacy for the State of Texas for underground 
injection into Class I, III, IV, and V wells, to be implemented by the 
Texas Water Commission, was published on January 6, 1982 (47 FR 618), 
and became effective on February 7, 1982.
    On January 26, 1982, the Governor of the State of Texas requested 
approval of a complimentary program for Class II (oil and gas related) 
wells, under Section 1425 of SDWA, to be implemented by the Texas 
Railroad Commission (RRC). In addition to wells commonly classified as 
Class II in the UIC program, the request included two well types 
considered Class V wells: geothermal return and in situ

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combustion of coal wells. The UIC program implemented by the RRC, 
including Class V geothermal return and in situ combustion of coal 
wells, was approved by EPA on April 23, 1982 (47 FR 17488) and became 
effective 30 days later.
    In 1985, the 69th Texas Legislature enacted legislation that 
transferred jurisdiction over Class III brine mining wells from the 
Texas Water Commission, now the Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality (TCEQ), to the RRC. Therefore, two types of Class V wells, 
geothermal return and in situ combustion of coal, as well as Class III 
brine mining wells, are not included in the UIC program implemented by 
the TCEQ. The elements of the State's primacy application, originally 
approved by EPA and published in the Federal Register on January 6, 
1982, submitted through the Texas Department of Water Resources, a 
predecessor to the TCEQ, \1\ were codified in Title 40 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, at 40 CFR 147.2200. These regulations were last 
updated on March 6, 1991 (56 FR 9408).
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    \1\ On September 1, 2002, the Texas Natural Resources 
Conservation Commission (TNRCC) changed its name to the Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). None of the duties of 
the Agency were changed or transferred. The proposal to approve the 
revisions to the UIC program in Texas mentioned in this document and 
published in the Federal Register on November 8, 2001 (66 FR 56496--
56503) had the former name of the Agency (TNRCC). References to the 
TCEQ include actions that could have been done by one of its 
predecessors.
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    After EPA's initial approval of the UIC program in 1982, TCEQ 
predecessors revised the program several times. The revisions included 
regulation changes, for which Texas was required by Sec.  145.32 to 
obtain approval from EPA, and three name changes.
    On June 17, 1996, Mr. Richard Lowerre of the law firm of Henry, 
Lowerre, Johnson, Hess and Fredrick, acting on behalf of his clients 
(``Petitioners''), filed a petition for partial withdrawal of program 
approval for the Texas UIC program. Mr. Lowerre represented the 
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF, now Environmental Defense, ED) and 
later the Oil and Chemical Association of Workers (OCAW, now Paper, 
Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Union, PACE). The 
petition informed EPA of the Petitioners' intent to sue under sections 
1422 and 1449 of SDWA and EPA rules at 40 CFR Part 135, Subpart B. The 
petition alleged that, due to changes made by the Texas Legislature to 
environmental statutes and the implementation of those changes, TCEQ's 
UIC program no longer met the Federal requirements for primacy for the 
UIC program. The petition identified specific elements of TCEQ's UIC 
program that formed the basis for EDF's request to EPA to withdraw 
approval of TCEQ's UIC program. These included: inadequate enforcement 
authority due to recently passed audit privilege \2\ and takings \3\ 
laws, inadequate public participation in enforcement activities, 
inadequate public participation in permitting decisions and inadequate 
opportunities for judicial review of permit decisions made by TCEQ. 
Over the course of the resolution of the petition, additional issues 
were raised by the Petitioners that were not included in the original 
petition. All these issues were satisfactorily resolved through 
negotiations with Petitioners.
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    \2\ Audit privilege laws were conceived originally as a way for 
operators to perform self audits and correct problems. In some 
cases, these laws can have the effect of keeping all records of a 
violation sealed if the offender voluntarily corrects the violation. 
This might be inconsistent with public participation requirements 
under the minimum standards for States' UIC programs.
    \3\ These laws generally require the State to compensate private 
companies or individuals for any significant damage caused by 
regulatory actions. Such laws may limit the State's ability to 
regulate and take enforcement action.
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    On August 14, 1998, TCEQ submitted a complete UIC program revision 
application package. Over the course of the review of this package, EPA 
received comments on the submission from the Petitioners, including 
numerous additional issues relating to past and present UIC program and 
legislative activities. EPA comments given to the TCEQ included issues 
raised by Petitioners, as well as issues identified by EPA. TCEQ 
submitted two application revision supplements in response to EPA 
comments.
    Issues raised by the Petitioners related to aspects of Texas' UIC 
program implementation. For those issues, a negotiated agreement was 
reached between EPA, Texas, and Petitioners. In exchange for additional 
reporting by TCEQ and oversight by EPA, the Petitioners withdrew their 
petition for withdrawal of program authorization in August 2000 and 
agreed not to contest this program revision. With resolution of the 
petition issues and EPA's comments, there were no unresolved issues 
that warranted EPA disapproval of this program revision application. 
Specific details on the Petitioners' issues and their resolution can be 
found in the Federal Register proposal dated November 8, 2001 (66 FR 
56496--56503), and are also available from Ray Leissner of EPA Region 6 
Offices at (214) 665-7183 or [email protected].
    The proposed revisions to implement the regulatory changes called 
for in the agreement with Petitioners were published in the August 8, 
1997,\4\ edition of the Texas Register. The regulatory actions included 
adoption of rule changes in 30 TAC, Chapter 55, Subchapter B, section 
52.25, repeal of 30 TAC, section 305.106 to avoid duplication of the 
new rules, and adoption of new rules at 30 TAC, Chapter 80, Subchapters 
C and F, sections 80.105-80.257. These final changes were published in 
the Texas Register on November 21, 1997, effective December 1, 1997.
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    \4\ Note that the regulatory changes published in 1997 were not 
contested by Petitioners. The issues still remaining in 1997 were 
not regulation related. Those issues were finally resolved in 2000.
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    EPA published its proposed decision to approve and codify these 
revisions in the Federal Register on November 8, 2001 (66 FR 56496-
56503), and in five major newspapers within the State. The proposal 
provided the public the opportunity to comment and request a hearing. 
No comments or requests for hearing were received.
    The changes to 40 CFR 147.2200, promulgated in today's rule differ 
from the proposal only in formatting. There was also a name change for 
the Texas UIC Agency for Class I, III, IV and V, from Texas Natural 
Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) to the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The Agency duties did not change, only 
the name.
    Today's action approves, codifies, and incorporates by reference 
those revisions submitted by the TCEQ to the Class I, III, IV and V 
portions of the State's UIC program originally approved under section 
1422 of SDWA in 1982.

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the 
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'' 
and therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the 
Executive Order. The Order defines ``significant regulatory action'' as 
one that is likely to result in a rule that may:
    (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or 
adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the 
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public 
health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or 
communities;

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    (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an 
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, 
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or
    (4) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in 
the Executive Order.
    It has been determined that this rule is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' under the terms of Executive Order 12866 and is 
therefore not subject to OMB review.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This action does not impose an information collection burden under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq. 
It does not impose any information collection, reporting, or record-
keeping requirements. It merely approves, codifies, and incorporates by 
reference State revisions to its EPA approved UIC program.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an Agency 
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative 
Procedures Act or any other statute unless the Agency certifies that 
the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses, 
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions.
    For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's rule on small 
entities, we defined small entities as (1) a small business based on 
Small Business Administration (SBA) size standards; (2) a small 
governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county, town, 
school district or special district with a population less than 50,000; 
and (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit enterprise 
which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its 
field.
    After considering the economic impacts of today's final rule on 
small entities, I certify that this action will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This rule 
merely approves, codifies, and incorporates by reference into 40 CFR 
Part 147 the revisions to the Texas program regulations already adopted 
and implemented by the State of Texas ensuring the protection of 
underground sources of drinking water. Codification of these revisions 
does not result in additional regulatory burden to or directly impact 
small businesses in Texas.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public 
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and Tribal 
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA 
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit 
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that 
may result in expenditures to State, local, and Tribal governments, in 
the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any 
one year. Before promulgating an EPA rule for which a written Statement 
is needed, section 205 of the UMRA generally requires EPA to identify 
and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt 
the least costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative 
that achieves the objectives of the rule. The provisions of section 205 
do not apply when they are inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover, 
section 205 allows EPA to adopt an alternative other than the least 
costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative if the 
Administrator publishes with the final rule an explanation why that 
alternative was not adopted.
    Before EPA establishes any regulatory requirements that may 
significantly or uniquely affect small governments, including Tribal 
governments, it must have developed under section 203 of the UMRA a 
small government Agency plan. The plan must provide for notifying 
potentially affected small governments, enabling officials of affected 
small governments to have meaningful and timely input in the 
development of EPA regulatory proposals with significant Federal 
intergovernmental mandates, and informing, educating, and advising 
small governments on compliance with the regulatory requirements. 
Today's rule contains no Federal mandates (under the regulatory 
provisions of Title II of the UMRA) for State, local, or Tribal 
governments or the private sector because the rule imposes no 
enforceable duty on any State, local or Tribal governments or the 
private sector. This final rule only approves the State's UIC 
regulations as revised and in effect in the State of Texas. Thus 
today's rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 
of UMRA. For the same reason, EPA has determined that this rule 
contains no regulatory requirements that might significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments. Thus, today's rule is not subject to 
the requirements of section 203 of UMRA.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999), requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure 
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the 
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.'' 
``Policies that have federalism implications'' is defined in the 
Executive Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''
    This final rule does not have federalism implications. It will not 
have substantial direct effects on the State, on the relationship 
between the national government and the State, or on the distribution 
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, 
as specified in Executive Order 13132. This rule merely approves and 
codifies regulations already adopted and implemented by the State of 
Texas ensuring the protection of underground sources of drinking water. 
This codification revises the existing federally approved Texas UIC 
program, described at 40 CFR 147.2200, to reflect current statutory, 
regulatory, and other key programmatic elements of the program. Thus,

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Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this rule. Although Executive 
Order 13132 does not apply to this rule, extensive consultation between 
EPA and the State of Texas went into revising the UIC regulations. The 
proposal published in the Federal Register on November 8, 2001 (66 FR 
56496-56503) provides a detailed description of the consultations that 
took place in preparation of the Texas UIC regulations which are the 
subject of this codification. In addition, in the spirit of Executive 
Order 13132, and consistent with EPA policy to promote communications 
between EPA and State and local governments, EPA specifically solicited 
comment on the proposed rule from State and local officials.

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with Indian 
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination 
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 6, 2000), 
requires EPA to develop ``an accountable process to ensure meaningful 
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory 
policies that have tribal implications.'' ``Policies that have tribal 
implications'' is defined in the Executive Order to include regulations 
that have ``substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on 
the relationship between the Federal government and the Indian tribes, 
or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the 
Federal government and Indian tribes.''
    This final rule does not have Tribal implications. It will not have 
substantial direct effects on Tribal governments, on the relationship 
between the Federal government and Indian tribes, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
government and Indian tribes, as specified in Executive Order 13175. 
The UIC program for Indian lands is separate from the State of Texas 
UIC program. The UIC program for Indian lands in Texas is administered 
by EPA and can be found at 40 CFR 147.2205 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this rule. 
Nevertheless, in the spirit of Executive Order 13175, and consistent 
with EPA policy to promote communications between EPA and Tribal 
governments, EPA specifically solicited comment on the proposed rule 
from Tribal officials in its notice published in the Federal Register 
on November 8, 2001 (66 FR 56496-56503) and in five major newspapers 
within the State.

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from Environmental 
Health Risks and Safety Risks

    Executive Order 13045: ``Protection of Children from Environmental 
Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies 
to any rule that: (1) is determined to be ``economically significant'' 
as defined under E.O. 12866, and (2) concerns an environmental health 
or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may have a 
disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action meets 
both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental health or 
safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the 
planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and 
reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
    This final rule is not subject to the Executive Order because it is 
not economically significant as defined in Executive Order 12866. 
Further, it does not concern an environmental health or safety risk 
that EPA has reason to believe may have a disproportionate risk to 
children.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions that Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use

    This rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, ``Actions 
Concerning Regulations that Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 
Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001), because it is not a 
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.

I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law No. 104-113, Section 12(d), (15 U.S.C. 
272 note), directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its 
regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with 
applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards 
are technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, 
sampling procedures, business practices) that are developed or adopted 
by voluntary consensus standards bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to 
provide to Congress, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
explanations when EPA decides not to use available and applicable 
voluntary consensus standards.
    This rulemaking does not involve technical standards. Therefore, 
EPA did not consider the use of any voluntary consensus standards.

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address Environmental 
Justice in Minority Populations or Low-Income Populations

    Executive Order 12898 establishes a Federal policy for 
incorporating environmental justice into Federal agency missions by 
directing agencies to identify and address disproportionately high and 
adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, 
policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations. This 
rule does not affect minority or low income populations.

K. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. section 801 et seq., as 
added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996, generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency 
promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy 
of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller 
General of the United States. EPA will submit a report containing this 
rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House 
of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States 
prior to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule 
cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2). This rule will be effective on March 26, 2004.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 147

    Environmental protection, Incorporation by reference, Indians-
lands, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Water supply.

    Dated: February 9, 2004.
Michael O. Leavitt,
Administrator.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 40, Chapter I of the 
Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 147--STATE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS

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1. The authority citation for part 147 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300h; and 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

Subpart SS--Texas

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2. Section 147.2200 is revised to read as follows:

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Sec.  147.2200  State-administered program--Class I, III, IV, and V 
wells.

    The UIC program for Class I, III, IV, and V wells in the State of 
Texas, except for those wells on Indian lands, Class III brine mining 
wells, and certain Class V wells, is the program administered by the 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved by EPA pursuant to 
section 1422 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Notice of the 
original approval for Class I, III, IV, and V wells was published in 
the Federal Register on January 6, 1982 and became effective February 
7, 1982. Class V geothermal wells and wells for the in situ combustion 
of coal are regulated by the Rail Road Commission of Texas under a 
separate UIC program approved by EPA and published in the Federal 
Register on April 23, 1982. A subsequent program revision application 
for Class I, III, IV, and V wells, not including Class III brine mining 
wells, was approved by the EPA pursuant to section 1422 of SDWA. Notice 
of this approval was published in the Federal Register on February 25, 
2004; the effective date of these programs is March 26, 2004. The 
program for Class I, III, IV, and V wells, not including Class III 
brine mining wells, consists of the following elements as submitted to 
the EPA in the State's revised program applications.
    (a) Incorporation by reference. The requirements set forth in the 
State statutes and regulations cited in this paragraph are hereby 
incorporated by reference and made part of the applicable UIC program 
under SDWA for the State of Texas. This incorporation by reference was 
approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies of the materials that are 
incorporated by reference in this paragraph are available from the 
Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 
700, Washington DC or at EPA Region VI, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 
75202.
    (1) Texas Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Applicable to the 
Underground Injection Control Program for Class I, III, IV, and V 
Wells, except for Class III Brine Mining Wells, March 2002.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (b) Other laws. The following statutes and regulations, as 
effective on March 31, 2002, although not incorporated by reference 
except for any provisions identified in paragraph (a) of this section, 
are also part of the approved State-administered UIC program.
    (1) Class I, III, IV, and V wells. (i) Title 30 of the Texas 
Administrative Code Chapters 39, 50, 55, 80, and 281.
    (ii) Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, Water Code, Chapters 5, 7, 26, 
and 32, Health and Safety Code Section 361, Government Code (ORA) 
Chapter 552 and Government Code (APA) Chapter 2001.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (c) Memorandum of Agreement--(1) Class I, III, IV, and V wells. The 
Memorandum of Agreement between EPA Region VI and the Texas Natural 
Resource Conservation Commission a predecessor to the Texas Commission 
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), revised March 23, 1999, and signed by 
the EPA Regional Administrator on October 23, 2001.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (d) Statement of legal authority--(1) Class I, III, IV, and V 
wells. ``State of Texas Office of Attorney General Statement for Class 
I, III, IV, and V Underground Injections Wells,'' signed by the 
Attorney General of Texas, June 30, 1998.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (e) Program Description--(1) Class I, III, IV, and V wells. The 
Program Description and any other materials submitted as part of the 
revision application or as supplements thereto.
    (2) [Reserved]

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