By: King of Uvalde, Guillen H.B. No. 3516         (Senate Sponsor - Perry)          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2021;   May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural   Resources & Economic Development; May 10, 2021, rereferred to   Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2021,   reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;   May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the regulation of the recycling of fluid oil and gas   waste.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 122.004, Natural Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 122.004.  COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL   USE.  (a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment   and beneficial use of oil and gas waste.          (b)  Rules adopted under this section must:                (1)  encourage fluid oil and gas waste recycling for   beneficial purposes; and                (2)  establish standards for the issuance of permits   for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste.          (c)  In adopting rules under this section, the commission   shall consider previously adopted rules for recycling fluid oil and   gas waste.          (d)  Rules adopted under this section for commercial   recycling of fluid oil and gas waste must establish:                (1)  minimum siting standards for fluid recycling pits;                (2)  uniform technical, construction, and placement   standards;                (3)  uniform standards for estimating closure costs;                (4)  minimum and maximum bonding and financial security   amounts based on factors determined by the commission; and                (5)  standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil   and gas waste.          (e)  The commission shall approve or deny an application for   a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later   than the 90th day after the date the complete application was   received by the commission, unless a protest is filed with the   commission, in which case the commission may extend the amount of   time to approve or deny the application in order to allow for   notice, public comment, and a public hearing on the application. If   the commission does not approve or deny the application before that   date, the permit application is considered approved and the   applicant may operate under the terms specified in the application   for a period of one year.          (f)  An application requesting a variance from the standards   adopted under this section must be evaluated and determined to be   substantially similar to previous variances approved by the   commission.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *