Rule Adoptions
Adoptions are rules that have been adopted by the commissioners and republished as final in the Texas Register.
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Adoptions are rules that have been adopted by the commissioners and republished as final in the Texas Register. They usually become effective 20 days after the TCEQ files them with the Texas Register for publication.
Adoptions will remain on this page for 30 days after the effective date.
| Adoption Date | Rule Project Number | Short Title/Description | Adoption (PDF) |
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| Approval Date 7/09/25 Effective Date 07/25/25 |
2023-139-321-OW | Land Application of Dairy Waste and Disposal of Dairy Waste in Control Facility Amendment of 30 TAC Chapter 321, Control of Certain Activities by Rule, Subchapter B, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, to add new Sections 321.48 and 321.49 to allow for land application and disposal of dairy waste. Amendment of 30 TAC Chapter 321 to add new Subchapter Q, Land Application of Dairy Waste Authority, to allow entities to directly land apply dairy waste under emergency conditions on agricultural land that is not associated with an animal feeding operation or any other TCEQ authorization. |
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| Approval Date 6/18/25 Effective Date 07/10/25 |
2025-008-353-OW | Leaking Water Wells Grant Program House Bill 4256, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 amended the Texas Water Code, Chapter 28, Subchapter E to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to establish and administer a Leaking Water Wells Grant Program. This rulemaking will create a new Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 353, to provide grants to permanently plug qualifying wells in certain counties, establish grant and project eligibility requirements, establish criteria for prioritizing projects eligible to receive grant funding, and establish criteria for well plugging. |