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Rule Adoptions

Adoptions are rules that have been adopted by the commissioners and republished as final in the Texas Register.

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)
Approval Date
4/12/23

Effective Date
5/04/23		 2022-020-007-LS Repeal of 30 TAC §7.101, MOU with the Texas Department of Commerce and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Repeal of 30 TAC § 7.101, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Texas Department of Commerce and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. The repeal is necessary because the MOU terminated on August 31, 1999.
Approval Date
3/08/23

Effective Date
3/30/23		 2021-034-036-LS Post Rule Review - Repeal Chapter 36
This rulemaking in response to the last Quadrennial Rules Review of Chapter 36 (Non-Rule Project Number 2018-046-036-LS), which determined that Chapter 36 is obsolete and no longer required.
Approval Date
3/08/23

Effective Date
3/30/23		 2022-017-292-OW Senate Bill (SB) 3 (80th) SB 2262 (85th) and staff-initiated River Authority and Feasibility Tax Rate Revisions
This rulemaking would amend 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapters 292 and 293 for consistency with the repeal of Texas Water Code Chapter 9 and abolishment of the Central Colorado River Authority.
Approval Date
2/08/23

Effective Date
3/2/23		 2022-018-210-OW Updates to Chapter 210 Use of Reclaimed Water
Adding language to the existing rule to clarify that an application to obtain an authorization under Chapter 210 may be submitted concurrently or any time after submittal of an application for a TPDES/TLAP permit.