Section 26.35745 - Report On Corrective Actions For Petroleum Contaminated Sites And Fees Necessary To Conclude Program(a) The commission annually shall prepare a report regarding the status of corrective actions for sites reported to the commission under this subchapter as having had a release needing corrective action. The commission must issue the report to the legislature on or before November 1 of each year.(b) Regarding sites reported to the commission under this subchapter as having had a release needing corrective action on or before December 22, 1998, and that remain in the commission's PST State-Lead Program on September 1, 2013, the report must include: (1) the total number of sites;(2) the total number of sites for which corrective action is ongoing;(3) the total number of sites monitored;(4) the projected costs of the corrective actions;(5) the projected costs of monitoring;(6) a projected timeline for issuing closure letters under this subchapter for all of the sites; and(7) for each site, the corrective action activities proposed and completed during the preceding state fiscal year.(c) Regarding sites reported to the commission under this subchapter as having had a release needing corrective action after December 22, 1998, for which the commission has elected to assume responsibility for undertaking corrective action under this subchapter, the report must include:(1) the current status of each site;(2) the costs associated with the corrective action activities performed during the preceding state fiscal year for the sites;(3) amounts recovered under Section 26.355 related to the sites; and(4) enforcement actions taken against owners and operators related to those sites.(d) The commission shall investigate the amount of fees that would be necessary to cover the costs necessary to conclude the programs and activities under this subchapter before September 1, 2021. The commission shall include in the annual report under this section the conclusions of the investigation and the commission's recommendations regarding the fees and programs and activities.(e) This section expires September 1, 2021.Tex. Water Code § 26.35745
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 835,Sec. 18, eff. 6/14/2013.