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Texas Natural Resources Code - NAT RES § 40.111. Information

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Each applicant for a discharge prevention and response certificate shall submit information, in a form satisfactory to the commissioner, describing the following:

(1) the barrel or other measurement capacity of the terminal facility;

(2) the dimensions and barrel capacity of the largest vessel docking at or providing service from the terminal facility;

(3) the storage and transfer capacities and average daily throughput of the terminal facility;

(4) the types of oil stored, handled, or transferred at the terminal facility;

(5) information related to implementation of the applicant's discharge prevention and response plan, including:

(A) all response equipment such as vehicles, vessels, pumps, skimmers, booms, bioremediation supplies and application devices, dispersants, chemicals, and communication devices to which the terminal facility has access, as well as the estimated time required to deploy the equipment after an unauthorized discharge of oil;

(B) the trained personnel that are required and available to deploy and operate the response equipment, as well as the estimated time required to deploy the personnel after an unauthorized discharge of oil;

(C) the measures employed to prevent unauthorized discharges of oil; and

(D) the terms of agreement and operation plan of any discharge cleanup organization to which the owner or operator of the terminal facility belongs;

(6) the source, nature of, and conditions of financial responsibility for response costs and damages; and

(7) any other information necessary or appropriate to the review of a registrant's discharge prevention and response capabilities.

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