Texas Natural Resources Code - NAT RES § 91.203. Authority;  Rules

(a) The commission shall supervise or monitor the construction, operation, maintenance, and closure of storage facilities.

(b) The commission may adopt reasonable rules or issue reasonable orders to implement the policies of this subchapter and may establish minimum standards regulating the creation, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of underground hydrocarbon storage facilities.  The rules and standards of the commission may include, but are not limited to, requirements for monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting, the drilling and creation of the facility, selecting the site of the facility, and for proper closure of the facility on abandonment.