16 TAC §§76.10, 76.201, 76.204 - 76.206, 76.600, 76.800, 76.900, 76.1000
The amendments are proposed under Texas Occupations Code,
Chapters 51, 1901 and 1902, which authorize the Department to adopt rules
as necessary to implement this chapter and any other law establishing a program
regulated by the Department.
The statutory provisions affected by the proposed amendments are those
set forth in Texas Occupations Code, Chapters 51, 1901, and 1902. No other
statutes, articles, or codes are affected by the proposed amendments.
§76.10.Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have
the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
Abandoned well--A well that has not been used for six consecutive
months. A well is considered to be in use in the following cases:
(A)
a non-deteriorated well which contains the casing, pump,
and pump column in good condition; or
(B)
non-deteriorated well which has been capped.
(2)
Annular space--The space between the casing and borehole
wall.
(3)
Atmospheric barrier--A section of cement placed from two
feet below land surface to the land surface when using granular sodium bentonite
as a casing sealant or plugging sealant in lieu of cement.
(4)
Bentonite--A sodium hydrous aluminum silicate clay mineral
(montmorillonite) commercially available in powdered, granular, or pellet
form which is mixed with potable water and used for a variety of purposes
including the stabilization of borehole walls during drilling, the control
of potential or existing high fluid pressures encountered during drilling
below a water table, and to provide a seal in the annular space between the
well casing and borehole wall.
(5)
Bentonite grout--A fluid mixture of sodium bentonite and
potable water mixed at manufacturers’ specifications to a slurry consistency
that can be pumped through a pipe directly into the annular space between
the casing and the borehole wall. Its primary function is to seal the borehole
in order to prevent the subsurface migration or communication of fluids.
(6)
Capped well--A well that is closed or capped with a covering
capable of preventing surface pollutants from entering the well and sustaining
weight of at least 400 pounds and constructed in such a way that the covering
cannot be easily removed by hand.
(7)
Casing--A watertight pipe which is installed in an excavated
or drilled hole, temporarily or permanently, to maintain the hole sidewalls
against caving, advance the borehole, and in conjunction with cementing and/or
bentonite grouting, to confine the ground waters to their respective zones
of origin, and to prevent surface contaminant infiltration.
(A)
Plastic casing--National Sanitation Foundation (NSF-WC)
or American Society of Testing Material (ASTM) F-480 minimum SDR 26 approved
water well casing.
(B)
Steel Casing--New ASTM A-53 Grade B or better and have
a minimum weight and thickness of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
schedule 10.
(C)
Monitoring wells may use other materials, such as fluoropolymer
(Teflon), glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy, or various stainless steel alloys.
(8)
Cement--A neat portland or construction cement mixture
of not more than seven gallons of water per 94-pound sack of dry cement, or
a cement slurry which contains cement along with bentonite, gypsum or other
additives.
(9)
Chemigation--A process whereby pesticides, fertilizers
or other chemicals, or effluents from animal wastes is added to irrigation
water applied to land or crop, or both, through an irrigation distribution
system.
(10)
Closed Loop Geothermal Well--A
vertical closed system well used to circulate water, and other fluids or gases
through the earth as a heat source or heat sink.
(11)
[
(10)
] Commission--The Texas Commission
of Licensing and Regulation.
[
(11)
Commissioner--means the commissioner
of licensing and regulation.]
(12)
Complainant--A person who has filed a complaint with the
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Department) against any party
subject to the jurisdiction of the Department. The Department may be the complainant.
(13)
Completed monitoring well--A monitoring well which allows
water from a single water-producing zone to enter the well bore, but isolates
the single water-producing zone from the surface and from all other water-bearing
zones by proper casing and/or cementing procedures. Annular space positive
displacement or pressure tremie tube grouting or cementing (sealing) method
shall be used when encountering undesirable water or constituents above or
below the zone to be monitored or if the monitoring well is greater than twenty
(20) feet in total depth. The single water-producing zone shall not include
more than one continuous water-producing unit unless a qualified geologist
or a groundwater hydrologist has determined that all the units screened or
sampled by the well are interconnected naturally.
(14)
Completed to produce undesirable water--A completed well
which is designed to extract water from a zone which contains undesirable
water.
(15)
Completed water well--A water well, which has sealed off
access of undesirable water or constituents to the well bore by utilizing
proper casing and annular space positive displacement or pressure tremie tube
grouting or cementing (sealing) methods.
(16)
Constituents--Elements, ions, compounds, or substances
which may cause the degradation of the soil or ground water.
(17)
Continuing Education--Four (4) hours of education per
year required, including one (1) hour dedicated to the Water Well Driller/Pump
Installer Statutes and Rules course as a condition of license or registration
renewal under the Code and/or Rules.
(18)
Continuing Education Program--A formal offering of instruction
or information to licensees, registrants, or certificate holders for the purpose
of maintaining skills necessary for the protection of groundwater and the
health and general welfare of the citizens and the competent practice of the
construction of water wells, the installation of pumps or pumping equipment
or water well monitoring. A school, clinic, forum, lecture, course of study,
educational seminar, workshop, conference, convention, or short course approved
by the Department, may offer such programs.
(19)
Dry litter poultry facility--Fully enclosed poultry operation
where wood shavings or similar material is used as litter.
(20)
Easy access--Access is not obstructed by other equipment
and the fitting can be removed and replaced with a minimum of tools without
risk of breakage of the attachment parts.
(21)
Edwards aquifer--That portion of an arcuate belt of porous,
water bearing, predominantly carbonate rocks known as the Edwards and Associated
Limestones in the Balcones Fault Zone trending from west to east to northeast
in Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson, and Bell
Counties; and composed of the Salmon Peak Limestone, McKnight Formation, West
Nueces Formation, Devil’s River Limestone, Person Formation, Kainer
Formation, Edwards Formation and Georgetown Formation. The permeable aquifer
units generally overlie the less-permeable Glen Rose Formation to the south,
overlie the less-permeable Comanche Peak and Walnut formations north of the
Colorado River, and underlie the less-permeable Del Rio Clay regionally.
(22)
Environmental soil boring--An artificial excavation constructed
to measure or monitor the quality and quantity or movement of substances,
elements, chemicals, or fluids beneath the surface of the ground. The term
shall not include any well that is used in conjunction with the production
of oil, gas, or any other minerals.
(23)
Executive Director-- means the executive director of the
Department.
(24)
Flapper--The clapper, closing, or checking device within
the body of the check valve.
(25)
Foreign substance--Constituents that includes recirculated
tailwater and open-ditch water when a pump discharge pipe is submerged in
the ditch.
(26)
Freshwater--Water whose bacteriological, physical, and
chemical properties are such that it is suitable and feasible for beneficial
use.
[
(27)
Geothermal closed heat loop
well--A vertical closed system well used to circulate water, and other fluids
or gases through the earth as a heat source or heat sink.]
(27)
[
(28)
] Granular sodium bentonite--Sized,
coarse ground, untreated, sodium based bentonite (montmorillonite) which has
the specific characteristic of swelling in freshwater.
(28)
[
(29)
] Groundwater conservation
district--Any district or authority to which Chapter 36, Water Code, applies
and that has the authority to regulate the spacing or production of water
wells.
(29)
[
(30)
] Injection well includes:
(A)
an air-conditioning return flow well used to return water
that has been used for heating or cooling in a heat pump to the aquifer that
supplied the water;
(B)
a cooling water return flow well used to inject water that
has been used for cooling;
(C)
a drainage well used to drain surface fluid into a subsurface
formation;
(D)
a recharge well used to replenish water in an aquifer;
(E)
a saltwater intrusion barrier well used to inject water
into a freshwater aquifer to prevent the intrusion of salt water into fresh
water;
(F)
a sand backfill well used to inject a mixture of water
and sand, mill tailings, or other solids into subsurface mines;
(G)
a subsidence control well used to inject fluids into a
non-oil-producing or non-gas-producing zone to reduce or eliminate subsidence
associated with the overdraft of fresh water; and
(H)
a closed system geothermal well used to circulate water,
other fluids, or gases through the earth as a heat source or heat sink.
(30)
[
(31)
] Irrigation distribution
system--A device or combination of devices having a hose, pipe, or other conduit
which connects directly to any water well or reservoir connected to the well,
through which water or a mixture of water and chemicals is drawn and applied
to land. The term does not include any hand held hose sprayer or other similar
device, which is constructed so that an interruption in water flow automatically
prevents any backflow to the water source.
(31)
[
(32)
] Monitoring well--An artificial
excavation constructed to measure or monitor the quality and/or quantity or
movement of substances, elements, chemicals, or fluids beneath the surface
of the ground. Included within this definition are environmental soil borings,
piezometer wells, observation wells, and recovery wells. The term shall not
include any well that is used in conjunction with the production of oil, gas,
coal, lignite, or other minerals.
(32)
[
(33)
] Mud for drilling--A relatively
homogenous, viscous fluid produced by the suspension of clay-size particles
in water or the additives of bentonite or polymers.
(33)
[
(34)
] Piezometer--A device so
constructed and sealed as to measure hydraulic head at a point in the subsurface.
(34)
[
(35)
] Piezometer well--A well
of a temporary nature constructed to monitor well standards for the purpose
of measuring water levels or used for the installation of piezometer resulting
in the determination of locations and depths of permanent monitor wells.
(35)
[
(36)
] Plugging--An absolute sealing
of the well bore.
(36)
[
(37)
] Pollution--The alteration
of the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of, or the contamination
of, any water that renders the water harmful, detrimental, or injurious to
humans, animals, vegetation, or property, or to public health, safety, or
welfare, or impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for
any or reasonable purpose.
(37)
[
(38)
] Potable water--Water which
is safe for human consumption in that it is free from impurities in amounts
sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects. For purposes
of this chapter, water may be rendered potable by adding chlorine bleach at
the rate of one (1) gallon of bleach for every 500 gallons of water.
(38)
[
(39)
] Public water system--A system
supplying water to a number of connections or individuals, as defined by current
rules and regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 30
TAC Chapter 290.
(39)
[
(40)
] Recharge zone--Generally,
that area where the stratigraphic units constituting the Edward Aquifer crop
out, including the outcrops of other geologic formations in proximity to the
Edwards Aquifer, where caves, sinkholes, faults, fractures, or other permeable
features would create a potential for recharge of surface waters into the
Edwards Aquifer. The recharge zone is identified as that area designated as
such in official maps in the appropriate regional office of the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality.
(40)
[
(41)
] Recovery well--A well constructed
for the purpose of recovering undesirable groundwater for treatment or removal
of contamination.
(41)
[
(42)
] Sanitary well seal--A watertight
device to maintain a junction between the casing and the pump column.
(42)
[
(43)
] Test well--A well drilled
to explore for groundwater.
(43)
[
(44)
] Undesirable water--Water
that is injurious to human health and the environment or water that can cause
pollution to land or other waters.
(44)
[
(45)
] Water or waters in the state--Groundwater,
percolating or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs,
rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf of Mexico
inside the territorial limits of the state, and all other bodies of surface
water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, navigable
or non-navigable, and including the beds and banks of all watercourses and
bodies of surface water, that are wholly or partially inside or bordering
the state or inside the jurisdiction of the state.
(45)
[
(46)
] Well--A water well, test
well, injection well, dewatering well, monitoring well,
closed loop
geothermal
[
closed heat loop
] well, piezometer well, observation well, or
recovery well.
(46)
[
(47)
] State of Texas Well Report
(Well Log)--A log recorded on forms prescribed by the Department, at the time
of drilling showing the depth, thickness, character of the different strata
penetrated, location of water-bearing strata, depth, size, and character of
casing installed, together with any other data or information required by
the Executive Director.
§76.201.Requirements for Issuance of a License.
(a)
A completed application, accompanied by the required examination
fee, must be submitted by each person desiring to obtain a well driller's
and/ or pump installer's license.
(b)
After
[
Within 90 days after
] approval,
each applicant desiring a well driller’s and/or pump installer’s
license must pass
the General Well Driller and/or General Pump Installer
examination(s) and any designated well driller and/or pump installer examination(s)
for license issuance eligibility
[
an examination
].
(c)
Upon passing the
examination(s)
[
examination
], an applicant must submit the required license fee to the Department.
(d)
A licensee, not licensed to perform all types of well drilling
and pump installation, may apply for designation for additional types of well
drilling or pump installation. Applications for additional designations shall
be accompanied by the appropriate application fee, and shall contain all information
required by these rules for an initial license. Upon examination of the applicant's
qualifications, the Executive Director shall deny or grant additional grades
of licensure.
(1)
An applicant who has demonstrated competency in
all
types of well drilling shall be deemed qualified for a master driller's license.
[
the specific well drilling field shall be deemed qualified for
licensing for either Water Well drilling, Dewatering Well drilling, Injection
Well drilling, Monitoring Well drilling, or Geothermal closed heat loop drilling
or a combination thereof, which are regulated under these Rules.
]
(2)
An applicant who has demonstrated competency in all types
of pump installation shall be deemed qualified for a master pump installer's
license.
§76.204.License and Apprentice Registration Renewal.
(a)
On or before the expiration date of the license or registration,
the licensee or registrant shall pay an annual renewal fee to the Department
and submit an application for renewal.
(b)
To renew a license, the licensee is required to show proof
of four (4) hours of continuing education with one (1) hour dedicated to the
Water Well Driller/Pump Installer Statutes and Rules course.
(c)
Late renewal fees for
licenses and
registrations
issued under this chapter are provided under §60.83 of this title (relating
to Late Renewal Fees).
(d)
A person's registration will not be renewed unless their
supervisor's well driller and/ or pump installer license is current.
(e)
Requests to waive the Continuing Education requirements
because the license holder does not supervise, contract with the public, or
has retired from the drilling or pump service industry shall:
(1)
be submitted in writing to the Department;
(2)
contain a detailed explanation of the conditions under
which the waiver is requested,
(3)
be accompanied by the renewal fee, and
(4)
be inactive for a minimum of one (1) year.
(f)
To re-instate a driller
and/or pump installer
license
to supervise and/or contract with the public, the driller
and/or pump
installer
must submit four (4) hours of continuing education with one
(1) hour dedicated to the Water Well Driller/Pump Installer Statutes and Rules
course.
§76.205.Registration for Driller and/or Pump Installer Apprenticeship.
(a)
A person who wishes to undertake a Department approved
apprentice program under the supervision of a licensed well driller and/ or
a licensed pump installer who has been licensed for a minimum of two (2) years,
must submit a registration form to the Department and provide proof that the
licensed well driller and/ or pump installer has agreed to accept the responsibility
of supervising the training. A driller or pump installer may not supervise
more than three apprentices at any one time.
Persons
[
Person's
] with both a well driller and a pump installer license may register
a maximum of six apprentices (three of each type) at any one time.
(b)
A registered pump installer apprentice shall represent
his supervising pump installer during operations at the well site.
(c)
The Department shall review driller and /or pump installer
apprentice registration forms.
(d)
A registered pump installer apprentice may not perform,
or offer to perform, any services associated with procedures employed in the
placement and preparation for operation of equipment and material used to
obtain water from a water well except under the direct supervision of a licensed
pump installer and according to the supervising pump installer’s express
directions. A pump installer apprentice’s registration may be revoked
for engaging in prohibited activities.
(e)
Registration forms shall include:
(1)
the name, business address, and permanent mailing address
of the apprentice in training;
(2)
the name, business address, and license number of the licensed
driller and/ or pump installer who will supervise the training;
(3)
a detailed description of the training program, including
the types of wells to be drilled and/or the classifications of pumps to be
installed, equipment used, safety training and procedures, and experience,
knowledge, and qualification benchmarks while under the apprenticeship;
(4)
the effective commencement and termination date of the
training program;
(5)
a statement by the licensed driller and/ or pump installer
accepting financial responsibility for the activities of the apprentice associated
with the training program or undertaken on behalf of the licensed driller
or pump installer;
and
(6)
the signatures of the apprentice and the licensed driller
and/ or pump installer and the sworn statement of both that the information
provided is true and correct
.
[
; and
]
[
(7)
an attached one (1) hour Certificate
of Completion of the Water Well Driller/Pump Installer Statutes and Rules
course.]
(f)
If the application conforms to the rules and the apprentice
program meets Department requirements, the Department will notify the apprentice
and the supervising driller and/ or pump installer that the applicant has
been accepted as a registered driller and/ or pump installer apprentice and
that the registration form shall remain in the Department’s files for
the stated duration of the apprentice period.
(g)
If the application and apprentice program do not conform
to the rules or is not approved, the Department shall notify the apprentice
and the apprentice's supervising driller and/or pump installer of the disapproval.
§76.206.Responsibilities of the Apprentice and Supervising Driller and/or Pump Installer.
(a)
A registered driller/pump installer apprentice shall:
(1)
represent his supervising driller/pump installer during
operations at the well site;
(2)
driller apprentice shall co-sign state well reports with
the supervising driller; and
(3)
perform services associated with drilling, deepening, or
altering a well under the direct supervision of the supervising driller.
(b)
A registered driller/pump installer apprentice may not
perform, or offer to perform, any services associated with drilling, deepening,
installing a pump or altering a well except under the direct supervision of
a licensed driller/pump installer and/or according to the supervisor’s
express directions. A driller/pump installer apprentice's registration may
be revoked for engaging in prohibited activities.
(c)
Upon completion of a training program of at least two (2)
years, an apprentice may apply to obtain a well driller's and/ or pump installer’s
license or renew the status as an apprentice. The supervising driller, pump
installer, or apprentice may terminate the training program by written notice
to the Department. A reason for termination is not required. Upon receipt
of the notice, the Department shall terminate the apprentice’s status
as a registered apprentice.
(d)
Upon renewal of an apprentice registration, the supervising
driller and/or pump installer shall provide the Department a written progress
report on the aforementioned training segments in §76.205
(e)
[
(f)
] (3) pertaining to the apprentice’s stated training program.
(e)
A one (1) hour Certificate of Completion of the Water Well
Driller/Pump Installer Statutes and Rules course shall accompany each apprentice
registration renewal.
(f)
The licensed driller and/ or licensed pump installer shall
be present at the well site at all times during all operations or may be represented
by a registered apprentice capable of immediate communication with the licensed
driller or licensed pump installer at all times, provided that the licensed
driller and /or licensed pump installer is less than one hour arrival time
from the well site. The licensed driller shall visit the well site at least
once each day of operation to direct the manner in which the operations are
conducted.
(g)
The supervising licensed driller and/ or licensed pump
installer is responsible for compliance with the Texas Occupations Code, Chapters
1901 and 1902 and Department Rules.
(h)
If the supervising driller or pump installer is unavailable,
he may be represented by any other licensed driller or licensed pump installer
employed by the same company who can be at the well site within one (1) hour.
§76.600.Responsibilities of the Department--Certification by the Executive Director.
(a)
The Department shall evaluate the qualifications of license
applicants.
(b)
In assessing an applicant's qualifications, the Department
shall examine the applicant's experience and competence in well drilling and/
or pump installing.
(c)
An applicant, at the discretion of the Department, may
not be certified for up to one-year following the revocation of the applicant's
license or a finding that the applicant operated without a license.
(d)
After assessing the qualifications of an applicant, the
Department shall determine the type(s) of well drilling or pump installation,
the applicant is competent to perform. Types of drilling
, with license
designations, include: (W) - water well; (M) - monitoring well; (C) - closed
loop geothermal well; (N) - injection well; (D) - dewatering well; and (A)
- master well driller which includes all designations previously listed
[
include water well, monitoring well, geothermal heat loop well, injection
well, and dewatering well
]. Types of pump installation, with
license
designations, include: (L) - windmills, hand pumps, and pump jacks;
(P) -
single phase pumps
[
fractional to five horsepower
];
(K) -
three phase pumps
[
submersible five horsepower and over
]; (T) - line-shaft turbine pumps; and (I) - master water well pump
installer which includes all designations previously listed.
(e)
The Executive Director shall issue licenses to applicants
who qualify.
§76.800.Fees.
(a)
Exam Fees.
(1)
General Well Driller exam fee is $100.
(2)
[
(1)
] Water Well Driller exam fee
is
$50
[
$100
].
(3)
[
(2)
] Monitor Well Driller exam
fee is
$50
[
$100
].
(4)
Closed Loop Geothermal Well
Driller exam fee is $50.
(5)
[
(3)
] General Pump Installer exam
fee is
$100
[
$50
].
(6)
[
(4)
] Windmills, Hand Pumps and
Pump Jacks exam fee is $50.
(7)
[
(5)
] Pump Installer
Single
Phase
[
Fractional to 5 Horse Power
] exam fee is $50.
(8)
[
(6)
] Pump Installer
Three
Phase
[
5 Horse Power and Over
] exam fee is $50.
[
(7)
Closed Loop Geothermal Well
Driller exam fee is $50.]
(9)
[
(8)
] Line Shaft Turbine Pumps exam
fee is $50.
(b)
Original
[
Annual
] License
,
Registration, and Annual Renewal
Fees.
(1)
Driller's license is $215.
(2)
Installer's license is $215.
(3)
A combination Driller and Installer license is $325.
(4)
Apprentice registration is $65.
(5)
A combination Driller and Installer Apprentice registration
is $115.
[
(c)
License Renewal Fees.]
[
(1)
Driller's renewal license is $215.]
[
(2)
Installer's renewal license is $215.]
[
(3)
A combination Driller and Installer renewal
license is $325.]
[
(4)
Apprentice renewal registration is $65.]
[
(5)
A combination Driller and Installer Apprentice
renewal registration is $115.]
(c)
[
(d)
] Lost, revised, or duplicate
license $25.
(d)
[
(e)
] Variance request fee is $100.
§76.900.Disciplinary Actions.
If a person violates the Texas Occupations Code, Chapters
51,
1901 and 1902, or a rule or order, of the Executive Director or Commission
relating to the Code, proceedings may be instituted to impose administrative
sanctions and/or recommend administrative penalties in accordance with the
Code or Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 51, and Chapter 60 of this title (relating
to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation).
§76.1000.Technical Requirements--Locations and Standards of Completion for Wells.
(a)
(No change.)
(b)
In all wells where plastic casing is used, except when
a steel or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sleeve or pitless adapter, as described
in paragraph (3) of this subsection, is used, a concrete slab or sealing block
shall be placed above the cement slurry around the well at the ground surface.
(1) - (4)
(No change.)
(5)
The annular space of a
closed loop
geothermal
[
closed heat loop
] well used to circulate water or other fluids
shall be backfilled to the total depth with impervious bentonite or similar
material, closed loop injection well where there is no water or only one zone
of water is encountered you may use sand, gravel or drill cuttings to back
fill up to thirty (30) feet from the surface. The top thirty (30) feet shall
be filled with impervious bentonite or similar materials and meets the standards
pursuant to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 30 TAC, Chapter 331.
(c) - (l)
(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on May 24, 2004.
TRD-200403496
William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Earliest possible date of adoption: July 4, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7348
16 TAC §76.707
(Editor's note: The text of the following section proposed for
repeal will not be published. The section may be examined in the offices of
the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation or in the Texas Register
office, Room 245, James Earl Rudder Building, 1019 Brazos Street, Austin.)
The repeal is proposed under Texas Occupations Code,
Chapters 51, 1901 and 1902, which authorize the Department to adopt rules
as necessary to implement this chapter and any other law establishing a program
regulated by the Department.
The statutory provisions affected by the repeal are those set forth in
Texas Occupations Code, Chapters 51, 1901, and 1902. No other statutes, articles,
or codes are affected by the repeal.
§76.707.Responsibilities of the Licensee--Adherence to Statutes and Codes.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been
reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 24, 2004.
TRD-200403497
William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Earliest possible date of adoption: July 4, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7348