TITLE rule-review

Texas Groundwater Protection Committee

TRD-200603951

Filed: July 27, 2006

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board files this notice of intent to review Title 31, Part 17, Chapter 518, Subchapter A, §518.1 and §518.2, Employee Training Rules, of the Texas Administrative Code in accordance with the Texas Government Code, §2001.039. The agency finds that the reason for adopting the rules continues to exist.

As required by §2001.039 of the Texas Government Code, the agency will accept comments and make a final assessment regarding whether the reason for adopting the rules continues to exist. The comment period will last 30 days beginning with the publication of this notice of intent to review.

Comments or questions regarding this rule review may be submitted to Rex Isom, Executive Director, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, P.O. Box 658, Temple, Texas 76503, by e-mail to risom@tsswcb.state.tx.us, or by facsimile at (254) 773-3311.

TRD-200603974

Mel Davis

Special Projects Coordinator

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

Filed: July 28, 2006

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board files this notice of intent to review Title 31, Part 17, Chapter 523, §§523.1 - 523.8, Agricultural and Silvicultural Water Quality Management, of the Texas Administrative Code in accordance with the Texas Government Code, §2001.039. The agency finds that the reason for adopting the rules continues to exist.

TRD-200603975

Mel Davis

Special Projects Coordinator

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

Filed: July 28, 2006

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board files this notice of intent to review Title 31, Part 17, Chapter 525, Subchapter A, §§525.1 - 525.9, Audit Requirements for Soil and Water Conservation Districts, of the Texas Administrative Code in accordance with the Texas Government Code, §2001.039. The agency finds that the reason for adopting the rules continues to exist.

TRD-200603976

Mel Davis

Special Projects Coordinator

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

Filed: July 28, 2006

Adopted Rule Review

Texas Groundwater Protection Committee

Title 31, Part 18

The Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC or committee) files this notice of review and readoption of Chapter 601, Groundwater Contamination Report, with amendments as concurrently published in the Adopted Rules section of this issue of the Texas Register .

This review of Chapter 601 is adopted in accordance with the requirements of Texas Government Code, §2001.039, which requires state agencies to review and consider for readoption each of their rules every four years. The review must include an assessment of whether the reasons for the rules continue to exist.

CHAPTER SUMMARY

The TGPC was created by the 71st Legislature in 1989 to bridge gaps between existing state groundwater programs and to optimize water quality protection by improving coordination among agencies involved in groundwater activities. The committee's rules in Chapter 601 define the conditions that constitute groundwater contamination for the purpose of inclusion of cases in the public files for each state agency having responsibilities related to the protection of groundwater. These rules also describe the contents of the committee's Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report required under Texas Water Code (TWC), §26.406. The report describes the current status of groundwater monitoring activities conducted by or required by each agency at regulated facilities or associated with regulated activities; contains a description of each case of groundwater contamination documented during the previous calendar year; contains a description of each case of contamination documented during the previous year for which enforcement action was incomplete at the time of issuance of the preceding report; and indicates the status of enforcement action for each case of contamination which is listed. The rules also specify the form and content of notices of groundwater contamination that must be mailed to each owner of a private drinking water well that may be affected by documented cases of groundwater contamination and to each applicable groundwater conservation district as directed by TWC, §26.408.