Emergency Rules
An agency may adopt a new or amended section or repeal an existing section on an 
emergency basis if it determines that such action is necessary for the public 
health, safety or welfare of this state. The section may become effective 
immediately upon filing with the Texas Register, or on a stated date less than 
20 days after filing and remain in effect no more than 120 days. The emergency 
action is renewable once for no more than 60 additional days.
Symbology in amended emergency sections. New language added to an existing 
section is indicated by the use of bold text. [Brackets] indicated deletion of 
existing material within a section.

TITLE 4. AGRICULTURE
PART I. Texas Department of Agriculture
CHAPTER 20.Cotton Pest Control
SUBCHAPTER C.Stalk Destruction Program
4 TAC sec.20.22
The Department of Agriculture (the department) adopts on an emergency basis, an 
amendment to sec.20.22, concerning the authorized cotton destruction date for 
Pest Management Zone 1. 
The department is acting on behalf of cotton farmers in Brooks, Cameron, 
Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy, Zapata and the southern part of Kenedy County 
encompassing the area below an east-west line through Katherine and Armstrong, 
Texas. 
The cotton destruction deadline for Zone 1 is September 1. A prior emergency 
amendment as published in the September 10, 1996, issue of the Texas Register 
(21 TexReg 8639), extended the deadline for these counties to September 15. The 
cotton destruction deadline will now be extended through September 30. The 
department believes that changing the cotton destruction date is both necessary 
and appropriate.
Adverse weather conditions have created a situation compelling an immediate 
extension of the cotton destruction date for all counties in Pest Management 
Zone 1. The unusually wet weather prior to the cotton destruction period has 
prevented many cotton producers from cotton destruction by the September 1 
deadline. A failure to act to extend the cotton destruction deadline could 
create a significant loss to Texas cotton producers and the state's economy. 
The department believes that extending the cotton destruction deadline in the 
counties in Pest Management Zone 1 as requested will not result in a significant 
increase in pest populations in the zone. 
The emergency amendment to sec.20.22(a) will extend the date for cotton 
destruction through September 30 of this year in Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim 
Hogg, Starr, Willacy, Zapata and the southern part of Kenedy County encompassing 
the area below an east-west line through Katherine and Armstrong, Texas.
The amendment is adopted on an emergency basis under Texas Agriculture Code, 
sec.74.006, which provides the Texas Department of Agriculture with the 
authority to adopt rules as necessary for the effective enforcement and 
administration of Chapter 74, Subchapter A; and sec.74.004, which provides the 
department with the authority to establish regulated areas, dates and 
appropriate methods of destruction of stalks, other parts, and products of host 
plants for cotton pests and provides the department with the authority to 
consider a request for a cotton destruction extension due to adverse weather 
conditions; and the Government Code, sec.2001.34, which provides for the 
adoption of administrative rules on an emergency basis, without notice and 
comment.

sec.20.22.Stalk Destruction Requirements.
(a) Deadlines and methods. All cotton plants in a pest management zone shall be 
destroyed, regardless of the method used, by the stalk destruction dates 
indicated for the zone. Destruction shall be accomplished by the methods 
described as follows: 
Figure: 4 TAC sec.20.22(a)
(b)-(c) (No Change.) 
Issued in Austin, Texas, on September 13, 1996.
TRD-9613498
Dolores Alvarado Hibbs
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Department of Agriculture
Effective date: September 16, 1996
Expiration date: October 6, 1996
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7583

TITLE 30. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART I. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
CHAPTER 330. Municipal Solid Waste
SUBCHAPTER R. Management of Whole Used or Scrap Tires
30 TAC sec.330.860
The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission is renewing the effectiveness 
of the emergency adoption of new sec.330.860, for a 60-day period. The text of 
new sec.330.860 was originally published in the July 12, 1996, issue of the 
Texas Register (21 TexReg 6299).
Issued in Austin, Texas, on September 11, 1996.
TRD-9613315
Kevin McCalla
Director, Legal Division
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Effective date: October 24, 1996
Expiration date: December 23, 1996
For further information, please call: (512) 239-1970