Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.131
PERMIT REQUIRED FOR OPERATION
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- Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.131, PERMIT REQUIRED FOR OPERATION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/696455
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(a) No person shall conduct a surface mining operation unless he first obtains a surface mining permit issued by the commission under this subchapter; provided, any operator conducting a surface mining operation in this state before September 20, 1976, who has filed a permit application pursuant to this chapter, may continue to conduct that surface mining operation until the commission approves or denies his application.
(b) An operator who was conducting a surface mining operation in this state after the expiration of 180 days following the promulgation of the initial rules under Section 131.026 of this code and who has filed a permit application in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter may continue to conduct the surface mining operation until the commission approves or denies his application.