Section 26.0481 - Disposal Of Dairy Waste In Retention Facility(a) In this section, "dairy waste" means milk, milk by-products, or milk processing waste that is spilled, spoiled, adulterated, unmarketable, stranded, or otherwise unfit for human consumption produced at a concentrated animal feeding operation. (b) Notwithstanding any other law and to the extent permitted by federal law, the commission shall adopt rules under this section to allow: (1) the disposal of dairy waste from a concentrated animal feeding operation into a control or retention facility, including a lagoon or playa, as that term is defined by Section 26.048; and (2) the land application by irrigation associated with the disposal described by Subdivision (1). (c) Rules adopted under Subsection (b) must: (1) minimize the risk of water quality impairment caused by: (A) the disposal of dairy waste into the control or retention facility; and (B) the land application by irrigation associated with the disposal described by Paragraph (A); and (2) require best management practices to ensure that the disposal of dairy waste into the control or retention facility does not impair water quality. Tex. Water Code § 26.0481
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 175,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2023.