This bill transfers from the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) responsibility for processing and storage of low level radioactive waste, non-oil and gas naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) waste, recovery and processing of source material, processing of by-product material, and sites for disposal of these materials. Also requires the Railroad Commission to adopt memoranda of understanding with TCEQ and DSHS to define respective duties with respect to radiation.

This bill clarifies that any well under the Commission’s jurisdiction, including an injection or disposal well, for which the Commission has cancelled the certificate of compliance cannot be used until the Commission has reissued the certificate of compliance. The bill also provides that where an operator uses a well, or reports such use, after the certificate of compliance for the well has been canceled, the Commission may refuse to renew the operator's organization report until the operator has paid the reconnect fee(s) and the certificate of compliance has been reissued.  Signal Oil and Gas