Texas Water Code 5.752 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 5.752
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this subchapter:
(1) “Applicable legal requirement” means an environmental law, regulation, permit, order, consent decree, or other requirement.
(2) “Innovative program” means:
(A) a program developed by the commission under this subchapter, Chapter 26 or 27 of this code, or Chapter 361, 382, or 401, Health and Safety Code, that provides incentives to a person in return for benefits to the environment that exceed benefits that would result from compliance with applicable legal requirements under the commission’s jurisdiction;
(B) the flexible permit program administered by the commission under Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code;
(C) the regulatory flexibility program administered by the commission under § 5.758; or
(D) a program established under § 382.401, Health and Safety Code, to encourage the use of alternative technology for detecting leaks or emissions of air contaminants.
(3) “Permit” includes a license, certificate, registration, approval, permit by rule, standard permit, or other form of authorization issued by the commission under this code or the Health and Safety Code.
(4) “Region” means a region of the commission’s field operations division or that division’s successor.
(5) “Strategically directed regulatory structure” means a program that is designed to use innovative programs to provide maximum environmental benefit and to reward compliance performance.