This subchapter establishes a final rule under the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991 (OSPRA), Texas Natural Resources Code, Chapter 40, which became law March 28, 1991. OSPRA supports and complements the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), Public Law 101-380, which became law on August 18, 1990. This subchapter is intended to establish basic rules to provide for orderly and efficient administration of OSPRA until more comprehensive rule-making can occur in coordination with the rule-making process by federal agencies under OPA. The General Land Office intends to amend this subchapter in anticipation of and in response to federal rule-making, as well as when development of Texas' own oil spill prevention and response program so requires.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.1 adopted to be effective February 21, 1992, 17 TexReg 1109.