Osage Envtl., Inc. v. Railroad Comm'n of Texas
ELR Citation: ELR 20196 No(s). 03-08-5 (Tex. App. Ct. Jul 24, 2008)
A Texas appellate court upheld a state railroad commission order requiring a company to obtain a permit to receive and store oilfield waste consisting primarily of oil-based drill cuttings—bits of rock and soil that are byproducts of the drilling process—that it would then recycle into road base...