Lone Star Salt Water Disposal Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

ABOUSSIE, Justice.

Appellants, Lone Star Salt Water Disposal Company and its parent corporation, Texasgulf, Inc. (“Lone Star”), challenge the judgment of the district court affirming a 1979 order of the Texas Railroad Commission (“the Commission”). The Commission ordered Lone Star to clean, backfill, and compact three pits filled with oil and salt water residue and to dispose of the oil and residue. Among other things, appellants complain that the district court erred in affirming the Commission’s order because the order violates the Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act (“AP-TRA”)…