Legal Opinion
FPL Farming Ltd. v. Environmental Processing Systems, L.C.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 2011No. 09-1010PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wainwright
In this case we consider whether a regulatory permit to drill an injection well absolves the holder from civil tort liability for conduct authorized by the permit. Environmental Processing Systems, L.C. (EPS) obtained permits from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (now the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) to construct and operate two deep wastewater injection wells on a tract next to land FPL Farming Ltd. (FPL) owns in Liberty County. FPL sued EPS for, among other things, tort damages for physical trespass based on alleged subsurface migration of water injected in…
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