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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 496 Sets Surface Injection Pressure Floors for Saltwater Disposal Wells in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.Sponsor: Danny McCormick
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Board 496 prohibits the Dept. of Conservation and Energy from limiting for onsite and community s in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes below specific depth- and volume-based thresholds. Operators holding existing permits with lower pressure limits may apply to modify their permits, while commercial disposal wells are expressly excluded from these provisions.
Operators of onsite and community s in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes gain the right to operate at higher injection pressure floors, altering operating limits previously set by the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Saltwater disposal well operators in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes
Operators of onsite and community saltwater disposal wells in the specified parishes are subject to new minimum pressure thresholds and gain the option to request permit modifications.
Key Facts
- Prohibits the secretary of the Dept. of Conservation and Energy from setting maximum surface injection pressure below 0.5 pounds per vertical foot for onsite or community saltwater disposal wells deeper than 1,200 feet that inject less than 3,000 barrels per day in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes.
- Prohibits surface injection pressure limits below 0.25 pounds per vertical foot for wells deeper than 1,200 feet that inject 3,000 barrels or more of fluid per day in those parishes.
- Prohibits surface injection pressure limits below 0.25 pounds per vertical foot for wells that are 1,200 feet deep or less in those parishes.
- Expressly exempts commercial disposal wells from these provisions.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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