30 Tex. Admin. Code § 295.174
The sections in this subchapter relating to requests for contested case hearings and the requirements to hold contested case hearings in certain circumstances do not apply to applications for temporary water use permits, emergency water use permits, or authorization to divert water from unsponsored and storage-limited projects for domestic and livestock purposes. In these specified instances, the commission may conduct such hearings as it deems appropriate. However, the commission shall conduct a hearing on a temporary permit if it has been provisionally issued and if the permit has been cancelled upon request of the executive director under § 295.181 of this title (relating to Provisional Disposition of Application for Temporary Permit).
30 Tex. Admin. Code § 295.174