81R1128 JTS-D
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 176
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of emissions events under the Clean Air
Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.0215(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall require the owner or operator of a
regulated entity that experiences emissions events:
(1) to maintain a record of all emissions events at the
regulated entity in the manner and for the periods prescribed by
commission rule;
(2) to notify the commission in a single report for
each emissions event, as soon as practicable but not later than
three [24] hours after discovery of the emissions event, of an
emissions event resulting in the emission of a reportable quantity
of air contaminants as determined by commission rule; and
(3) to report to the commission in a single report for
each emissions event, not later than two weeks after the occurrence
of an emissions event that results in the emission of a reportable
quantity of air contaminants as determined by commission rule, all
information necessary to evaluate the emissions event, including:
(A) the name of the owner or operator of the
reporting regulated entity;
(B) the location of the reporting regulated
entity;
(C) the date and time the emissions began;
(D) the duration of the emissions;
(E) the nature and measured or estimated quantity
of air contaminants emitted, including the method of calculation
of, or other basis for determining, the quantity of air
contaminants emitted;
(F) the processes and equipment involved in the
emissions event;
(G) the cause of the emissions; and
(H) any additional information necessary to
evaluate the emissions event.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.