82R3048 SLB-D
By: Burnam H.B. No. 1126
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the control of emissions from crude oil and condensate
storage tanks in certain areas of this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0203 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0203. CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM CRUDE OIL AND
CONDENSATE STORAGE TANKS. (a) This section applies only to a
storage tank or tank battery that is:
(1) used to store crude oil or condensate:
(A) before custody transfer; or
(B) at a pipeline breakout station; and
(2) located in a county that is located wholly or
partly above a hydrocarbon-producing geological formation that
underlies all or part of two counties:
(A) that are adjacent to one another; and
(B) each of which has a population of more than
1.4 million.
(b) The owner or operator of a storage tank or tank battery
described by Subsection (a) shall ensure that flashed gases are
routed to a vapor recovery system or control device if:
(1) for a storage tank or tank battery in operation
before September 1, 2012, the tank or tank battery has the potential
to emit an aggregate of 10 or more tons of volatile organic
compounds in any 12-month period if emissions were not controlled;
and
(2) for a storage tank or tank battery that begins
operation on or after September 1, 2012, the tank or tank battery
has the potential to emit an aggregate of five or more tons of
volatile organic compounds in any 12-month period if emissions were
not controlled.
(c) A vapor recovery system used under this section must be
operated and maintained in a manner that ensures a 95 percent
minimum control efficiency between the internal and external
atmospheres of the tank or tanks.
(d) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this
section. Rules adopted under this section apply to a storage tank
or tank battery under Subsection (b)(1) only on and after September
1, 2013.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.