82R11258 JXC-F
By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 3541
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements to meet national ambient air quality
standards.
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 382.0174 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0174. NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD
COMPLIANCE. The commission may not require a person who applies for
a permit or authorization under this chapter to demonstrate that
the activity to be permitted or authorized complies with a national
ambient air quality standard unless the demonstration is required
by:
(1) Section 165(a)(3) of the federal Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. Section 7475(a)(3)); or
(2) the state implementation plan adopted under
Section 382.0173.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.