82R19352 JXC-F
By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 3541
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3541:
By: Chisum C.S.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. Section 382.0518, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) The commission may not require an applicant for a
permit to construct or modify a source other than a major emitting
facility, as defined by Section 169 of the federal Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. Section 7479), to demonstrate that the source complies with
a national ambient air quality standard unless compliance with the
standard is required for that source by:
(1) the state implementation plan adopted to
implement, maintain, and enforce that standard in accordance with
Section 110 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7410);
(2) the federal Clean Air Act; or
(3) another provision of this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.