H.B. No. 2598
AN ACT
relating to the consideration of steel slag as solid waste by the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.040 to read as follows:
Sec. 361.040. TREATMENT OF STEEL SLAG AS SOLID WASTE. The
commission may not consider steel slag as solid waste if the steel
slag is:
(1) an intended output or result of the use of an
electric arc furnace to make steel;
(2) introduced into the stream of commerce; and
(3) managed as an item of commercial value, including
through a controlled use in a manner constituting disposal, and not
as discarded material.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2598 was passed by the House on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2598 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor