Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2088 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R5317 JXC-D
2	2	By: Walle H.B. No. 2088
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the operating hours of concrete plants in certain
8	8	counties issued a standard permit by the Texas Commission on
9	9	Environmental Quality; amending a provision subject to a criminal
10	10	penalty.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 382.05198(a), Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(a) The commission shall issue a standard permit for a
15	15	permanent concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching,
16	16	or central mixing and that meets the following requirements:
17	17	(1) production records must be maintained on site
18	18	while the plant is in operation until the second anniversary of the
19	19	end of the period to which they relate;
20	20	(2) each cement or fly ash storage silo and weigh
21	21	hopper must be equipped with a fabric or cartridge filter or vented
22	22	to a fabric or cartridge filter system;
23	23	(3) each fabric or cartridge filter, fabric or
24	24	cartridge filter system, and suction shroud must be maintained and
25	25	operated properly with no tears or leaks;
26	26	(4) excluding the suction shroud filter system, each
27	27	filter system must be designed to meet a standard of at least 0.01
28	28	outlet grain loading as measured in grains per dry standard cubic
29	29	foot;
30	30	(5) each filter system and each mixer loading and
31	31	batch truck loading emissions control device must meet a
32	32	performance standard of no visible emissions exceeding 30 seconds
33	33	in a five-minute period as determined using United States
34	34	Environmental Protection Agency Test Method 22 as that method
35	35	existed on September 1, 2003;
36	36	(6) if a cement or fly ash silo is filled during
37	37	nondaylight hours, the silo filter system exhaust must be
38	38	sufficiently illuminated to enable a determination of compliance
39	39	with the performance standard described by Subdivision (5);
40	40	(7) the conveying system for the transfer of cement or
41	41	fly ash to and from each storage silo must be totally enclosed,
42	42	operate properly, and be maintained without any tears or leaks;
43	43	(8) except during cement or fly ash tanker connection
44	44	or disconnection, each conveying system for the transfer of cement
45	45	or fly ash must meet the performance standard described by
46	46	Subdivision (5);
47	47	(9) a warning device must be installed on each bulk
48	48	storage silo to alert the operator in sufficient time for the
49	49	operator to stop loading operations before the silo is filled to a
50	50	level that may adversely affect the pollution abatement equipment;
51	51	(10) if filling a silo results in failure of the
52	52	pollution abatement system or failure to meet the performance
53	53	standard described by Subdivision (5), the failure must be
54	54	documented and reported to the commission;
55	55	(11) each road, parking lot, or other area at the plant
56	56	site that is used by vehicles must be paved with a cohesive hard
57	57	surface that is properly maintained, cleaned, and watered so as to
58	58	minimize dust emissions;
59	59	(12) each stockpile must be sprinkled with water or
60	60	dust-suppressant chemicals or covered so as to minimize dust
61	61	emissions;
62	62	(13) material used in the batch that is spilled must be
63	63	immediately cleaned up and contained or dampened so as to minimize
64	64	dust emissions;
65	65	(14) production of concrete at the plant must not
66	66	exceed 300 cubic yards per hour;
67	67	(15) a suction shroud or other pickup device must be
68	68	installed at the batch drop point or, in the case of a central mix
69	69	plant, at the drum feed and vented to a fabric or cartridge filter
70	70	system with a minimum capacity of 5,000 cubic feet per minute of
71	71	air;
72	72	(16) the bag filter and capture system must be
73	73	properly designed to accommodate the increased flow from the
74	74	suction shroud and achieve a control efficiency of at least 99.5
75	75	percent;
76	76	(17) the suction shroud baghouse exhaust must be
77	77	located more than 100 feet from any property line;
78	78	(18) stationary equipment, stockpiles, and vehicles
79	79	used at the plant, except for incidental traffic and vehicles as
80	80	they enter and exit the site, must be located or operated more than
81	81	100 feet from any property line; [and]
82	82	(19) the central baghouse must be located at least 440
83	83	yards from any building used as a single or multifamily residence,
84	84	school, or place of worship at the time the application to use the
85	85	permit is filed with the commission if the plant is located in an
86	86	area that is not subject to municipal zoning regulation; and
87	87	(20) in a county with a population of more than 3.3
88	88	million, the plant must not operate in nondaylight hours.
89	89	SECTION 2. Section 382.05198(a), Health and Safety Code, as
90	90	amended by this Act, applies to a permit issued before, on, or after
91	91	the effective date of this Act.
92	92	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.