86R14080 JXC-D
By: White H.B. No. 3600
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adoption of a
streamlined regulatory program for certain aggregate production
operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28A, Water Code, is
amended by adding Section 28A.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 28A.002. STREAMLINED PROGRAM FOR SMALL OPERATIONS.
(a) The commission by rule shall adopt a program to offer
streamlined requirements for small aggregate production
operations.
(b) The commission shall establish eligibility criteria for
the program by rule.
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 28A.051 and 28A.053, the
program must:
(1) allow the responsible party of a small aggregate
production operation required to register under this chapter to
register less frequently than annually; and
(2) establish an inspection schedule for small
aggregate production operations that requires inspections at least
once every five years.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.