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| 1 | 1 | 87R12475 ANG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 3636 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the obstruction from public view of flaring at a natural | |
| 8 | 8 | gas liquefaction facility and liquefied natural gas export | |
| 9 | 9 | terminal. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 382.051961, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (d) A permit by rule or a standard permit relating to a | |
| 14 | 14 | natural gas liquefaction facility and liquefied natural gas export | |
| 15 | 15 | terminal must require any elevated flare stack or ground flare | |
| 16 | 16 | located at the facility to be constructed in a manner that obscures | |
| 17 | 17 | from public view any flaring occurring at the facility. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 382.051961(d), Health and Safety Code, | |
| 19 | 19 | as added by this Act, applies only to a permit the application for | |
| 20 | 20 | which is filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | |
| 21 | 21 | on or after the effective date of this Act. A permit the | |
| 22 | 22 | application for which is filed before the effective date of this Act | |
| 23 | 23 | is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law | |
| 24 | 24 | is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |