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