| 1 | 1 | | 87R1167 JAM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 896 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on |
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| 8 | 8 | | Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.051965 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 382.051965. INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| 13 | 13 | | FOR OIL AND GAS FACILITIES. (a) A permit by rule or a standard |
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| 14 | 14 | | permit relating to a facility described by Section 382.051961(a) |
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| 15 | 15 | | must require: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the permit holder of a new facility or an existing |
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| 17 | 17 | | facility that has been modified to establish a quarterly inspection |
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| 18 | 18 | | and maintenance program for the detection and repair of leaks from |
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| 19 | 19 | | all valves, pump seals, flanges, compressor seals, pressure relief |
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| 20 | 20 | | valves, open-ended lines, tanks, and other process and operation |
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| 21 | 21 | | components of the facility that could result in fugitive emissions; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) for a new facility, a prohibition on the use of |
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| 23 | 23 | | venting and limitations on the use of flaring; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) for an existing facility that has been modified, |
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| 25 | 25 | | the elimination of the use of venting and a reduction in the use of |
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| 26 | 26 | | flaring; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) limitations on emissions of volatile organic |
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| 28 | 28 | | compounds from storage tanks that have the potential to emit more |
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| 29 | 29 | | than one ton of volatile organic compounds per year; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) limitations on emissions of nitrogen oxides from |
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| 31 | 31 | | compressor engines with more than 100 horsepower; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (6) maintenance protocols and best practices for |
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| 33 | 33 | | compressor stations; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (7) the use and maintenance of no-bleed and low-bleed |
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| 35 | 35 | | pneumatic devices and controllers between a wellhead and a natural |
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| 36 | 36 | | gas processing plant and the monitoring of emissions from those |
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| 37 | 37 | | devices. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) A program described by Subsection (a)(1) must require |
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| 39 | 39 | | the use of leak detection equipment such as optical gas imaging |
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| 40 | 40 | | cameras. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) In adopting rules to implement this section, the |
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| 42 | 42 | | commission may consider: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) applying different standards to new facilities and |
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| 44 | 44 | | facilities that have been modified; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) using incentives to encourage the use of best |
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| 46 | 46 | | practices at facilities subject to this section. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2022, the Texas Commission |
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| 48 | 48 | | on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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| 49 | 49 | | implement Section 382.051965, Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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| 50 | 50 | | this Act. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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