Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB952 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 05/18/2021

                            S.B. No. 952


 AN ACT
 relating to plot plan requirements for an application for a
 standard permit for a concrete batch plant issued by the Texas
 Commission on Environmental Quality.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
 (k)  An application for the issuance of a standard permit
 under this section for a concrete plant that performs wet batching,
 dry batching, or central mixing, including a permanent, temporary,
 or specialty concrete batch plant, as defined by the commission,
 must include a plot plan that clearly shows:
 (1)  a distance scale;
 (2)  a north arrow;
 (3)  all property lines, emission points, buildings,
 tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment in the area
 in which the facility will be located;
 (4)  at least two benchmark locations in the area in
 which the facility will be located; and
 (5)  if the permit requires a distance, setback, or
 buffer from other property or structures as a condition of the
 permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met.
 SECTION 2.  Section 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
 (c)  An application for the issuance of a standard permit
 under this section must include a plot plan that meets the
 requirements of Section 382.05195(k).
 SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
 an application for a standard permit described by Section 382.05195
 or 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, that is filed with the Texas
 Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
 of this Act. An application for a standard permit 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 952 passed the Senate on
 April 19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 952 passed the House on
 May 11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 18, two
 present not voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved:
 ______________________________
 Date
 ______________________________
 Governor