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| 1 | 1 | 89R10365 CMO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 3768 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to public hearings held by the Texas Commission on | |
| 10 | 10 | Environmental Quality in areas that exceed an ambient air quality | |
| 11 | 11 | standard for benzene. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety | |
| 14 | 14 | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0292 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 382.0292. PUBLIC HEARING FOR HIGH LEVELS OF BENZENE. | |
| 16 | 16 | (a) If monitoring or modeling data indicates an area is exceeding | |
| 17 | 17 | or likely exceeding a national or state ambient air quality | |
| 18 | 18 | standard for benzene, the commission shall hold a public hearing in | |
| 19 | 19 | the area to allow interested persons to present comments relating | |
| 20 | 20 | to the elevated levels of benzene. | |
| 21 | 21 | (b) The commission shall provide notice of a public hearing | |
| 22 | 22 | held under Subsection (a) at least once in a newspaper of general | |
| 23 | 23 | circulation in the area in which the hearing is to be held. The | |
| 24 | 24 | notice must be published not later than the 30th day before the date | |
| 25 | 25 | of the hearing. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |