| 1 | 1 | | 89R10164 KRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1178 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by amending Subsection (k) and adding Subsection (l) to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (k) An application for an authorization to use [the issuance |
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| 15 | 15 | | of] a standard permit under this section for a concrete plant that |
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| 16 | 16 | | performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing, including a |
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| 17 | 17 | | permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete batch plant, as defined |
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| 18 | 18 | | by the commission, must include: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) a statement of the proposed daily hours of |
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| 20 | 20 | | operation for: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) the facility; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) vehicles associated with transporting |
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| 23 | 23 | | material to or from the facility; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) a plot plan that clearly shows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) [(1)] a distance scale; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) [(2)] a north arrow; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (C) [(3)] all property lines, emission points, |
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| 28 | 28 | | buildings, tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment |
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| 29 | 29 | | in the area in which the facility will be located; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (D) [(4)] at least two benchmark locations in the |
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| 31 | 31 | | area in which the facility will be located; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (E) [(5)] if the permit requires a distance, |
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| 33 | 33 | | setback, or buffer from other property or structures as a condition |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (l) A standard permit described by Subsection (k): |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) must require that, unless the executive director |
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| 37 | 37 | | provides otherwise in the authorization to use the standard permit: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) the facility operate only after 7:00 a.m. and |
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| 39 | 39 | | before 7:00 p.m.; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) at the facility site, vehicles transport |
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| 41 | 41 | | material used in the production of concrete only after 5:00 a.m. and |
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| 42 | 42 | | before 9:00 p.m.; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) may allow the executive director to include in the |
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| 44 | 44 | | authorization to use the standard permit alternative operating |
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| 45 | 45 | | hours for the facility for use during not more than five days per |
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| 46 | 46 | | calendar year to accommodate special circumstances; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) must allow the appropriate commission regional |
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| 48 | 48 | | office to authorize temporary alternative operating hours for the |
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| 49 | 49 | | facility in response to a disaster or other emergency; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) must require that records be maintained on site |
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| 51 | 51 | | that show the use of alternative operating hours authorized under |
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| 52 | 52 | | Subdivision (2) or (3). |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. Section 382.051985, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 54 | 54 | | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 55 | 55 | | (c) Section 382.05195(l) does not apply to a plant permitted |
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| 56 | 56 | | under this section. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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