| 1 | 1 | | 89R3549 KRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles S.B. No. 1783 |
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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 a prohibition on the crushing of contaminated concrete |
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| 10 | 10 | | by certain concrete crushing facilities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 13 | 13 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0651 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 382.0651. CONCRETE CRUSHING FACILITY; PROHIBITION ON |
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| 15 | 15 | | CONTAMINATED CONCRETE. (a) The commission by rule shall, as a |
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| 16 | 16 | | condition of issuing a permit or authorizing the use of a standard |
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| 17 | 17 | | permit under this chapter for a concrete crushing facility, |
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| 18 | 18 | | prohibit the facility from crushing concrete that has been exposed |
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| 19 | 19 | | to a chemical contaminant listed under Subsection (b). |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The commission by rule shall establish a list of |
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| 21 | 21 | | chemicals that the commission finds may contaminate concrete in a |
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| 22 | 22 | | manner likely to cause adverse human health effects when that |
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| 23 | 23 | | concrete is crushed. Before adding a chemical to the list, the |
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| 24 | 24 | | commission shall consider the degree of risk of the chemical |
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| 25 | 25 | | causing contamination of concrete and of that contamination to |
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| 26 | 26 | | cause adverse human health effects. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2026, the Texas |
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| 28 | 28 | | Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 29 | 29 | | implement the changes in law made by this Act, including by amending |
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| 30 | 30 | | any applicable standard permit issued under Chapter 382, Health and |
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| 31 | 31 | | Safety Code. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Chapter 382, |
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| 33 | 33 | | Health and Safety Code, the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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| 34 | 34 | | Quality shall require a concrete crushing facility operating under |
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| 35 | 35 | | a permit or an authorization to use a standard permit issued before |
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| 36 | 36 | | the effective date of the rules described by Subsection (a) of this |
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| 37 | 37 | | section to comply with the rules as if the permit or authorization |
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| 38 | 38 | | had been issued after the effective date of the rules. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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