89R3550 KRM-D
By: Miles S.B. No. 2272
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to air quality permits for concrete crushing facilities
and concrete plants located in certain areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0651 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0651. COMMUNITY GROWTH ANALYSIS FOR CERTAIN
CONCRETE FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to an
application for an authorization to use a standard permit issued
under this chapter for a facility that is:
(1) a concrete crushing facility or a concrete plant
that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing; and
(2) located or proposed to be located:
(A) in the unincorporated area of a county; and
(B) within one mile of a tract of land that has
been subdivided into at least 500 lots for residential use on which
residential construction has not begun on the date the application
is submitted.
(b) The commission by rule shall require an applicant to
submit with the application a projected community growth analysis
that includes:
(1) an assessment of the anticipated social and
economic impact of the proposed facility on future local
communities; and
(2) any other information the commission determines is
necessary to project growth in the area in which the facility is
located or proposed to be located to ensure that the facility will
comply with applicable federal and state air control statutes,
rules, and regulations and the intent of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 382.0651, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to an authorization to use a permit
for which an application is submitted to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.