89R443 CMO-D
By: Miles S.B. No. 2273
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the monitoring of the opacity of emissions from certain
concrete facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0162 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0162. MONITORING OF OPACITY OF EMISSIONS FROM
CERTAIN CONCRETE FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a
person who holds a permit issued under this chapter or is authorized
to use a permit issued under this chapter relating to the operation
of a facility:
(1) used for concrete crushing; or
(2) that is a concrete plant that performs wet
batching, dry batching, or central mixing.
(b) The commission by rule shall require a person described
by Subsection (a) to staff the site of the permitted facility during
all operational hours with an employee or agent who has received
training on opacity readings, methodology, and procedures to
monitor the opacity of emissions of air contaminants from the
facility in compliance with commission rules.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.