| 1 | | - | By: Alvarado, et al. S.B. No. 763 |
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| 1 | + | By: Alvarado S.B. No. 763 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 10, 2025; February 7, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; |
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| 4 | + | March 24, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 24, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 763 By: Parker |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants. |
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| 9 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 16 | | amended by adding Subsection (e-1) and amending Subsection (k) to |
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| 12 | 17 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 18 | | (e-1) This subsection applies only to a standard permit |
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| 14 | 19 | | issued under this section that authorizes the operation of a |
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| 15 | 20 | | permanent concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, |
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| 16 | 21 | | or central mixing, as defined by the commission. The commission |
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| 17 | 22 | | shall at least once every six years conduct a protectiveness review |
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| 18 | 23 | | of the permit regarding the operation of a permanent concrete plant |
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| 19 | 24 | | described by this subsection, including by reviewing available |
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| 20 | 25 | | background concentrations of air pollutants. If the commission |
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| 21 | 26 | | amends the permit after a protectiveness review, the commission |
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| 22 | 27 | | shall allow facilities authorized to emit air contaminants under |
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| 23 | 28 | | the permit as it read before the amendment to continue to operate |
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| 24 | 29 | | until a date provided by the commission under Subsection (f) that |
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| 25 | 30 | | provides facility operators a reasonable amount of time to comply |
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| 26 | 31 | | with the amended permit. |
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| 27 | 32 | | (k) An application for an authorization to use [the issuance |
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| 28 | 33 | | of] a standard permit under this section for a concrete plant that |
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| 29 | 34 | | performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing, including a |
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| 30 | 35 | | permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete batch plant, as defined |
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| 31 | 36 | | by the commission, must include a plot plan that clearly shows: |
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| 32 | 37 | | (1) a distance scale; |
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| 33 | 38 | | (2) a north arrow; |
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| 34 | 39 | | (3) all property lines, emission points, buildings, |
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| 35 | 40 | | tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment in the area |
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| 36 | 41 | | in which the facility will be located; |
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| 37 | 42 | | (4) at least two benchmark locations in the area in |
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| 38 | 43 | | which the facility will be located; and |
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| 39 | 44 | | (5) if the permit requires a distance, setback, or |
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| 40 | 45 | | buffer from other property or structures as a condition of the |
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| 41 | 46 | | permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met. |
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| 42 | 47 | | SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2026, the Texas |
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| 43 | 48 | | Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 44 | 49 | | implement the changes in law made by this Act. |
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| 45 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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