Bill Text: TX HB3268 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3268 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to permits for air contaminant emissions of stationary natural gas engines used in combined heating and power systems.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3268 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3268-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3268




	AN ACT
	relating to permits for air contaminant emissions of stationary
	natural gas engines used in combined heating and power systems.
	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 382.051865 to read as follows:
	Sec. 382.051865. STATIONARY NATURAL GAS ENGINES USED IN
	COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "natural
	gas engine" includes a natural gas internal combustion engine,
	natural gas stationary internal combustion reciprocating engine,
	and natural gas turbine. The term does not include a natural gas
	engine that powers a motor vehicle as defined by Section
	382.003(9-a), Health and Safety Code.
	(b) This section applies only to a stationary natural gas
	engine used in a combined heating and power system.
	(c) The commission shall issue a standard permit or permit
	by rule for stationary natural gas engines used in a combined
	heating and power system that establishes emission limits for air
	contaminants released by the engines.
	(d) The commission in adopting a standard permit or permit
	by rule under this section may consider:
	(1) the geographic location in which a stationary
	natural gas engine may be used, including the proximity to an area
	designated as a nonattainment area;
	(2) the total annual operating hours of a stationary
	natural gas engine;
	(3) the technology used by a stationary natural gas
	engine;
	(4) the types of fuel used to power a stationary
	natural gas engine; and
	(5) other emission control policies of the state.
	(e) The commission in adopting a standard permit or permit
	by rule under this section may not distinguish between the end-use
	functions powered by a stationary natural gas engine.
	(f) The commission must provide for the emission limits for
	stationary natural gas engines subject to this section to be
	measured in terms of air contaminant emissions per unit of total
	energy output. The commission shall consider both the primary and
	secondary functions when determining the engine's emissions per
	unit of energy output.
	SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2012, the Texas
	Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt any rules required
	to implement Section 382.051865, Health and Safety Code, as added
	by this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3268 was passed by the House on May
	13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3268 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 3268 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
	0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor