Bill Text: TX HB3480 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the stringency of requirements imposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB3480 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3480-Introduced.html
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By: Christian | H.B. No. 3480 |
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relating to the stringency of requirements imposed by the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5.102, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not | ||
impose a standard or requirement to regulate an activity under the | ||
commission's jurisdiction that is more stringent than the minimum | ||
acceptable standard or requirement under the applicable federal law | ||
or a regulation adopted by the United States Environmental | ||
Protection Agency to regulate the same activity. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 382.0173(d), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) This section applies only while the federal rules cited | ||
in this section are enforceable. The [ |
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emissions control requirements than are required by federal law. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 26.357(b), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission may not impose standards or rules more | ||
stringent than the federal requirements [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 27.020, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 27.020. MINING OF SULFUR. The commission is | ||
authorized to develop a regulatory program with respect to the | ||
injection of fluid associated with the mining of sulfur by the | ||
Frasch process in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. | ||
The commission may not impose any requirements more stringent than | ||
those promulgated by the administrator of the United States | ||
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal Safe | ||
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300h et seq., as amended[ |
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SECTION 5. (a) Not later than September 1, 2012, the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules to comply | ||
with Section 5.102, Water Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) A rule or policy of the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality that does not meet the requirements of | ||
Section 5.102, Water Code, as amended by this Act, remains in effect | ||
only until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date the rule or policy is revised by the | ||
commission under Subsection (a) of this section; or | ||
(2) September 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 6. 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. |