Bill Text: TX HB417 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to information regarding the storage of certain hazardous chemicals; providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-07 - Left pending in committee [HB417 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB417-Introduced.html
  84R1957 JTS-D
 
  By: Pickett H.B. No. 417
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to information regarding the storage of certain hazardous
  chemicals; providing penalties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 63.151, Agriculture Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) to read as follows:
               (3)  "Ammonium nitrate storage facility" means a
  facility that stores ammonium nitrate material or ammonium nitrate
  to be used in ammonium nitrate material and includes the premises on
  which a facility is located.
               (4)  "Fire marshal" means the state fire marshal or a
  local fire marshal, fire chief, or other fire safety official,
  including a volunteer fire safety official, having jurisdiction
  over the area in which an ammonium nitrate storage facility is
  located.
               (5)  "Operator" means the person who controls the
  day-to-day operations of an ammonium nitrate storage facility.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter I, Chapter 63, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 63.158 to read as follows:
         Sec. 63.158.  FIRE PREVENTION AT AMMONIUM NITRATE STORAGE
  FACILITIES; ADOPTION OF FIRE PROTECTION STANDARDS.  (a)  The owner
  or operator of an ammonium nitrate storage facility shall:
               (1)  allow a fire marshal to enter the facility to make
  a thorough examination of the facility; and
               (2)  on request, at a reasonable time, allow the local
  fire department access to the facility to perform a pre-fire
  planning assessment.
         (b)  A fire marshal who determines the presence of a fire or
  life safety hazard, as that term is defined by Section 352.016,
  Local Government Code, at an ammonium nitrate storage facility may
  direct the owner or operator of the facility to correct the
  hazardous situation.  If directed to do so, an owner or operator
  shall correct the hazardous situation.
         (c)  The commissioner of insurance, after consultation with
  the state fire marshal, by rule shall adopt fire protection
  standards for ammonium nitrate storage facilities, including
  standards for the storage of ammonium nitrate at those facilities.
         (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a fire marshal who
  determines that the owner or operator of an ammonium nitrate
  storage facility has violated or is violating this section shall
  notify the service of the violation.  A violation of a rule adopted
  under Subsection (c) is a violation of this section.
         (e)  A fire marshal may direct the owner or operator of an
  ammonium nitrate storage facility to correct a violation of a fire
  protection standard adopted under Subsection (c). If directed to
  do so, an owner or operator shall remedy the violation before the
  expiration of a period specified by the fire marshal, which may not
  exceed 10 days.  If the fire marshal determines that the violation
  has not been remedied before the expiration of the specified
  period, the fire marshal shall notify the service that the owner or
  operator is in violation of this section.
         (f)  The service shall enforce a violation of this section in
  an appropriate manner as authorized by this chapter.
         (g)  Section 419.909, Government Code, does not apply to an
  examination of an ammonium nitrate storage facility by a fire
  marshal under this section.
         SECTION 3.  Section 417.008(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The state fire marshal shall enter and is entitled, at
  any time:
               (1)[,] to enter any:
                     (A)  mercantile, manufacturing, or public
  building;
                     (B)[,] place of amusement;
                     (C)[, or] place where public gatherings are held;
                     (D)  ammonium nitrate storage facility, as
  defined by Section 63.151, Agriculture Code;[,] or
                     (E)  [any] premises belonging to [such] a
  building, [or] place, or facility described by Paragraphs
  (A)-(D);[,] and
               (2)  to make a thorough examination of the building,
  place, facility, or premises described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 4.  Section 505.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure
  that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals is
  provided to:
               (1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with
  chemical hazards during an emergency;
               (2)  local emergency planning committees and other
  emergency planning organizations; and
               (3)  the executive director to make the information
  available to the public through specific procedures.
         SECTION 5.  Section 505.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In this chapter, a reference to the North American
  Industrial Classification System (NAICS) [Standard Industrial
  Classification (SIC)], to nomenclature systems developed by the
  International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) or the
  Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), or to other information,
  including information such as classification codes, performance
  standards, systematic names, standards, and systems described in
  publications sponsored by private technical or trade
  organizations, means a reference to the most current version of the
  publication.
         SECTION 6.  Section 505.004, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) and amending
  Subdivisions (10), (12), and (23) to read as follows:
               (3-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (8-a)  "Executive director" means the executive
  director of the commission.
               (10)  "Facility" means all buildings, equipment,
  structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single
  site or on contiguous or adjacent sites, that are owned or operated
  by the same person, or by any person who controls, is controlled by,
  or is under common control with that person, and that is in North
  American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes 31-33
  [Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) 20-39].
               (12)  "Fire chief" means the [elected or paid]
  administrative head of a fire department, including a volunteer
  fire department.
               (23)  "Tier two form" means:
                     (A)  a form specified by the commission
  [department] under Section 505.006 for listing hazardous chemicals
  as required by EPCRA; or
                     (B)  a form accepted by the EPA under EPCRA for
  listing hazardous chemicals together with additional information
  required by the commission [department] for administering its
  functions related to EPCRA.
         SECTION 7.  Sections 505.005(a) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Facility operators whose facilities are in North
  American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes 31-33 [SIC
  Codes 20-39] shall comply with this chapter.
         (d)  The executive director shall develop and implement an
  outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain
  information under this chapter similar to the outreach program
  under Section 502.008.
         SECTION 8.  Section 505.006, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), and (g) and
  adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility
  operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier
  two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present
  in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds
  determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting
  thresholds as determined by commission [board] rule for certain
  highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.
         (c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the
  commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the
  procedures specified by commission [board] rules. [The facility
  operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire
  chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility
  and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
         (e)  A facility operator shall file the tier two form with
  the commission [department] not later than the 90th day after the
  date on which the operator begins operation or has a reportable
  addition, at the appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported
  hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance. [The operator
  shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire chief of the
  fire department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the
  appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
         (e-1)  A facility operator shall file an updated tier two
  form with the commission:
               (1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which
  the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in
  40 CFR Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or
  extremely hazardous substance; and
               (2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.
         (e-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier
  two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under
  this section to the fire chief of the fire department having
  jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
  emergency planning committee.
         (f)  A facility operator shall file a material safety data
  sheet with the commission [department] on the commission's
  [department's] request.
         (g)  The commission [department] shall maintain records of
  the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or
  EPCRA for at least 30 years.
         SECTION 9.  Chapter 505, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 505.0061 to read as follows:
         Sec. 505.0061.  REPORTING FOR FACILITIES STORING AMMONIUM
  NITRATE USED IN FERTILIZER. (a)  In this section, "ammonium
  nitrate" and "ammonium nitrate storage facility" have the meanings
  assigned by Section 63.151, Agriculture Code.
         (b)  As soon as practicable but not later than 72 hours after
  the commission receives a tier two form reporting the presence of
  ammonium nitrate at an ammonium nitrate storage facility, the
  commission shall furnish a copy of the form to the state fire
  marshal and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The state
  fire marshal shall furnish a copy of the form to the chief of the
  fire department having jurisdiction over the facility.  The Texas
  Division of Emergency Management shall furnish a copy of the form to
  the appropriate local emergency planning committee. 
         (c)  Notwithstanding Section 505.006(e), the operator of an
  ammonium nitrate storage facility shall file a tier two form with
  the commission not later than 72 hours after the operator:
               (1)  begins operation;
               (2)  has a reportable addition, at the appropriate
  threshold, of previously unreported ammonium nitrate; or
               (3)  has a change in the chemical weight range, as
  listed in 40 CFR Part 370, of previously reported ammonium nitrate.
         (d)  An ammonium nitrate storage facility operator shall
  furnish a copy of each tier two form submitted under Subsection (c)
  to the fire chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over
  the facility and to the appropriate local emergency planning
  committee.
         SECTION 10.  Sections 505.007(c) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Any facility that has received five requests under
  Subsection (a) in a calendar month, four requests in a calendar
  month for two or more months in a row, or more than 10 requests in a
  year may elect to furnish the material to the commission
  [department].
         (d)  Any facility electing to furnish the material to the
  commission [department] under Subsection (c) may during that same
  filing period inform persons making requests under Subsection (a)
  of the availability of the information at the commission
  [department] and refer the request to the commission [department]
  for that filing period. The notice to persons making requests shall
  state the address of the commission [department] and shall be
  mailed within seven days of the date of receipt of the request, if
  by mail, and at the time of the request if in person.
         SECTION 11.  Section 505.008(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire
  chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional
  information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at
  a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning
  purposes. A facility operator, on request, shall give the
  executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning
  committee a copy of the MSDS for any chemical on the tier two form
  furnished under Section 505.006 or for any chemical present at the
  facility.
         SECTION 12.  Section 505.009, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 505.009.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. On
  presentation of appropriate credentials, an officer or
  representative of the executive director may enter a facility at
  reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
         SECTION 13.  Section 505.016, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 505.016.  RULES; FEES.  (a) The commission [board] may
  adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to
  carry out the purposes of this chapter.
         (b)  The commission [board] may authorize the collection of
  annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms
  required by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (d),
  fees may be used only to fund activities under this chapter. The
  fee for facilities may not exceed:
               (1)  $100 for each required submission having no more
  than 25 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;
               (2)  $200 for each required submission having no more
  than 50 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;
               (3)  $300 for each required submission having no more
  than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;
               (4)  $400 for each required submission having no more
  than 100 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or
               (5)  $500 for each required submission having more than
  100 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.
         (c)  To minimize the fees, the commission [board] by rule
  shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms
  for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier
  two forms contains fewer than 25 items.
         (d)  The commission [department] may use up to 20 percent of
  the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency
  planning committees to assist them to fulfill their
  responsibilities under EPCRA.  An amount not to exceed [The
  department may use up to] 15 percent of the fees collected under
  this chapter and Chapter 506, or 15 percent of the amount of fees
  paid by the state and its political subdivisions under Chapter 506,
  whichever is greater, may be used by the Department of State Health
  Services to administer Chapter 502.
         SECTION 14.  Chapter 505, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 505.018 to read as follows:
         Sec. 505.018.  ENFORCEMENT. (a)  A facility operator may not
  cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter,
  commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued
  under this chapter.
         (b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7,
  Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that
  assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.
         SECTION 15.  Section 506.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure
  that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals
  [chemical] is provided to:
               (1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with
  chemical hazards during an emergency;
               (2)  local emergency planning committees and other
  emergency planning organizations; and
               (3)  the executive director to make the information
  available to the public through specific procedures.
         SECTION 16.  Section 506.004, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) and amending
  Subdivisions (12) and (24) to read as follows:
               (3-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (8-a)  "Executive director" means the executive
  director of the commission.
               (12)  "Fire chief" means the [elected or paid]
  administrative head of a fire department, including a volunteer
  fire department.
               (24)  "Tier two form" means:
                     (A)  a form specified by the commission
  [department] under Section 506.006 for listing hazardous chemicals
  as required by EPCRA; or
                     (B)  a form accepted by the EPA under EPCRA for
  listing hazardous chemicals together with additional information
  required by the commission [department] for administering its
  functions related to EPCRA.
         SECTION 17.  Section 506.005(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The executive director shall develop and implement an
  outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain
  information under this chapter similar to the outreach program
  under Section 502.008.
         SECTION 18.  Section 506.006, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) and
  adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility
  operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier
  two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present
  in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds
  determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting
  thresholds as determined by commission [board] rule for certain
  highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.
         (c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the
  commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the
  procedures specified by commission [board] rules.  [The facility
  operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire
  chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility
  and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
         (d)  A facility operator shall file the tier two form with
  the commission [department] not later than the 90th day after the
  date on which the operator begins operation or has a reportable
  addition, at the appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported
  hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance, but a fee may
  not be associated with filing this report. [The operator shall
  furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire chief of the fire
  department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the
  appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
         (d-1)  A facility operator shall file an updated tier two
  form with the commission:
               (1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which
  the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in
  40 CFR Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or
  extremely hazardous substance; and
               (2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.
         (d-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier
  two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under
  this section to the fire chief of the fire department having
  jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
  emergency planning committee.
         (e)  A facility operator shall file a material safety data
  sheet with the commission [department] on the commission's
  [department's] request.
         (f)  The commission [department] shall maintain records of
  the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or
  EPCRA for at least 30 years.
         SECTION 19.  Sections 506.007(c) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Any facility that has received five requests under
  Subsection (a) in a calendar month, four requests in a calendar
  month for two or more months in a row, or more than 10 requests in a
  year may elect to furnish the material to the commission
  [department].
         (d)  Any facility electing to furnish the material to the
  commission [department] under Subsection (c) may during that same
  filing period inform persons making requests under Subsection (a)
  of the availability of the information at the commission
  [department] and refer the request to the commission [department]
  for that filing period. The notice to persons making requests shall
  state the address of the commission [department] and shall be
  mailed within seven days of the date of receipt of the request, if
  by mail, and at the time of the request if in person.
         SECTION 20.  Section 506.008(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire
  chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional
  information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at
  a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning
  purposes. A facility operator, on request, shall give the
  executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning
  committee a copy of the MSDS for any chemical on the tier two form
  furnished under Section 506.006 or for any chemical present at the
  facility.
         SECTION 21.  Section 506.009, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 506.009.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. On
  presentation of appropriate credentials, an officer or
  representative of the executive director may enter a facility at
  reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
         SECTION 22.  Section 506.017, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 506.017.  RULES; FEES. (a) The commission [board] may
  adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to
  carry out the purposes of this chapter.
         (b)  The commission [board] may authorize the collection of
  annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms
  required by this chapter. The fee may not exceed:
               (1)  $50 for each required submission having no more
  than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or
               (2)  $100 for each required submission having more than
  75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.
         (c)  To minimize the fees, the commission [board] by rule
  shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms
  for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier
  two forms contains fewer than 25 items.
         (d)  The commission may use up to 20 percent of the fees
  collected under this section as grants to local emergency planning
  committees to assist them to fulfill their responsibilities under
  EPCRA. An amount not to exceed [The department may use up to] 15
  percent of the fees collected under Chapter 505 and this chapter, or
  15 percent of the amount of fees paid by the state and its political
  subdivisions under this chapter, whichever is greater, may be used
  by the Department of State Health Services to administer Chapter
  502.
         SECTION 23.  Chapter 506, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 506.018 to read as follows:
         Sec. 506.018.  ENFORCEMENT. (a)  A facility operator may not
  cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter,
  commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued
  under this chapter.
         (b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7,
  Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that
  assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.
         SECTION 24.  Section 507.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure
  that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals is
  provided to:
               (1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with
  chemical hazards during an emergency;
               (2)  local emergency planning committees and other
  emergency planning organizations; and
               (3)  the executive director to make the information
  available to the public through specific procedures.
         SECTION 25.  Section 507.003, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 507.003.  FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.  (a)  In this
  chapter, a reference to a federal law or regulation means a
  reference to the most current version of that law or regulation.
         (b)  In this chapter, a reference to the North American
  Industrial Classification System (NAICS) means a reference to the
  most current version of that system.
         SECTION 26.  Section 507.004, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) and amending
  Subdivisions (10), (12), and (23) to read as follows:
               (3-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
               (8-a)  "Executive director" means the executive
  director of the commission.
               (10)  "Facility" means all buildings, equipment,
  structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single
  site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or
  operated by the same person or by any person who controls, is
  controlled by, or is under common control with that person, and that
  is in North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes
  11-23 or Codes 42-92.  The term does not include a facility subject
  to Chapter [505 or] 506.
               (12)  "Fire chief" means the [elected or paid]
  administrative head of a fire department, including a volunteer
  fire department.
               (23)  "Tier two form" means:
                     (A)  a form specified by the commission
  [department] under Section 507.006 for listing hazardous chemicals
  as required by EPCRA; or
                     (B)  a form accepted by the EPA under EPCRA for
  listing hazardous chemicals together with additional information
  required by the commission [department] for administering its
  functions related to EPCRA.
         SECTION 27.  Sections 507.005(a) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Facility operators whose facilities are in North
  American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes 11-23 or
  NAICS Codes 42-92 and who are not subject to Chapter [505 or] 506
  shall comply with this chapter.
         (d)  The executive director shall develop and implement an
  outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain
  information under this chapter similar to the outreach program
  under Section 502.008.
         SECTION 28.  Section 507.006, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), and (g) and
  adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility
  operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier
  two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present
  in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds
  determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting
  thresholds as determined by commission [board] rule for certain
  highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.
         (c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the
  commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the
  procedures specified by commission [board] rules. [The facility
  operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire
  chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility
  and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
         (e)  A facility operator shall file the tier two form with
  the commission [department] not later than the 90th day after the
  date on which the operator begins operation or has a reportable
  addition, at the appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported
  hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance. [The operator
  shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire chief of the
  fire department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the
  appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
         (e-1)  A facility operator shall file an updated tier two
  form with the commission:
               (1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which
  the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in
  40 CFR Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or
  extremely hazardous substance; and
               (2)  as otherwise required by commission rule. 
         (e-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier
  two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under
  this section to the fire chief of the fire department having
  jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
  emergency planning committee.
         (f)  A facility operator shall file a material safety data
  sheet with the commission [department] on the commission's
  [department's] request.
         (g)  The commission [department] shall maintain records of
  the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or
  EPCRA for at least 30 years.
         SECTION 29.  Chapter 507, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 507.0061 to read as follows:
         Sec. 507.0061.  REPORTING FOR FACILITIES STORING AMMONIUM
  NITRATE USED IN FERTILIZER. (a)  In this section, "ammonium
  nitrate" and "ammonium nitrate storage facility" have the meanings
  assigned by Section 63.151, Agriculture Code.
         (b)  As soon as practicable but not later than 72 hours after
  the commission receives a tier two form reporting the presence of
  ammonium nitrate at an ammonium nitrate storage facility, the
  commission shall furnish a copy of the form to the state fire
  marshal and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The state
  fire marshal shall furnish a copy of the form to the chief of the
  fire department having jurisdiction over the facility. The Texas
  Division of Emergency Management shall furnish a copy of the form to
  the appropriate local emergency planning committee.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Section 507.006(e), the operator of an
  ammonium nitrate storage facility shall file a tier two form with
  the commission not later than 72 hours after the operator:
               (1)  begins operation;
               (2)  has a reportable addition, at the appropriate
  threshold, of previously unreported ammonium nitrate; or
               (3)  has a change in the chemical weight range, as
  listed in 40 CFR Part 370, of previously reported ammonium nitrate.
         (d)  An ammonium nitrate storage facility operator shall
  furnish a copy of each tier two form submitted under Subsection (c)
  to the fire chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over
  the facility and to the appropriate local emergency planning
  committee.
         SECTION 30.  Section 507.007(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire
  chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional
  information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at
  a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning
  purposes. A facility operator, on request, shall give the
  executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning
  committee a copy of the MSDS for any chemical on the tier two form
  furnished under Section 507.006 or for any chemical present at the
  facility.
         SECTION 31.  Section 507.008, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 507.008.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. On
  presentation of appropriate credentials, an officer or
  representative of the executive director may enter a facility at
  reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
         SECTION 32.  Section 507.013, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 507.013.  RULES; FEES. (a) The commission [board] may
  adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to
  carry out the purposes of this chapter.
         (b)  The commission [board] may authorize the collection of
  annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms
  required by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (d),
  fees may be used only to fund activities under this chapter. The
  fee may not exceed:
               (1)  $50 for each required submission having no more
  than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or
               (2)  $100 for each required submission having more than
  75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.
         (c)  To minimize the fees, the commission [board] by rule
  shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms
  for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier
  two forms contains fewer than 25 items.
         (d)  The commission [department] may use up to 20 percent of
  the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency
  planning committees to assist them to fulfill their
  responsibilities under EPCRA.
         SECTION 33.  Chapter 507, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 507.014 to read as follows:
         Sec. 507.014.  ENFORCEMENT. (a)  A facility operator may not
  cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter,
  commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued
  under this chapter.
         (b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7,
  Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that
  assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.
         SECTION 34.  Section 5.013(a), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The commission has general jurisdiction over:
               (1)  water and water rights including the issuance of
  water rights permits, water rights adjudication, cancellation of
  water rights, and enforcement of water rights;
               (2)  continuing supervision over districts created
  under Article III, Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), and Article XVI,
  Section 59, of the Texas Constitution;
               (3)  the state's water quality program including
  issuance of permits, enforcement of water quality rules, standards,
  orders, and permits, and water quality planning;
               (4)  the determination of the feasibility of certain
  federal projects;
               (5)  the adoption and enforcement of rules and
  performance of other acts relating to the safe construction,
  maintenance, and removal of dams;
               (6)  conduct of the state's hazardous spill prevention
  and control program;
               (7)  the administration of the state's program relating
  to inactive hazardous substance, pollutant, and contaminant
  disposal facilities;
               (8)  the administration of a portion of the state's
  injection well program;
               (9)  the administration of the state's programs
  involving underground water and water wells and drilled and mined
  shafts;
               (10)  the state's responsibilities relating to regional
  waste disposal;
               (11)  the responsibilities assigned to the commission
  by Chapters 361, 363, 382, [and] 401, 505, 506, and 507, Health and
  Safety Code; and
               (12)  any other areas assigned to the commission by
  this code and other laws of this state.
         SECTION 35.  Section 7.052, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (b-4) to read as follows:
         (b-4)  The amount of the penalty against a facility operator
  who causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation of Chapter 505,
  Health and Safety Code, may not exceed $500 a day for each day a
  violation continues with a total not to exceed $5,000 for each
  violation.  The amount of a penalty against a facility operator who
  causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation of Chapter 506 or
  507, Health and Safety Code, may not exceed $50 a day for each day a
  violation continues with a total not to exceed $1,000 for each
  violation.
         SECTION 36.  Section 7.102, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7.102.  MAXIMUM PENALTY. A person who causes, suffers,
  allows, or permits a violation of a statute, rule, order, or permit
  relating to Chapter 37 of this code, Chapter 366, 371, [or] 372,
  505, 506, or 507, Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 382,
  Health and Safety Code, or Chapter 1903, Occupations Code, shall be
  assessed for each violation a civil penalty not less than $50 nor
  greater than $5,000 for each day of each violation as the court or
  jury considers proper. A person who causes, suffers, allows, or
  permits a violation of a statute, rule, order, or permit relating to
  any other matter within the commission's jurisdiction to enforce,
  other than violations of Chapter 11, 12, 13, 16, or 36 of this code,
  or Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, shall be assessed for each
  violation a civil penalty not less than $50 nor greater than $25,000
  for each day of each violation as the court or jury considers
  proper. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation.
         SECTION 37.  Subchapter E, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 7.1851 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.1851.  VIOLATIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY
  RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAWS.  (a)  A person who proximately causes an
  occupational disease or injury to an individual by knowingly
  disclosing false information or knowingly failing to disclose
  hazard information as required by Chapter 505, 506, or 507, Health
  and Safety Code, commits an offense.
         (b)  This section does not affect any other right of a person
  to receive compensation under other law.
         (c)  An offense under this section is punishable under
  Section 7.187(a)(1)(B).
         SECTION 38.  The following provisions of the Health and
  Safety Code are repealed:
               (1)  Sections 505.004(2), (5), (6), (14), and (20);
               (2)  Sections 505.008(c), 505.010, 505.011, 505.012,
  505.013, and 505.014;
               (3)  Sections 506.004(2), (5), (6), (14), and (20);
               (4)  Sections 506.008(c), 506.010, 506.011, 506.012,
  506.013, 506.014, 506.015, and 506.016;
               (5)  Sections 507.004(2), (5), (6), (14), and (20); and
               (6)  Sections 507.007(c), 507.009, 507.010, and
  507.011.
         SECTION 39.  (a)  Not later than April 1, 2016, the
  commissioner of insurance by rule shall adopt the fire protection
  standards required under Section 63.158, Agriculture Code, as added
  by this Act.
         (b)  An ammonium nitrate storage facility operating on
  September 1, 2015, is not required to meet the fire protection
  standards adopted under Section 63.158(c), Agriculture Code, as
  added by this Act, until September 1, 2018.
         SECTION 40.  (a)  On January 1, 2016, the following are
  transferred to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:
               (1)  the powers, duties, obligations, and liabilities
  of the Department of State Health Services relating to Chapters
  505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety Code;
               (2)  all unobligated and unexpended funds appropriated
  to the Department of State Health Services designated for the
  administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
  Code;
               (3)  all equipment and property of the Department of
  State Health Services used solely or primarily for the
  administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
  Code;
               (4)  all files and other records of the Department of
  State Health Services kept by the department relating to the
  administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
  Code; and
               (5)  employees of the Department of State Health
  Services whose duties relate solely or primarily to the
  administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
  Code.
         (b)  A rule adopted by the Department of State Health
  Services that is in effect immediately before January 1, 2016, and
  that relates to Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety Code,
  is, on January 1, 2016, a rule of the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality and remains in effect until amended or
  repealed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.  A
  complaint, investigation, enforcement proceeding, or other
  proceeding pending before the Department of State Health Services
  on January 1, 2016, is continued by that department without change
  in status after the effective date of this Act.
         (c)  The Department of State Health Services may agree with
  the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to transfer any
  property of the department to the commission to implement the
  transfer required by this Act.
         (d)  In the period beginning on the effective date of this
  Act and ending on January 1, 2016, the Department of State Health
  Services shall continue to perform functions and activities under
  Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety Code, as if those
  chapters had not been amended by this Act, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 41.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
  this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
         (b)  Sections 63.151(3), (4), and (5) and 63.158,
  Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, take effect immediately if
  this Act 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, those sections take effect September 1, 2015.
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