Bill Text: TX SB1283 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of certain air permits for facilities attached to mines and quarries.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1283 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1283-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | S.B. No. 1283 | |
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| relating to the issuance of certain air permits for facilities | ||
| attached to mines and quarries. | ||
| 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 382.05187 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 382.05187. CERTAIN PRECONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR MINES | ||
| AND QUARRIES. The commission may not issue a prevention of | ||
| significant deterioration air permit to an operator of a facility, | ||
| including a kiln, that is: | ||
| (1) attached to a mine or quarry; and | ||
| (2) located in a county that: | ||
| (A) has a population of more than 125,000; and | ||
| (B) is adjacent to a county designated as a | ||
| nonattainment area. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 382.05187, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies to an application for a permit submitted | ||
| to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. An application for a permit submitted | ||
| to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the | ||
| time the application was submitted, and the former law is continued | ||
| in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
