Bill Text: TX SB1981 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of certain environmental remediation benchmarks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1981-Introduced.html
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 1981 | |
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| relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of | ||
| certain environmental remediation benchmarks. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 361.042 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 361.042. MINIMUM CARCINOGENIC RISK LEVEL. (a) In | ||
| this section, "carcinogenic risk level," "protective concentration | ||
| level," and "risk-based exposure limit" have the meanings assigned | ||
| by 30 T.A.C. Section 350.4, as that section existed on January 1, | ||
| 2019. | ||
| (b) The commission shall set each carcinogenic risk level | ||
| used by the commission in the development of a protective | ||
| concentration level, risk-based exposure limit, or any other | ||
| remediation standard used in connection with this chapter or a rule | ||
| adopted under this chapter, including the Texas Risk Reduction | ||
| Program (30 T.A.C. Chapter 350) or a similar program established by | ||
| the commission, at a rate not greater than one in one million. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall | ||
| adopt or modify any rules necessary to implement the change in law | ||
| made by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
