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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to inaccurate or incomplete permit applications for solid |
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waste facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0681 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.0681. RETURN OR DENIAL OF INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE |
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APPLICATION. (a) Before the commission determines that a permit |
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application is administratively and technically complete, the |
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commission may return the application to an applicant if the |
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application is incomplete or inaccurate. |
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(b) The commission: |
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(1) shall deny a permit application the commission |
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finds to be incomplete or inaccurate during technical review if the |
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commission returned a previous version of the application to the |
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applicant during technical review because the previous version was |
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incomplete or inaccurate; and |
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(2) may not approve a subsequent application for a |
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solid waste facility at the site that was the subject of the denied |
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application under Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an |
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application for the issuance of a permit pending before the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |