By: Hinojosa, Alvarado, Zaffirini  S.B. No. 952
         (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2021; March 11, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
  Economic Development; April 12, 2021, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 12, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to plot plan requirements for an application for a
  standard permit for a concrete batch plant issued by the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
         (k)  An application for the issuance of a standard permit
  under this section for a concrete plant that performs wet batching,
  dry batching, or central mixing, including a permanent, temporary,
  or specialty concrete batch plant, as defined by the commission,
  must include a plot plan that clearly shows:
               (1)  a distance scale;
               (2)  a north arrow;
               (3)  all property lines, emission points, buildings,
  tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment in the area
  in which the facility will be located;
               (4)  at least two benchmark locations in the area in
  which the facility will be located; and
               (5)  if the permit requires a distance, setback, or
  buffer from other property or structures as a condition of the
  permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met.
         SECTION 2.  Section 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  An application for the issuance of a standard permit
  under this section must include a plot plan that meets the
  requirements of Section 382.05195(k).
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an application for a standard permit described by Section 382.05195
  or 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, that is filed with the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An application for a standard permit filed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date of filing, and that law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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