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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of |
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certain environmental remediation benchmarks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.042 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.042. MINIMUM CARCINOGENIC RISK LEVEL. (a) In |
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this section, "carcinogenic risk level," "protective concentration |
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level," and "risk-based exposure limit" have the meanings assigned |
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by 30 T.A.C. Section 350.4, as that section existed on January 1, |
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2019. |
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(b) The commission shall set each carcinogenic risk level |
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used by the commission in the development of a protective |
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concentration level, risk-based exposure limit, or any other |
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remediation standard used in connection with this chapter or a rule |
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adopted under this chapter, including the Texas Risk Reduction |
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Program (30 T.A.C. Chapter 350) or a similar program established by |
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the commission, at a rate not greater than one in one million. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall |
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adopt or modify any rules necessary to implement the change in law |
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made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |