89R3549 KRM-D

By: Miles S.B. No. 1783

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a prohibition on the crushing of contaminated concrete by certain concrete crushing facilities.

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 382.0651 to read as follows:

Sec. 382.0651. CONCRETE CRUSHING FACILITY; PROHIBITION ON CONTAMINATED CONCRETE. (a) The commission by rule shall, as a condition of issuing a permit or authorizing the use of a standard permit under this chapter for a concrete crushing facility, prohibit the facility from crushing concrete that has been exposed to a chemical contaminant listed under Subsection (b).

(b) The commission by rule shall establish a list of chemicals that the commission finds may contaminate concrete in a manner likely to cause adverse human health effects when that concrete is crushed. Before adding a chemical to the list, the commission shall consider the degree of risk of the chemical causing contamination of concrete and of that contamination to cause adverse human health effects.

SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2026, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act, including by amending any applicable standard permit issued under Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall require a concrete crushing facility operating under a permit or an authorization to use a standard permit issued before the effective date of the rules described by Subsection (a) of this section to comply with the rules as if the permit or authorization had been issued after the effective date of the rules.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.