HOUSE BILL 2554 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Smith, Wayne et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 06-20-03 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Williams |
House Bill 2554 amends the law to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, as soon as practicable, to adopt rules governing all aspects of managing and operating a new commercial landfill facility that proposes to accept nonhazardous industrial solid waste for which a permit has not been issued. The bill requires the commission to suspend the permitting process for any pending application for such a facility until the rules take effect. The commission is also required to provide that the rules apply to every new and pending application for such a commercial landfill permit and authorized to allow an applicant to amend a pending application to conform to the new rules.