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House Bill 2726 |
House Author: Kuempel |
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Effective: 1-1-20 |
Senate Sponsor: Creighton |
Previous law in the Texas Clean Air Act authorized a person who had submitted an application for a permit for a modification of or a lesser change to an existing facility to begin, at the person's own risk, construction related to the application after the application had been submitted and before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) had issued the permit. House Bill 2726 amends the Texas Clean Air Act, Health and Safety Code, to authorize instead a person who submits an application for a permit amendment to begin, at the person's own risk, construction related to the application after the TCEQ executive director has issued a draft permit including the permit amendment. The bill prohibits a person from beginning the construction if the facility that is the subject of the permit amendment is a concrete batch plant located within 880 yards of a property that is used as a residence.