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House Bill 907 |
House Author: Huberty |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Creighton |
House Bill 907 amends the Water Code to increase to at least once every two years the frequency with which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is required to inspect an active aggregate production operation during the first six years in which the operation is registered. The bill authorizes TCEQ to conduct unannounced periodic inspections of an aggregate production operation that in the preceding three-year period has been issued a notice of violation by TCEQ for a violation of an environmental law or rule under TCEQ jurisdiction. The bill increases the maximum annual aggregate production operation registration fee and the maximum penalties for the operation of an unregistered aggregate production operation.