LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 74th Regular Session March 12, 1995 TO: Honorable Steve Holzheauser, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1405 Committee on Energy Resources By: Holzheauser House of Representatives Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No. 1405 (Relating to facility response plans for hazardous liquids pipelines.) this office has determined the following: The bill would allow the Railroad Commission to make rules requiring a hazardous liquid pipeline facility to submit a facility response plan for any facility located landward of the coast. The bill would require that the plan provide a response for the worst case discharge and for a substantial threat of a potential, environmentally harmful discharge into navigable waters. These rules would not apply to a facility required to submit a discharge prevention and response plan under the Texas Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991. While there would be incidental costs incurred in administering the bill, it is anticipated that these could be absorbed within the agency's budget. Any such costs would be paid from the Oil Field Cleanup Receipts account. No fiscal implication to the State or units of local government is anticipated. Source: Railroad Commission LBB Staff: JK, KW, DF