Amend HB 1479 as follows:
      On page 2, line 4, after the word "commission" and before the
word "shall" insert ", at a regular meeting without the necessity
of holding a public hearing,";
      On page 2, line 4, strike the word "shall" and insert the
word "may";
      On page 2, strike all of Subsection (e) and replace with the
following:
      (e)  For TPDES permits, notice and the opportunity to request
a public meeting shall be given in compliance with TPDES program
requirements, and the commission shall consider and respond to all
timely received and significant public comment. <may be set for
consideration and may be acted on by the commission at a regular
meeting without the necessity of holding a public hearing if the
applicant does not seek to increase significantly the quantity of
waste authorized to be discharged or change materially the pattern
or place of discharge>.