Amend CSSB 1952 by striking Section 382.056(a), Health and
Safety Code, as amended by SECTION 8B.20 of the bill (Committee
Printing page 193, line 7 through page 194, line 14), and
substituting the following:
(a) An [Except as provided by Section 382.0518(h), an]
applicant for a permit or permit amendment under Section 382.0518
or a permit renewal review under Section 382.055 shall publish
notice of a preliminary decision on [intent to obtain] the permit,
permit amendment, or permit review and provide an opportunity for a
contested case hearing as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 5,
Water Code [not later than the 30th day after the date the
commission determines the application to be administratively
complete. The commission by rule shall require an applicant for a
federal operating permit under Section 382.054 to publish notice of
intent to obtain a permit, permit amendment, or permit review
consistent with federal requirements and with the requirements of
Subsection (b). The applicant shall publish the notice at least
once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in
which the facility or federal source is located or is proposed to be
located or in the municipality nearest to the location or proposed
location of the facility or federal source. If the elementary or
middle school nearest to the facility or proposed facility provides
a bilingual education program as required by Subchapter B, Chapter
29, Education Code, the applicant shall also publish the notice at
least once in an additional publication of general circulation in
the municipality or county in which the facility is located or
proposed to be located that is published in the language taught in
the bilingual education program. This requirement is waived if
such a publication does not exist or if the publisher refuses to
publish the notice. The commission by rule shall prescribe the form
and content of the notice and when notice must be published. The
commission may require publication of additional notice]. The
commission by rule shall prescribe alternative procedures for
publication of the notice in a newspaper if the applicant is a small
business stationary source as defined by Section 382.0365 and will
not have a significant effect on air quality. The alternative
procedures must be cost-effective while ensuring adequate notice.
[Notice required to be published under this section shall only be
required to be published in the United States.]