Amend CSSB 1952 by adding a new article to read as follows and
renumber existing articles accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY PERMITTING AUTHORITY
SECTION 1. Section 382.0564, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission by rule may allow for notification of and
review by the administrator and affected states of permit
applications, revisions, renewals, or draft permits prepared under
Sections 382.054-382.0543.
(b) The commission shall mail notice of intent to obtain a
permit, permit amendment, or other authorization for a
rock-crushing facility associated with blasting operations to an
affected municipality.
(c) An affected municipality entitled to notice under
subsection (b) may submit comments to the commission within 30 days
of receiving a notice of intent under subsection (b).
(d) The commission may not issue a permit, permit amendment,
or other authorization for a rock-crushing facility associated with
blasting operations if the commission receives from an affected
municipality a resolution in opposition to issuance of the permit,
permit amendment, or other authorization during the 30 day comment
period.
(e) For purposes of this section, an "affected
municipality" means a municipality whose primary source of drinking
water is an aquifer made, wholly or partly, of water-bearing
limestone or dolomite which is located in a county:
(1) that is adjacent to a county with a population of
500,000 or more; and
(2) in which is located a portion of a body of water
into which a discharge of pollutants is prohibited by the
commission under 30 T.A.C. Chapter 311.