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Amend CSHB 1900 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriated numbered section to the bill and renumbering
the subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION . Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0161 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0161. ADDITIONAL MONITORING REQUIREMENT. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, to the extent practicable the
commission shall require the owner or operator of a facility that
has the potential to experience a reportable upset event, as
defined by commission rule, to install and operate a continuous
measurement and monitoring system that documents the occurrence of
upset events and accurately establishes the amount of each air
contaminant released during an upset event. The commission shall
require each facility to which this section applies that is in
operation on January 1, 2006, to comply with this section as of that
date.
(b) The measurement and monitoring system must measure flow
parameters for each gas or other material that is released directly
into the atmosphere or indirectly through a flare or other device.
(c) A responsible official of the owner or operator of a
facility to which this section applies shall include the
measurements under this section in a certification that states that
the responsible official has conducted a reasonable inquiry and
believes that each statement or measurement included in the
certification is true, accurate, and complete.
(d) Beginning September 1, 2008, a responsible official of
the owner or operator of a facility to which this section applies
shall submit a certification described by Subsection (c) to the
commission at least once every six months, and the owner or operator
shall keep a copy of the certification at the facility for at least
five years from the date that the owner or operator submits the
certification to the commission.