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Amend CSHB 2201 (committee printing) as follows:                             
	(1)  Strike SECTION 6 of the bill (page 4, lines 2 through 15) 
and substitute:
	SECTION 6.  Subchapter M, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended by 
adding Section 5.558 to read as follows:
	Sec. 5.558.  CLEAN COAL PROJECT PERMITTING.  (a)  As 
authorized by federal law, the commission by rule shall implement 
reasonably streamlined processes for issuing permits required to 
construct a component of the FutureGen project designed to meet the 
FutureGen emissions profile.
	(b)  When acting under a rule adopted under Subsection (a), 
the commission shall use public meetings, informal conferences, or 
advisory committees to gather the opinions and advice of interested 
persons.
	(c)  A permit proceeding under the rules adopted under 
Subsection (a) is not a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, 
Government Code, and is not subject to contested case hearing 
requirements of this chapter, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, 
or other law.
	(2)  Add a new section to the bill, numbered appropriately, 
to read:         
	SECTION __.  Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0565 to read as follows:
	Sec. 382.0565.  CLEAN COAL PROJECT PERMITTING PROCEDURE.  (a)  
The United States Department of Energy may specify the FutureGen 
emissions profile for a project in that department's request for 
proposals or request for a contract.  If the United States 
Department of Energy does not specify in a request for proposals or 
a request for a contract the FutureGen emissions profile, the 
profile means emissions of air contaminants at a component of the 
FutureGen project, as defined by Section 5.001, Water Code, that 
equal not more than:
		(1)  one percent of the average sulphur content of the 
coal or coals used for the generation of electricity at the 
component;
		(2)  10 percent of the average mercury content of the 
coal or coals used for the generation of electricity at the 
component;
		(3)  0.05 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million British 
thermal units of energy produced at the component; and
		(4)  0.005 pounds of particulate matter per million 
British thermal units of energy produced at the component.
	(b)  As authorized by federal law, the commission by rule 
shall implement reasonably streamlined processes for issuing 
permits required to construct a component of the FutureGen project 
designed to meet the FutureGen emissions profile.
	(c)  When acting under a rule adopted under Subsection (b), 
the commission shall use public meetings, informal conferences, or 
advisory committees to gather the opinions and advice of interested 
persons.
	(d)  A permit proceeding under the rules adopted under 
Subsection (b) is not a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, 
Government Code, and is not subject to contested case hearing 
requirements of this chapter, Chapter 5, Water Code, or other law.
	(e)  This section does not apply to an application for a 
permit to construct or modify a new or existing coal-fired electric 
generating facility that will use pulverized or supercritical 
pulverized coal.