79R9853 SGA-F

By:  Hegar                                                        H.B. No. 3002



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the revocation of certain waste-related permits issued 
by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended 
by adding Section 7.3045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.3045.  REVOCATION OF CERTAIN PERMITS REGARDING SOLID 
WASTES.  After notice and hearing, the commission may revoke a 
permit for a municipal solid waste landfill facility, transfer 
station, sludge disposal facility, or an injection well if:
		(1)  the facility, station, or well has not begun to 
receive the waste materials for which the permit was issued on or 
before the sixth anniversary of the date the permit was issued; and
		(2)  the commissioners court of the county in which the 
facility, station, or well is located adopts and forwards to the 
commission a resolution recommending the revocation of the permit.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.