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	Amend CSSB 483 as follows:                                                   
	(1) On page 4, line 19, strike "Subsection (a-1)" and 
substitute "Subsections (a-1), (e), (f), and (g)".
	(2) On page 5, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:                  
	"(e) All new electric generating units permitted to emit 
nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and mercury shall have each 
emission offset by equivalent reductions of each emission equal to 
115 percent of the actual annual values. The reductions required by 
this subsection:
		(1) must be made within the confines of the 
Non-Attainment Impact Region;
		(2) shall be achieved by the end of the second full year 
of commercial operation of the new electric generating unit; and
		(3) may be achieved from other electric generating 
units or from any other stationary sources with certified and 
operating continuous emission monitoring systems.
	(f) Subsection (e) applies only to:                                     
		(1) new solid fuel electric generating units located 
within the Non-Attainment Impact Region for which an air permit 
application is:
			(A) filed after January 1, 2007; or                                   
			(B) filed before January 1, 2007, and voluntarily 
suspended before April 1, 2007; and
		(2) new electric generating units located in the 
Non-Attainment Impact Region that:
			(A) begin commercial operation after September 1, 
2007;             
			(B) use lignite as its primary fuel source; and                       
			(C) are owned by a power generation company that 
upon commercial operation, has more than 1200 megawatts of owned 
electric generating capacity in Texas.
	(g) As used in this section:                                            
		(1) "Lignite" has the meaning assigned by Section 
12.3(32), Title 16, Texas Administrative Code and ASTM standard D 
388-77.
		(2) "Non-Attainment Impact Region" means the counties 
in the area bounded by and included within:
			(A) the Texas-Oklahoma border to the north;                           
			(B) the Texas-Louisiana border to the east;                           
			(C) the Gulf Coast to the southeast;                                  
			(D) the counties of Clay, Jack, Palo Pinto, Erath, 
Hamilton, Lampasas, Burnet, Blanco, and Comal on the west; and
			(E) the counties of Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca, 
Colorado, Wharton, and Matagorda to the south.