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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of permits affecting air quality and |
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notification of certain local officials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 382.05162 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.05162. NOTICE TO CERTAIN LOCAL OFFICIALS. (a) On |
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receiving an application for a construction permit or an amendment |
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to a construction permit, a special permit, or an operating permit |
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for a facility that may emit air contaminants and that is located or |
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planned to be located in a nonattainment area of this state as |
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designated under Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 |
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U.S.C. Section 7407), the commission shall send notice of the |
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application to: |
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(1) the county commissioners of the county in which |
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the facility is or is planned to be located; and |
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(2) each member of the governing body of each |
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municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that is located in |
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the county in which the facility is or is planned to be located. |
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(b) The commission may send the notice required under |
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Subsection (a) electronically. |
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SECTION 2. Section 382.05162, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit under |
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Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, received by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An application for a permit received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the application was received, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |