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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a program to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired |
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electric generating facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0206 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.0206. MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC |
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GENERATING FACILITIES. (a) The commission by rule shall establish |
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a program to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired electric |
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generating facilities by requiring, in two stages, installation of |
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pollution control equipment or other measures to reduce mercury |
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emissions from those facilities to increase mercury capture rates |
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to: |
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(1) 85 percent by December 31, 2009; and |
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(2) 95 percent by December 31, 2013. |
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(b) The program developed under Subsection (a): |
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(1) must provide flexibility with respect to |
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implementation to reduce the economic cost of meeting the |
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requirements of the program; and |
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(2) may not allow a coal-fired electric generating |
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facility to purchase or trade any mercury emissions credits with a |
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facility in another state. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall adopt rules to implement Section 382.0206, Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 31, 2007. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |