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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a conditional reduction of nitrogen oxides emissions |
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from certain industrial or utility furnaces and boilers. |
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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 382.0174 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.0174. EMISSION REDUCTIONS AT CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL OR |
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UTILITY FURNACES AND BOILERS. (a) In this section, "nonattainment |
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area" has the meaning assigned by Section 384.001. |
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(b) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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disapproves, conditionally disapproves, or otherwise requires a |
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reduction in air contaminant emissions as a condition of approving |
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a revision to the state implementation plan for the Dallas-Fort |
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Worth nonattainment area concerning the nonattainment of federal |
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ambient air quality standards for ozone, the commission as its |
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first effort to comply or to receive approval shall require each |
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industrial or utility furnace or boiler in the Dallas-Fort Worth |
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nonattainment area that nitrogen oxides at a rate greater than 0.02 |
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pounds per million British thermal units to reduce the facility's |
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nitrogen oxides emissions to the extent technically feasible, |
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regardless of financial costs. The commission shall require the |
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nitrogen oxides emissions reductions before the commission |
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requires automobiles, area sources, or other stationary sources to |
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reduce their emissions of air contaminants that contribute to the |
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area's nonattainment of the federal ozone ambient air quality |
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standard. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |