TO: | Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1281 by Van de Putte (Relating to certain permit requirements concerning solid waste facilities, including recycling facilities, tht are located on the recharge or transition zone of a sole source aquifer. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would require entities to seek permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for recycling and other municipal solid waste facilities located on the recharge or transition zone of a sole source aquifer. Such entities would be required to install groundwater protection features such as liners and monitoring wells at waste facilities and require fire lanes at recycling facilities.
Any costs to the TCEQ associated with implementing the provisions of the bill are expected to be reasonably absorbed within the agency's existing budget.
Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, TL
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