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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure for acting on an application for an air |
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contaminant emissions permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal |
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review for an electric generating facility. |
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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 382.0568 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.0568. ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY. (a) This |
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section applies only to an application for a permit or permit |
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amendment under Section 382.0518 or a permit renewal review under |
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Section 382.055 for an electric generating facility. This section |
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does not apply to an application for a permit for a project |
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described by Section 382.0565 or 382.0566. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall implement reasonably |
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streamlined processes for acting on an application. |
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(c) The commission shall take final action on an application |
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not later than 12 months after the date the executive director |
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declares the application to be administratively complete. |
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(d) The permit processes authorized by this section are not |
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subject to the requirements relating to a contested case hearing |
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under this chapter, Chapter 5, Water Code, or Subchapters C-G, |
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Chapter 2001, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules under Section |
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382.0568, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |