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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of advanced technologies by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.014, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.014. EMISSION INVENTORY. (a) The commission |
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may require a person whose activities cause emissions of air |
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contaminants to submit information to enable the commission to |
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develop an inventory of emissions of air contaminants in this |
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state. |
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(b) The commission shall use emissions information gathered |
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during commission activities to evaluate the integrity of emissions |
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factors and the emissions inventory. |
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(c) The commission shall annually assess the information |
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collected and recommend emissions inventory improvement strategies |
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in the report required by Section 5.126, Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 382.016, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The agency may measure and monitor the emissions of air |
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contaminants from a source or from an activity causing or resulting |
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in the emission of air contaminants subject to the commission's |
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jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 3. Section 382.0173 is amended by adding Subsection |
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(h) to read as follows: |
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(h) The commission shall pursue the permanent reduction of |
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any surplus and quantifiable emissions that are found through the |
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use of any advanced technologies authorized under this chapter to |
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gain credits to the State Implementation Plan. |
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SECTION 4. Section 382.021, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission shall use technology that implements |
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optical gas imaging in two-dimensional vertical fields or other |
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technologies that the commission finds will measure emission |
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concentrations to measure the concentration and the volume of |
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volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen emissions. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |