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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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to impose more stringent conditions for existing air quality |
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permits to avoid a condition of air pollution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.0513, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.0513. PERMIT CONDITIONS. (a) The commission may |
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establish and enforce permit conditions consistent with this |
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chapter. Permit conditions of general applicability shall be |
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adopted by rule. |
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(b) The commission at any time may establish and enforce |
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conditions for operating under a permit that are more stringent |
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than the conditions in an issued or amended permit if the commission |
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determines that the more stringent conditions are necessary to |
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avoid a condition of air pollution. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |