Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2086 by Walle (relating to plot plan requirements for an application for a standard permit for a concrete batch plant issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require applications for the issuance of a standard permit for a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing, including a permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete batch plant , or a standard permit under Health and Safety Code, Section 382.05195 or Section 382.05198 to include a plot plan that clearly shows: a distance scale; a north arrow; all property lines, emission points, buildings, tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment in the area in which the facility will be located; at least two benchmark locations in the area in which the facility will be located; and if the permit requires a distance, setback, or buffer from other property or structures as a condition of the permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met. The provisions of the bill would only apply to standard permit applications filed on or after the effective date of the Act. The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
The Commission on Environmental Quality indicates that duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.