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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to inspections of solid waste facilities conducted by the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.032, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and |
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(a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall inspect a solid waste facility used |
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or proposed to be used to store, process, or dispose of solid waste: |
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(1) at least once every two years; |
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(2) for a facility that commits multiple violations of |
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the same statute or rule in a five-year period, at least quarterly |
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for three years beginning on the date of the last violation; and |
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(3) for a facility that is the subject of three or more |
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complaints in a 30-day period, at least quarterly for 18 months |
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beginning on the date of the last complaint. [The commission may
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inspect and approve solid waste facilities used or proposed to be
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used to store, process, or dispose of solid waste.] |
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(a-1) The commission may not give notice to the owner or |
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operator of a facility of an inspection to be performed under |
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Subsection (a). |
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(a-2) The commission shall perform an inspection made in |
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response to a complaint at the same general time of day as the |
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alleged violation is reported to have occurred. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |