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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for aggregate production operation air |
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permits. |
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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 382.067 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.067. AGGREGATE PRODUCTION OPERATION ROAD LOAD |
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LIMITS. (a) In this section, "aggregate production operation" has |
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the meaning assigned by Section 28A.001, Water Code. |
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(b) The commission may not issue an air permit under Section |
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382.051 to an aggregate production operation unless the operation |
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demonstrates that the Texas Department of Transportation and the |
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commissioners court of the county in which the proposed aggregate |
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production operation is located have established load limits under |
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Sections 621.102 and 621.301, Transportation Code, on each road on |
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which the operation expects to operate vehicles. |
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(c) An aggregate production operation may petition to the |
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Texas Department of Transportation for a technical review of a load |
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limit established by the commissioners court under Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for a permit that is filed with the Texas Commission |
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on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An application for a permit filed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |