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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to monitoring emissions of air contaminants from certain |
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mining-related facilities; imposing of a fee. |
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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 382.069 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.069. MONITORING OF EMISSIONS FROM MINING-RELATED |
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FACILITIES; FEES DEPOSITED TO FUND. (a) This section applies only |
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to a person who holds a permit issued under this chapter relating |
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to: |
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(1) the production of aggregates, as defined by |
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Section 28A.001, Water Code; |
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(2) the operation of a concrete plant that performs |
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wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing; or |
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(3) the operation of a hot mix asphalt plant. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall require as a condition of a |
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permit that the permit holder install and maintain equipment to |
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monitor in real time emissions of air contaminants from the |
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permitted facility. The rules must require that: |
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(1) the equipment monitor emissions at the point on |
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(c) The commission shall maintain a publicly accessible |
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Internet website to provide data collected under this section to |
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the public. |
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(d) The commission shall adopt, charge, and collect a fee |
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from permit holders to cover the costs of operating the Internet |
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website. |
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(e) The mining monitoring fees account is an account in the |
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general revenue fund. The account is composed of fees collected |
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under this section. |
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(f) Fees collected under this section: |
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(1) shall be deposited in the state treasury to the |
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credit of the mining monitoring fees account; |
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(2) may not be commingled with any fees in the clean |
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air account or with any other money in the state treasury; and |
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(3) may be appropriated to the commission only for the |
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purposes described by Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 382.069, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |