HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Environmental Regulation 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 

PLACE:       The Ector Theatre, 500 N Texas Ave., Odessa, Texas 
CHAIR:       Rep. Brooks Landgraf 

The committee on Environmental Regulation will meet to consider and hear invited testimony only on the following interim charges:

Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:

·          HB 1680, relating to the regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems on certain leased land that is owned by the federal government;

·          HB 4472, relating to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP); and

·          SB 900, which updates performance and safety standards for chemical storage vessels.

Evaluate the allocation of TERP funds for effective air pollution reduction programs. Review which existing programs are over or undersubscribed and identify unrealized opportunities that would further program goals.

Review recent passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law No. 117-58), specifically funds that may bolster efforts to clean up polluted sites and plug wells and how federal funds can be used to complement state efforts on well plugging and pollution clean-up.

Monitor newly adopted and proposed federal regulations that could directly impact economic development, manufacturing, and industrial activities that fall within the jurisdiction of the committee, including regulations adopted or proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Electronic public comment will be available for:

Monitor agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction

HB 1680, relating to on-site sewage disposal systems

HB 4472, relating to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)

SB 900, relating to chemical storage vessels

Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)

Federal funding for well plugging and pollution clean-up

Newly adopted and proposed EPA regulations

For those persons who will be testifying, please see the clerk.

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be unavailable.

Public access to the Ector Theatre is available through the front entrance located on the corner of 5th Street and Texas Avenue.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c260

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.