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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of certain air permits for facilities |
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attached to mines and quarries. |
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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 382.05187 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.05187. CERTAIN PRECONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR MINES |
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AND QUARRIES. The commission may not issue a prevention of |
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significant deterioration air permit to an operator of a facility, |
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including a kiln, that is: |
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(1) attached to a mine or quarry; and |
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(2) located in a county that: |
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(A) has a population of more than 125,000; and |
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(B) is adjacent to a county designated as a |
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nonattainment area. |
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SECTION 2. Section 382.05187, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies to an application for a permit submitted |
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to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An application for a permit submitted |
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to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the |
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time the application was submitted, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |