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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality of certain solid waste processing facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.127. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SOLID |
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WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a |
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solid waste processing facility that salvages, separates, |
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dewaters, reclaims, or otherwise processes municipal sludge, |
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sewage, septage, grease trap waste, or grit trap waste. |
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(b) An owner or operator of a solid waste processing |
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facility must have the consent of and authorization from the owner |
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or operator of: |
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(1) the wastewater collection system that will receive |
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the treated wastewater produced by the processing facility; and |
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(2) any wastewater treatment facility that will |
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further treat the treated wastewater. |
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(c) The commission may not issue, amend, or renew a permit |
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under this chapter for a solid waste processing facility unless the |
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owner or operator of the processing facility demonstrates to the |
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commission's satisfaction that the owner or operator has complied |
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with Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 361.127(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a solid waste processing facility |
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the owner or operator of which files an application with the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance, amendment, or |
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renewal of a permit on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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solid waste processing facility the owner or operator of which |
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filed an application with the commission for the issuance, |
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amendment, or renewal of a permit before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |