88R26027 MP-D
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 4819
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality of certain solid waste processing facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows:
         Sec. 361.127.  REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SOLID
  WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a
  solid waste processing facility that salvages, separates,
  dewaters, reclaims, or otherwise processes municipal sludge,
  sewage, septage, grease trap waste, or grit trap waste.
         (b)  An owner or operator of a solid waste processing
  facility must have the consent of and authorization from the owner
  or operator of:
               (1)  the wastewater collection system that will receive
  the treated wastewater produced by the processing facility; and
               (2)  any wastewater treatment facility that will
  further treat the treated wastewater.
         (c)  The commission may not issue, amend, or renew a permit
  under this chapter for a solid waste processing facility unless the
  owner or operator of the processing facility demonstrates to the
  commission's satisfaction that the owner or operator has complied
  with Subsection (b).
         SECTION 2.  Section 361.127(c), Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to a solid waste processing facility
  the owner or operator of which files an application with the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance, amendment, or
  renewal of a permit on or after the effective date of this Act. A
  solid waste processing facility the owner or operator of which
  filed an application with the commission for the issuance,
  amendment, or renewal of a permit before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.