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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.051961(b), Health and Safety Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission may not adopt a new permit by rule or a |
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new standard permit or amend an existing permit by rule or an |
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existing standard permit relating to a facility to which this |
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section applies unless the commission: |
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(1) conducts a regulatory analysis as provided by |
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Section 2001.0225, Government Code; |
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(2) determines, based on the evaluation of credible |
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air quality monitoring data, that the emissions limits or other |
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emissions-related requirements of the permit are necessary to |
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ensure that the intent of this chapter is not contravened, |
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including the protection of the public's health and physical |
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property; and |
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(3) establishes any required emissions limits or other |
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emissions-related requirements based on: |
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(A) the evaluation of credible air quality |
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monitoring data; and |
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(B) credible air quality modeling that is not |
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based on the worst-case scenario of emissions or other worst-case |
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modeling scenarios unless the actual air quality monitoring data |
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and evaluation of that data indicate that the worst-case scenario |
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of emissions or other worst-case modeling scenarios yield modeling |
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results that reflect the actual air quality monitoring data and |
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evaluation[; and |
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[(4) considers whether the requirements of the permit |
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should be imposed only on facilities that are located in a |
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particular geographic region of the state]. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality shall modify the version of 30 |
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T.A.C. Sections 106.352(a) through (k) in effect on the effective |
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date of this Act and any other rules necessary to ensure that those |
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sections apply statewide. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |