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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (k) and adding Subsection (l) to |
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read as follows: |
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(k) An application for an authorization to use [the issuance |
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of] a standard permit under this section for a concrete plant that |
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performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing, including a |
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permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete batch plant, as defined |
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by the commission, must include: |
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(1) a statement of the proposed daily hours of |
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operation for: |
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(A) the facility; and |
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(B) vehicles associated with transporting |
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material to or from the facility; and |
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(2) a plot plan that clearly shows: |
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(A) [(1)] a distance scale; |
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(B) [(2)] a north arrow; |
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(C) [(3)] all property lines, emission points, |
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buildings, tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment |
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in the area in which the facility will be located; |
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(D) [(4)] at least two benchmark locations in the |
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area in which the facility will be located; and |
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(E) [(5)] if the permit requires a distance, |
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setback, or buffer from other property or structures as a condition |
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of the permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met. |
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(l) A standard permit described by Subsection (k): |
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(1) must require that, unless the executive director |
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provides otherwise in the authorization to use the standard permit: |
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(A) the facility operate only after 7:00 a.m. and |
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before 7:00 p.m.; and |
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(B) at the facility site, vehicles transport |
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material used in the production of concrete only after 5:00 a.m. and |
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before 9:00 p.m.; |
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(2) may allow the executive director to include in the |
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authorization to use the standard permit alternative operating |
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hours for the facility for use during not more than five days per |
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calendar year to accommodate special circumstances; |
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(3) must allow the appropriate commission regional |
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office to authorize temporary alternative operating hours for the |
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facility in response to a disaster or other emergency; and |
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(4) must require that records be maintained on site |
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that show the use of alternative operating hours authorized under |
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Subdivision (2) or (3). |
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SECTION 2. Section 382.051985, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Section 382.05195(l) does not apply to a plant permitted |
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under this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |