Bill Text: TX HB1341 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-14 - Filed [HB1341 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1341-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 1341 | |
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| relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level | ||
| concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0217 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 382.0217. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROUND LEVEL | ||
| CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE. (a) To protect public health, | ||
| the commission shall: | ||
| (1) by rule establish maximum allowable ground level | ||
| concentrations of hydrogen sulfide; and | ||
| (2) subject to Subsection (b), review the latest | ||
| health studies regarding hydrogen sulfide emissions and reevaluate | ||
| the maximum allowable concentrations at least once every five | ||
| years. | ||
| (b) In establishing the maximum allowable concentrations, | ||
| the commission: | ||
| (1) may establish different concentrations based on | ||
| whether an area is used for residential, recreational, business, | ||
| commercial, or agricultural purposes; and | ||
| (2) may not allow any person to cause or allow | ||
| emissions of hydrogen sulfide from a source or sources operated on a | ||
| property or multiple sources operated on contiguous properties to | ||
| exceed a net ground level concentration of: | ||
| (A) 0.04 parts per million averaged over any | ||
| 30-minute period if the downwind concentration of hydrogen sulfide | ||
| affects a property used for residential, recreational, business, or | ||
| commercial purposes; or | ||
| (B) 0.06 parts per million averaged over any | ||
| 30-minute period if the downwind concentration of hydrogen sulfide | ||
| affects only property used for purposes other than residential, | ||
| recreational, business, or commercial purposes. | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall classify a violation of the | ||
| allowable ground level concentrations established by this section | ||
| as having major significance under Section 5.754, Water Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules required by | ||
| Section 382.0217, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
