Bill Text: TX HB344 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for notice of a standard permit for certain concrete plants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB344 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB344-Introduced.html
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| By: J. Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 344 | |
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| relating to the requirements for notice of a standard permit for | ||
| certain concrete plants. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 382.05199, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsection (d) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) If the proposed permanent concrete plant would be | ||
| located in a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more, | ||
| the applicant must mail written notice to each household within 440 | ||
| yards of the proposed plant not later than the earlier of: | ||
| (1) the 30th day after the date the applicant receives | ||
| written notice from the executive director that the application is | ||
| technically complete; or | ||
| (2) the 75th day after the date the executive director | ||
| receives the application. | ||
| (d) The notice under Subsections (c) and (c-1) must include: | ||
| (1) a brief description of the proposed location and | ||
| nature of the proposed plant; | ||
| (2) a description, including a telephone number, of | ||
| the manner in which the executive director may be contacted for | ||
| further information; | ||
| (3) a description, including a telephone number, of | ||
| the manner in which the applicant may be contacted for further | ||
| information; | ||
| (4) the location and hours of operation of the | ||
| commission's regional office at which a copy of the application is | ||
| available for review and copying; and | ||
| (5) a brief description of the public comment process, | ||
| including the time and location of the public hearing, and the | ||
| mailing address and deadline for filing written comments. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 382.058, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) In addition to the notice required under Subsection (a), | ||
| an applicant for a permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal of a | ||
| permanent concrete plant that would be or is located in a | ||
| municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more shall mail | ||
| written notice to each household within 440 yards of the proposed or | ||
| existing plant not later than the earlier of: | ||
| (1) the 30th day after the date the applicant receives | ||
| written notice from the executive director that the application is | ||
| technically complete; or | ||
| (2) the 75th day after the date the executive director | ||
| receives the application. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 382.05199 and 382.058, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application | ||
| for a permit that is filed with the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An application for a permit filed before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
