Bill Text: TX SB1530 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting the blast radius information for aboveground storage tanks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1530 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1530-Introduced.html
| 88R519 MP-D | ||
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 1530 | |
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| relating to reporting the blast radius information for aboveground | ||
| storage tanks. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 753, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 753.0041 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 753.0041. ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS; BLAST RADIUS | ||
| REPORT. (a) This section applies only to an aboveground storage | ||
| tank that has a capacity of 5,000 gallons or more and stores a | ||
| flammable liquid. | ||
| (b) The operator of an aboveground storage tank shall submit | ||
| a blast radius report to: | ||
| (1) the county fire marshal for the county in which the | ||
| aboveground storage tank is located; and | ||
| (2) if applicable, the municipal fire marshal for the | ||
| municipality in which the aboveground storage tank is located. | ||
| (c) The board shall prescribe the form and content of the | ||
| blast radius report. A blast radius report submitted under this | ||
| section must contain a description of the maximum potential blast | ||
| radius that would result from an explosion of the aboveground | ||
| storage tank. | ||
| (d) A fire marshal who receives a blast radius report under | ||
| this section shall make the report publicly available. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
