84R2836 JTS-D
	By: Birdwell	S.B. No. 528

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the storage of certain hazardous chemicals;
	transferring enforcement of certain reporting requirements,
	including the imposition of criminal, civil, and administrative
	penalties, from the Department of State Health Services to the
	Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 63.151, Agriculture Code, is amended by
	adding Subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) to read as follows:
	(3)  "Ammonium nitrate storage facility" means a
	facility that stores ammonium nitrate material or ammonium nitrate
	to be used in ammonium nitrate material and includes the premises on
	which a facility is located.
	(4)  "Fire marshal" means the state fire marshal or a
	local fire marshal, fire chief, or other fire safety official,
	including a volunteer fire safety official, having jurisdiction
	over the area in which an ammonium nitrate storage facility is
	located.
	(5)  "Operator" means the person who controls the
	day-to-day operations of an ammonium nitrate storage facility.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter I, Chapter 63, Agriculture Code, is
	amended by adding Section 63.158 to read as follows:
	Sec. 63.158.  FIRE PREVENTION AT AMMONIUM NITRATE STORAGE
	FACILITIES. (a) The owner or operator of an ammonium nitrate
	storage facility shall:
	(1)  allow a fire marshal to enter the facility to make
	a thorough examination of the facility; and
	(2)  on request, at a reasonable time, allow the local
	fire department access to the facility to perform a pre-fire
	planning assessment.
	(b)  A fire marshal who determines the presence of a fire or
	life safety hazard, as that term is defined by Section 352.016,
	Local Government Code, at an ammonium nitrate storage facility may
	direct the owner or operator of the facility to correct the
	hazardous situation.
	(c)  The owner or operator of an ammonium nitrate storage
	facility shall:
	(1)  provide evidence of compliance with:
	(A)  Chapter 505 or 507, Health and Safety Code,
	as applicable; and
	(B)  United States Department of Homeland
	Security registration requirements;
	(2)  post National Fire Protection Association 704
	warning placards on the outside of the storage area;
	(3)  store ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate
	material in a separate structure; and
	(4)  separate ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate
	material from combustible or flammable material by 30 feet or more.
	(d)  A fire marshal may direct the owner or operator of an
	ammonium nitrate storage facility to correct a violation of a
	requirement under Subsection (c).
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), a fire marshal who
	determines that the owner or operator of an ammonium nitrate
	storage facility has violated or is violating this section shall
	notify the service of the violation.
	(f)  If directed to correct a hazardous situation or a
	violation of Subsection (c), an owner or operator shall remedy the
	situation or violation before the expiration of a period specified
	by the fire marshal, which may not exceed 10 days. If the fire
	marshal determines that the violation has not been remedied before
	the expiration of the specified period, the fire marshal shall
	notify the service that the owner or operator is in violation of
	this section.
	(g)  The service shall enforce a violation of this section in
	an appropriate manner as authorized by this chapter.
	SECTION 3.  Section 417.008(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  The state fire marshal shall enter and is entitled, at
	any time:
	(1)[,] to enter any:
	(A)  mercantile, manufacturing, or public
	building;
	(B)[,] place of amusement;
	(C)[, or] place where public gatherings are held;
	(D)  ammonium nitrate storage facility, as
	defined by Section 63.151, Agriculture Code;[,] or
	(E)  [any] premises belonging to [such] a
	building, [or] place, or facility described by Paragraphs
	(A)-(D);[,] and
	(2)  to make a thorough examination of the building,
	place, facility, or premises described by Subdivision (1).
	SECTION 4.  Section 505.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure
	that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals is
	provided to:
	(1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with
	chemical hazards during an emergency;
	(2)  local emergency planning committees and other
	emergency planning organizations; and
	(3)  the executive director to make the information
	available to the public through specific procedures.
	SECTION 5.  Section 505.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  In this chapter, a reference to the North American
	Industrial Classification System (NAICS) [Standard Industrial
	Classification (SIC)], to nomenclature systems developed by the
	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) or the
	Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), or to other information,
	including information such as classification codes, performance
	standards, systematic names, standards, and systems described in
	publications sponsored by private technical or trade
	organizations, means a reference to the most current version of the
	publication.
	SECTION 6.  Section 505.004, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) and amending
	Subdivisions (10), (12), and (23) to read as follows:
	(3-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(8-a)  "Executive director" means the executive
	director of the commission.
	(10)  "Facility" means all buildings, equipment,
	structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single
	site or on contiguous or adjacent sites, that are owned or operated
	by the same person, or by any person who controls, is controlled by,
	or is under common control with that person, and that is in North
	American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes 31-33
	[Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) 20-39].
	(12)  "Fire chief" means the [elected or paid]
	administrative head of a fire department, including a volunteer
	fire department.
	(23)  "Tier two form" means:
	(A)  a form specified by the commission
	[department] under Section 505.006 for listing hazardous chemicals
	as required by EPCRA; or
	(B)  a form accepted by the EPA under EPCRA for
	listing hazardous chemicals together with additional information
	required by the commission [department] for administering its
	functions related to EPCRA.
	SECTION 7.  Sections 505.005(a) and (d), Health and Safety
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Facility operators whose facilities are in North
	American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes 31-33 [SIC
	Codes 20-39] shall comply with this chapter.
	(d)  The executive director shall develop and implement an
	outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain
	information under this chapter similar to the outreach program
	under Section 502.008.
	SECTION 8.  Section 505.006, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by amending Subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), and (g) and
	adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
	(a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility
	operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier
	two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present
	in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds
	determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting
	thresholds as determined by commission [board] rule for certain
	highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.
	(c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the
	commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the
	procedures specified by commission [board] rules. [The facility
	operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire
	chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility
	and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
	(e)  Except as provided by Section 505.0061(c), a [A]
	facility operator shall file the tier two form with the commission
	[department] not later than the 90th day after the date on which the
	operator begins operation or has a reportable addition, at the
	appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported hazardous
	chemical or extremely hazardous substance.
	(e-1)  Except as provided by Section 505.0061(c), a facility
	operator shall file an updated tier two form with the commission:
	(1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which
	the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in
	40 C.F.R. Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or
	extremely hazardous substance; and
	(2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.
	(e-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier
	two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under
	this section to the fire chief of the fire department having
	jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
	emergency planning committee. [The operator shall furnish a copy
	of each tier two form to the fire chief of the fire department
	having jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
	emergency planning committee.]
	(f)  A facility operator shall file a material safety data
	sheet with the commission [department] on the commission's
	[department's] request.
	(g)  The commission [department] shall maintain records of
	the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or
	EPCRA for at least 30 years.
	SECTION 9.  Chapter 505, Health and Safety Code, is amended
	by adding Section 505.0061 to read as follows:
	Sec. 505.0061.  REPORTING FOR FACILITIES STORING AMMONIUM
	NITRATE USED IN FERTILIZER. (a)  In this section, "ammonium
	nitrate" and "ammonium nitrate storage facility" have the meanings
	assigned by Section 63.151, Agriculture Code.
	(b)  As soon as practicable but not later than 72 hours after
	the commission receives a tier two form reporting the presence of
	ammonium nitrate at an ammonium nitrate storage facility, the
	commission shall furnish a copy of the form to the state fire
	marshal and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The state
	fire marshal shall furnish a copy of the form to the chief of the
	fire department having jurisdiction over the facility.  The Texas
	Division of Emergency Management shall furnish a copy of the form to
	the appropriate local emergency planning committee.
	(c)  The operator of an ammonium nitrate storage facility
	shall file:
	(1)  a tier two form with the commission not later than
	72 hours after the operator:
	(A)  begins operation; or
	(B)  has a reportable addition, at the appropriate
	threshold, of previously unreported ammonium nitrate; and
	(2)  an updated tier two form not later than 72 hours
	after the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as
	listed in 40 C.F.R. Part 370, of previously reported ammonium
	nitrate.
	(d)  An ammonium nitrate storage facility operator shall
	furnish a copy of each tier two form and updated tier two form
	submitted under Subsection (c) to the fire chief of the fire
	department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the
	appropriate local emergency planning committee.
	SECTION 10.  Sections 505.007(c) and (d), Health and Safety
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Any facility that has received five requests under
	Subsection (a) in a calendar month, four requests in a calendar
	month for two or more months in a row, or more than 10 requests in a
	year may elect to furnish the material to the commission
	[department].
	(d)  Any facility electing to furnish the material to the
	commission [department] under Subsection (c) may during that same
	filing period inform persons making requests under Subsection (a)
	of the availability of the information at the commission
	[department] and refer the request to the commission [department]
	for that filing period. The notice to persons making requests shall
	state the address of the commission [department] and shall be
	mailed within seven days of the date of receipt of the request, if
	by mail, and at the time of the request if in person.
	SECTION 11.  Section 505.008(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire
	chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional
	information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at
	a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning
	purposes. A facility operator, on request, shall give the
	executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning
	committee a copy of the MSDS for any chemical on the tier two form
	furnished under Section 505.006 or for any chemical present at the
	facility.
	SECTION 12.  Section 505.009, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 505.009.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. On
	presentation of appropriate credentials, an officer or
	representative of the executive director may enter a facility at
	reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
	SECTION 13.  Section 505.016, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 505.016.  RULES; FEES.  (a) The commission [board] may
	adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to
	carry out the purposes of this chapter.
	(b)  The commission [board] may authorize the collection of
	annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms
	required by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (d),
	fees may be used only to fund activities under this chapter. The
	fee for facilities may not exceed:
	(1)  $100 for each required submission having no more
	than 25 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;
	(2)  $200 for each required submission having no more
	than 50 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;
	(3)  $300 for each required submission having no more
	than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;
	(4)  $400 for each required submission having no more
	than 100 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or
	(5)  $500 for each required submission having more than
	100 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.
	(c)  To minimize the fees, the commission [board] by rule
	shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms
	for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier
	two forms contains fewer than 25 items.
	(d)  The commission [department] may use up to 20 percent of
	the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency
	planning committees to assist them to fulfill their
	responsibilities under EPCRA.  An amount not to exceed [The
	department may use up to] 15 percent of the fees collected under
	this chapter and Chapter 506, or 15 percent of the amount of fees
	paid by the state and its political subdivisions under Chapter 506,
	whichever is greater, may be used by the Department of State Health
	Services to administer Chapter 502.
	SECTION 14.  Chapter 505, Health and Safety Code, is amended
	by adding Section 505.018 to read as follows:
	Sec. 505.018.  ENFORCEMENT. (a)  A facility operator may not
	cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter,
	commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued
	under this chapter.
	(b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7,
	Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that
	assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.
	SECTION 15.  Section 506.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure
	that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals
	[chemical] is provided to:
	(1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with
	chemical hazards during an emergency;
	(2)  local emergency planning committees and other
	emergency planning organizations; and
	(3)  the executive director to make the information
	available to the public through specific procedures.
	SECTION 16.  Section 506.004, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) and amending
	Subdivisions (12) and (24) to read as follows:
	(3-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(8-a)  "Executive director" means the executive
	director of the commission.
	(12)  "Fire chief" means the [elected or paid]
	administrative head of a fire department, including a volunteer
	fire department.
	(24)  "Tier two form" means:
	(A)  a form specified by the commission
	[department] under Section 506.006 for listing hazardous chemicals
	as required by EPCRA; or
	(B)  a form accepted by the EPA under EPCRA for
	listing hazardous chemicals together with additional information
	required by the commission [department] for administering its
	functions related to EPCRA.
	SECTION 17.  Section 506.005(d), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The executive director shall develop and implement an
	outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain
	information under this chapter similar to the outreach program
	under Section 502.008.
	SECTION 18.  Section 506.006, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by amending Subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) and
	adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to read as follows:
	(a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility
	operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier
	two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present
	in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds
	determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting
	thresholds as determined by commission [board] rule for certain
	highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.
	(c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the
	commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the
	procedures specified by commission [board] rules. [The facility
	operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire
	chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility
	and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
	(d)  A facility operator shall file the tier two form with
	the commission [department] not later than the 90th day after the
	date on which the operator begins operation or has a reportable
	addition, at the appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported
	hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance, but a fee may
	not be associated with filing this report.
	(d-1)  A facility operator shall file an updated tier two
	form with the commission:
	(1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which
	the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in
	40 C.F.R. Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or
	extremely hazardous substance; and
	(2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.
	(d-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier
	two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under
	this section to the fire chief of the fire department having
	jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
	emergency planning committee. [The operator shall furnish a copy
	of each tier two form to the fire chief of the fire department
	having jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
	emergency planning committee.]
	(e)  A facility operator shall file a material safety data
	sheet with the commission [department] on the commission's
	[department's] request.
	(f)  The commission [department] shall maintain records of
	the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or
	EPCRA for at least 30 years.
	SECTION 19.  Sections 506.007(c) and (d), Health and Safety
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Any facility that has received five requests under
	Subsection (a) in a calendar month, four requests in a calendar
	month for two or more months in a row, or more than 10 requests in a
	year may elect to furnish the material to the commission
	[department].
	(d)  Any facility electing to furnish the material to the
	commission [department] under Subsection (c) may during that same
	filing period inform persons making requests under Subsection (a)
	of the availability of the information at the commission
	[department] and refer the request to the commission [department]
	for that filing period. The notice to persons making requests shall
	state the address of the commission [department] and shall be
	mailed within seven days of the date of receipt of the request, if
	by mail, and at the time of the request if in person.
	SECTION 20.  Section 506.008(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire
	chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional
	information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at
	a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning
	purposes. A facility operator, on request, shall give the
	executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning
	committee a copy of the MSDS for any chemical on the tier two form
	furnished under Section 506.006 or for any chemical present at the
	facility.
	SECTION 21.  Section 506.009, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 506.009.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. On
	presentation of appropriate credentials, an officer or
	representative of the executive director may enter a facility at
	reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
	SECTION 22.  Section 506.017, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 506.017.  RULES; FEES. (a) The commission [board] may
	adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to
	carry out the purposes of this chapter.
	(b)  The commission [board] may authorize the collection of
	annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms
	required by this chapter. The fee may not exceed:
	(1)  $50 for each required submission having no more
	than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or
	(2)  $100 for each required submission having more than
	75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.
	(c)  To minimize the fees, the commission [board] by rule
	shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms
	for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier
	two forms contains fewer than 25 items.
	(d)  The commission may use up to 20 percent of the fees
	collected under this section as grants to local emergency planning
	committees to assist them to fulfill their responsibilities under
	EPCRA. An amount not to exceed [The department may use up to] 15
	percent of the fees collected under Chapter 505 and this chapter, or
	15 percent of the amount of fees paid by the state and its political
	subdivisions under this chapter, whichever is greater, may be used
	by the Department of State Health Services to administer Chapter
	502.
	SECTION 23.  Chapter 506, Health and Safety Code, is amended
	by adding Section 506.018 to read as follows:
	Sec. 506.018.  ENFORCEMENT. (a)  A facility operator may not
	cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter,
	commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued
	under this chapter.
	(b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7,
	Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that
	assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.
	SECTION 24.  Section 507.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure
	that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals is
	provided to:
	(1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with
	chemical hazards during an emergency;
	(2)  local emergency planning committees and other
	emergency planning organizations; and
	(3)  the executive director to make the information
	available to the public through specific procedures.
	SECTION 25.  Section 507.003, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 507.003.  FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. (a) In this
	chapter, a reference to a federal law or regulation means a
	reference to the most current version of that law or regulation.
	(b)  In this chapter, a reference to the North American
	Industrial Classification System (NAICS) means a reference to the
	most current version of that system.
	SECTION 26.  Section 507.004, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) and amending
	Subdivisions (10), (12), and (23) to read as follows:
	(3-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(8-a)  "Executive director" means the executive
	director of the commission.
	(10)  "Facility" means all buildings, equipment,
	structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single
	site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or
	operated by the same person or by any person who controls, is
	controlled by, or is under common control with that person, and that
	is in North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes
	11-23 or Codes 42-92. The term does not include a facility subject
	to Chapter [505 or] 506.
	(12)  "Fire chief" means the [elected or paid]
	administrative head of a fire department, including a volunteer
	fire department.
	(23)  "Tier two form" means:
	(A)  a form specified by the commission
	[department] under Section 507.006 for listing hazardous chemicals
	as required by EPCRA; or
	(B)  a form accepted by the EPA under EPCRA for
	listing hazardous chemicals together with additional information
	required by the commission [department] for administering its
	functions related to EPCRA.
	SECTION 27.  Sections 507.005(a) and (d), Health and Safety
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Facility operators whose facilities are in North
	American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes 11-23 or
	NAICS Codes 42-92 and who are not subject to Chapter [505 or] 506
	shall comply with this chapter.
	(d)  The executive director shall develop and implement an
	outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain
	information under this chapter similar to the outreach program
	under Section 502.008.
	SECTION 28.  Section 507.006, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by amending Subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), and (g) and
	adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
	(a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility
	operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier
	two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present
	in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds
	determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting
	thresholds as determined by commission [board] rule for certain
	highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.
	(c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the
	commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the
	procedures specified by commission [board] rules. [The facility
	operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form to the fire
	chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility
	and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee.]
	(e)  Except as provided by Section 507.0061(c), a [A]
	facility operator shall file the tier two form with the commission
	[department] not later than the 90th day after the date on which the
	operator begins operation or has a reportable addition, at the
	appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported hazardous
	chemical or extremely hazardous substance.
	(e-1)  Except as provided by Section 507.0061(c), a facility
	operator shall file an updated tier two form with the commission:
	(1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which
	the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in
	40 C.F.R. Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or
	extremely hazardous substance; and
	(2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.
	(e-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier
	two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under
	this section to the fire chief of the fire department having
	jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
	emergency planning committee. [The operator shall furnish a copy
	of each tier two form to the fire chief of the fire department
	having jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local
	emergency planning committee.]
	(f)  A facility operator shall file a material safety data
	sheet with the commission [department] on the commission's
	[department's] request.
	(g)  The commission [department] shall maintain records of
	the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or
	EPCRA for at least 30 years.
	SECTION 29.  Chapter 507, Health and Safety Code, is amended
	by adding Section 507.0061 to read as follows:
	Sec. 507.0061.  REPORTING FOR FACILITIES STORING AMMONIUM
	NITRATE USED IN FERTILIZER. (a)  In this section, "ammonium
	nitrate" and "ammonium nitrate storage facility" have the meanings
	assigned by Section 63.151, Agriculture Code.
	(b)  As soon as practicable but not later than 72 hours after
	the commission receives a tier two form reporting the presence of
	ammonium nitrate at an ammonium nitrate storage facility, the
	commission shall furnish a copy of the form to the state fire
	marshal and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The state
	fire marshal shall furnish a copy of the form to the chief of the
	fire department having jurisdiction over the facility. The Texas
	Division of Emergency Management shall furnish a copy of the form to
	the appropriate local emergency planning committee.
	(c)  The operator of an ammonium nitrate storage facility
	shall file:
	(1)  a tier two form with the commission not later than
	72 hours after the operator:
	(A)  begins operation; or
	(B)  has a reportable addition, at the appropriate
	threshold, of previously unreported ammonium nitrate; and
	(2)  an updated tier two form with the commission not
	later than 72 hours after the operator has a change in the chemical
	weight range, as listed in 40 C.F.R. Part 370, of previously
	reported ammonium nitrate.
	(d)  An ammonium nitrate storage facility operator shall
	furnish a copy of each tier two form and updated tier two form
	submitted under Subsection (c) to the fire chief of the fire
	department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the
	appropriate local emergency planning committee.
	SECTION 30.  Section 507.007(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire
	chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional
	information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at
	a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning
	purposes. A facility operator, on request, shall give the
	executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning
	committee a copy of the MSDS for any chemical on the tier two form
	furnished under Section 507.006 or for any chemical present at the
	facility.
	SECTION 31.  Section 507.008, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 507.008.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. On
	presentation of appropriate credentials, an officer or
	representative of the executive director may enter a facility at
	reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
	SECTION 32.  Section 507.013, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 507.013.  RULES; FEES. (a) The commission [board] may
	adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to
	carry out the purposes of this chapter.
	(b)  The commission [board] may authorize the collection of
	annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms
	required by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (d),
	fees may be used only to fund activities under this chapter. The
	fee may not exceed:
	(1)  $50 for each required submission having no more
	than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or
	(2)  $100 for each required submission having more than
	75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.
	(c)  To minimize the fees, the commission [board] by rule
	shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms
	for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier
	two forms contains fewer than 25 items.
	(d)  The commission [department] may use up to 20 percent of
	the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency
	planning committees to assist them to fulfill their
	responsibilities under EPCRA.
	SECTION 33.  Chapter 507, Health and Safety Code, is amended
	by adding Section 507.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 507.014.  ENFORCEMENT. (a)  A facility operator may not
	cause, suffer, allow, or permit a violation of this chapter,
	commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued
	under this chapter.
	(b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7,
	Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that
	assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.
	SECTION 34.  Section 5.013(a), Water Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The commission has general jurisdiction over:
	(1)  water and water rights including the issuance of
	water rights permits, water rights adjudication, cancellation of
	water rights, and enforcement of water rights;
	(2)  continuing supervision over districts created
	under Article III, Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), and Article XVI,
	Section 59, of the Texas Constitution;
	(3)  the state's water quality program including
	issuance of permits, enforcement of water quality rules, standards,
	orders, and permits, and water quality planning;
	(4)  the determination of the feasibility of certain
	federal projects;
	(5)  the adoption and enforcement of rules and
	performance of other acts relating to the safe construction,
	maintenance, and removal of dams;
	(6)  conduct of the state's hazardous spill prevention
	and control program;
	(7)  the administration of the state's program relating
	to inactive hazardous substance, pollutant, and contaminant
	disposal facilities;
	(8)  the administration of a portion of the state's
	injection well program;
	(9)  the administration of the state's programs
	involving underground water and water wells and drilled and mined
	shafts;
	(10)  the state's responsibilities relating to regional
	waste disposal;
	(11)  the responsibilities assigned to the commission
	by Chapters 361, 363, 382, [and] 401, 505, 506, and 507, Health and
	Safety Code; and
	(12)  any other areas assigned to the commission by
	this code and other laws of this state.
	SECTION 35.  Section 7.052, Water Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (b-4) to read as follows:
	(b-4)  The amount of the penalty against a facility operator
	who causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation of Chapter 505,
	Health and Safety Code, may not exceed $500 a day for each day a
	violation continues with a total not to exceed $5,000 for each
	violation.  The amount of a penalty against a facility operator who
	causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation of Chapter 506 or
	507, Health and Safety Code, may not exceed $50 a day for each day a
	violation continues with a total not to exceed $1,000 for each
	violation.
	SECTION 36.  Section 7.102, Water Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 7.102.  MAXIMUM PENALTY. A person who causes, suffers,
	allows, or permits a violation of a statute, rule, order, or permit
	relating to Chapter 37 of this code, Chapter 366, 371, [or] 372,
	505, 506, or 507, Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 382,
	Health and Safety Code, or Chapter 1903, Occupations Code, shall be
	assessed for each violation a civil penalty not less than $50 nor
	greater than $5,000 for each day of each violation as the court or
	jury considers proper. A person who causes, suffers, allows, or
	permits a violation of a statute, rule, order, or permit relating to
	any other matter within the commission's jurisdiction to enforce,
	other than violations of Chapter 11, 12, 13, 16, or 36 of this code,
	or Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, shall be assessed for each
	violation a civil penalty not less than $50 nor greater than $25,000
	for each day of each violation as the court or jury considers
	proper. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation.
	SECTION 37.  Subchapter E, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 7.1851 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.1851.  VIOLATIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY
	RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAWS.  (a)  A person who proximately causes an
	occupational disease or injury to an individual by knowingly
	disclosing false information or knowingly failing to disclose
	hazard information as required by Chapter 505, 506, or 507, Health
	and Safety Code, commits an offense.
	(b)  This section does not affect any other right of a person
	to receive compensation under other law.
	(c)  An offense under this section is punishable under
	Section 7.187(a)(1)(B).
	SECTION 38.  The following provisions of the Health and
	Safety Code are repealed:
	(1)  Sections 505.004(2), (5), (6), (14), and (20);
	(2)  Sections 505.008(c), 505.010, 505.011, 505.012,
	505.013, and 505.014;
	(3)  Sections 506.004(2), (5), (6), (14), and (20);
	(4)  Sections 506.008(c), 506.010, 506.011, 506.012,
	506.013, 506.014, 506.015, and 506.016;
	(5)  Sections 507.004(2), (5), (6), (14), and (20); and
	(6)  Sections 507.007(c), 507.009, 507.010, and
	507.011.
	SECTION 39.  (a)  On January 1, 2016, the following are
	transferred to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:
	(1)  the powers, duties, obligations, and liabilities
	of the Department of State Health Services relating to Chapters
	505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety Code;
	(2)  all unobligated and unexpended funds appropriated
	to the Department of State Health Services designated for the
	administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
	Code;
	(3)  all equipment and property of the Department of
	State Health Services used solely or primarily for the
	administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
	Code;
	(4)  all files and other records of the Department of
	State Health Services kept by the department relating to the
	administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
	Code; and
	(5)  employees of the Department of State Health
	Services whose duties relate solely or primarily to the
	administration of Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety
	Code.
	(b)  A rule adopted by the Department of State Health
	Services that is in effect immediately before January 1, 2016, and
	that relates to Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety Code,
	is, on January 1, 2016, a rule of the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality and remains in effect until amended or
	repealed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.  A
	complaint, investigation, enforcement proceeding, or other
	proceeding pending before the Department of State Health Services
	on January 1, 2016, is continued by that department without change
	in status after the effective date of this Act.
	(c)  The Department of State Health Services may agree with
	the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to transfer any
	property of the department to the commission to implement the
	transfer required by this Act.
	(d)  In the period beginning on the effective date of this
	Act and ending on January 1, 2016, the Department of State Health
	Services shall continue to perform functions and activities under
	Chapters 505, 506, and 507, Health and Safety Code, as if those
	chapters had not been amended by this Act, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 40.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
	this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	(b)  Sections 63.151(3), (4), and (5) and Section 63.158,
	Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, take effect immediately if
	this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
	each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
	immediate effect, those sections take effect September 1, 2015.