bill to monitor emissions at concrete batch plants

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89R2901 JXC-D

By: Walle
H.B. No. 1498

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the monitoring of emissions from certain concrete

plants.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by amending Subsection (k) and adding Subsection (l) to

read as follows:

(k) An application for an authorization to use [ the issuance

of ] a standard permit under this section for a concrete plant that

performs wet batching, dry batching, or central mixing, including a

permanent, temporary, or specialty concrete batch plant, as defined

by the commission, must include a plot plan that clearly shows:

(1) a distance scale;

(2) a north arrow;

(3) all property lines, emission points, buildings,

tanks, and process vessels and other process equipment in the area

in which the facility will be located;

(4) at least two benchmark locations in the area in

which the facility will be located; and

(5) if the permit requires a distance, setback, or

buffer from other property or structures as a condition of the

permit, whether the required distance or setback will be met.

(l) The commission shall prescribe reasonable requirements

for the regular monitoring of the emissions of air contaminants

from facilities described by Subsection (k) that regularly operate

at or near any applicable hourly production rate maximum set by the

applicable standard permit.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.