88(R) HB 4896 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	By:  Landgraf	H.B.  No.  4896

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to air quality permits for certain aggregate production
	operations; establishing rulemaking authority.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
	Code, is amended by adding Sections 382.0651 to read as follows:
	Sec.  382.0651.    STANDARD PERMIT WITH ENHANCED CONTROLS FOR
	CERTAIN AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FACILITIES. (a) The commission shall
	issue a Standard Permit with Enhanced Controls to a rock crushing
	facility that:
	(1)    is located at an aggregate production operation
	required to be registered under Section 28A.051, Water Code;
	(2)    is used for the production of aggregates, as
	defined by Section 28A.001, Water Code;
	(3)    limits production to under 1500 tons per hour; and
	(4)    meets the requirements of this section.
	(b)    The permit process authorized by this section is not
	subject to the requirements relating to a contested case hearing
	under this chapter, Chapter 5, Water Code, or Subchapters C-G,
	Chapter 2001, Government Code.
	SECTION  2.    The commission shall adopt rules relating to
	best management practice requirements for an owner or operator of a
	facility to use the permit under this section. The commission may
	not establish by rule any requirements that an applicant for a
	permit under this section be subject to a hearing under 2001.051,
	Government Code.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.