SB2270 - Relating to the renewal of certain air quality permits.

  89R439 MP-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 2270       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the renewal of certain air quality permits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 382.05195(e) and (k), Health and Safety   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (e)  The commission by rule shall establish procedures for   the amendment of a standard permit and for an application for, the   issuance of, the renewal of, and the revocation of an authorization   to use a standard permit. Each authorization to use a standard   permit issued under this section is subject to review at least once   every five years to determine whether the authority to operate   should be renewed.          (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.          SECTION 2.  Section 382.05198(c), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (c)  An application for an authorization to use [ the issuance   of ] a standard permit under this section must include a plot plan   that meets the requirements of Section 382.05195(k).          SECTION 3.  (a)  Not later than March 1, 2026, the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to   implement the changes in law made by this Act.          (b)  After the effective date of this Act, notwithstanding   the changes in law made by this Act, the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality may allow the continuation of an   authorization to use a permit issued before the effective date of   this Act until the date the authorization would have been eligible   for renewal under the law in effect immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.