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  89R4253 KRM-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 2913       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to air quality permits for certain cement kilns.          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 Section 382.0651 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.0651.     CERTAIN LOCATIONS FOR OPERATING CERTAIN   CEMENT KILNS PROHIBITED. (a)   The commission may not issue a permit   under Section 382.0518 to construct a facility that is a cement kiln   within 440 yards of a building in use as a school or place of worship   at the time the application for the permit is filed.           (b)     The commission may not issue a federal operating permit   for a federal source that is a cement kiln classified as "major"   under any applicable permitting requirements of the federal Clean   Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.), or regulations adopted   under that Act, within 440 yards of a building in use as a school or   place of worship at the time the application for the permit is   filed.             (c)     The measurement of distance for the purposes of this   section is the shortest distance between the facility or source and   the building in use as a school or place of worship.          SECTION 2.  Section 382.0651, Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to a permit issued by the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date   of this Act.            SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.