HB1498 - Relating to the monitoring of emissions from certain concrete plants.

  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.