HB2092 - Relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain solid waste processing facilities.

  89R4417 CMO-D     By: Martinez H.B. No. 2092       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality of certain solid waste processing facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows:           Sec.   361.127.     REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SOLID   WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a   solid waste processing facility that salvages, separates,   dewaters, reclaims, or otherwise processes municipal sludge,   sewage, septage, grease trap waste, or grit trap waste.           (b)     An owner or operator of a solid waste processing   facility must have the consent of and authorization from the owner   or operator of:                 (1)     the wastewater collection system that will receive   the treated wastewater produced by the processing facility; and                 (2)     any wastewater treatment facility that will   further treat the treated wastewater.           (c)     The commission may not issue, amend, or renew a permit   under this chapter for a solid waste processing facility unless the   owner or operator of the processing facility demonstrates to the   commission's satisfaction that the owner or operator has complied   with Subsection (b).          SECTION 2.  Section 361.127(c), Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to a solid waste processing facility   the owner or operator of which files an application with the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance, amendment, or   renewal of a permit on or after the effective date of this Act. A   solid waste processing facility the owner or operator of which   filed an application with the commission for the issuance,   amendment, or renewal of a permit before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.