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  89R8348 JRR-D     By: Anchía H.B. No. 2722       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other   authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of certain   adverse impacts.          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 382.0595 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.0595.     DENIAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT OR   OTHER AUTHORIZATION ON BASIS OF CERTAIN ADVERSE IMPACTS.   Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall deny an   application for a permit or other authorization under this chapter   that is subject to new source review if the commission determines   that emissions from the facility that is the subject of the   application will have a disproportionately adverse effect on the   health, property, or environment of a low-income population in the   vicinity of the facility as compared to the effects of those   emissions on other populations in the area. In making the   determination, the commission shall consider the facility's   individual effect and the overall cumulative effect of the facility   on a low-income population in conjunction with other proposed or   existing facilities in the area.          SECTION 2.  Section 382.0595, Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit or   other authorization that is filed with the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.     An application for a permit or other authorization filed before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date of the filing, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.