HB3768 - Relating to public hearings held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in areas that exceed an ambient air quality standard for benzene.

  89R10365 CMO-D     By: Hernandez H.B. No. 3768       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to public hearings held by the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality in areas that exceed an ambient air quality   standard for benzene.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0292 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.0292.     PUBLIC HEARING FOR HIGH LEVELS OF BENZENE.   (a)   If monitoring or modeling data indicates an area is exceeding   or likely exceeding a national or state ambient air quality   standard for benzene, the commission shall hold a public hearing in   the area to allow interested persons to present comments relating   to the elevated levels of benzene.           (b)     The commission shall provide notice of a public hearing   held under Subsection (a) at least once in a newspaper of general   circulation in the area in which the hearing is to be held.   The   notice must be published not later than the 30th day before the date   of the hearing.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.