SB1178 - Relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants.

  89R10164 KRM-F     By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1178       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to standard permits for 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 :                 (1)     a statement of the proposed daily hours of   operation for:                       (A)  the facility; and                       (B)     vehicles associated with transporting   material to or from the facility; and                 (2)   a plot plan that clearly shows:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  a distance scale;                       (B)  [ (2) ]  a north arrow;                       (C)  [ (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;                       (D)  [ (4) ]  at least two benchmark locations in the   area in which the facility will be located; and                       (E)  [ (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)  A standard permit described by Subsection (k):                 (1)     must require that, unless the executive director   provides otherwise in the authorization to use the standard permit:                       (A)     the facility operate only after 7:00 a.m. and   before 7:00 p.m.; and                       (B)     at the facility site, vehicles transport   material used in the production of concrete only after 5:00 a.m. and   before 9:00 p.m.;                   (2)     may allow the executive director to include in the   authorization to use the standard permit alternative operating   hours for the facility for use during not more than five days per   calendar year to accommodate special circumstances;                 (3)     must allow the appropriate commission regional   office to authorize temporary alternative operating hours for the   facility in response to a disaster or other emergency; and                 (4)     must require that records be maintained on site   that show the use of alternative operating hours authorized under   Subdivision (2) or (3).          SECTION 2.  Section 382.051985, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:           (c)     Section 382.05195(l) does not apply to a plant permitted   under this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.