HB 1498

AN ACT relating to the monitoring of emissions from certain concrete

House Bill • Walle | Ward Johnson

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Requires concrete batch plants to include detailed plot plans when applying for a standard permit, showing property lines, emission points, buildings, tanks, and process equipment. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality must establish regular emissions monitoring requirements for concrete plants that operate at or near their maximum hourly production rate. The new rules aim to improve environmental oversight and tracking of air contaminants from concrete manufacturing facilities, with implementation set for September 1, 2025.

Subject Areas

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, TEXAS COMMISSION ON PERMITS CEMENT & CONCRETE Environment--Air

Bill Text

relating to the monitoring of emissions from certain concrete
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
(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:
(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
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.