HB 1768

AN ACT relating to the construction, expansion, or modification of certain

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89th Regular Session

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

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What This Bill Does

Modifies Texas regulations for concrete plant construction and expansion under standard permits. It requires concrete plant permit applications to include detailed plot plans showing property lines, emission points, buildings, equipment, and benchmark locations, and allows the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to require facility operators to update their construction plans if a standard permit is amended before construction begins. The bill aims to improve environmental oversight and planning for concrete batch plants, affecting industrial operators and local communities by potentially imposing more stringent documentation and permitting requirements.

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Bill Text

relating to the construction, expansion, or modification of certain
concrete plants under a standard permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f-1) and amending Subsection (k) to
(f-1)  This subsection applies only to a standard permit
issued under this section that authorizes the operation of 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.  If the commission amends
the standard permit, the commission may require each facility
operator authorized to begin new construction, expansion, or
modification of a facility under the former standard permit to
update the facility's plans for the new construction, expansion, or
modification in accordance with the amended standard permit if the
facility operator did not begin the construction, expansion, or
modification before the adoption of the amended permit.
(k)  An application for an authorization to use [the issuance
of] a standard permit issued 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
(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.
SECTION 2.  Section 382.05198, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
(c)  An application for an authorization to use [the issuance
of] a standard permit issued under this section must include a plot
plan that meets the requirements of Section 382.05195(k).
(d)  If the commission amends a standard permit issued under
this section, the commission may require each facility operator
authorized to begin new construction, expansion, or modification of
a facility under the former standard permit to update the
facility's plans for the new construction, expansion, or
modification in accordance with the amended standard permit if the
facility operator did not begin the construction, expansion, or
modification before the adoption of the amended permit.
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.

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Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the construction, expansion, or modification of certain