HB 2267

AN ACT relating to the monitoring of emissions from certain facilities

House Bill • Isaac | Troxclair

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89th Regular Session

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

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What This Bill Does

Requires owners of aggregate production facilities, concrete crushing operations, and concrete plants to conduct fence-line or property-line monitoring of air contaminants. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will establish rules for this emissions monitoring, which will apply to permit holders in these specific industries. This regulation aims to improve environmental oversight and track potential air pollution from these industrial facilities, with implementation set to begin on September 1, 2025.

Subject Areas

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

Bill Text

relating to the monitoring of emissions from certain facilities
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 382.0162 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0162.  MONITORING OF EMISSIONS FROM AGGREGATE OR
CONCRETE FACILITIES.  (a)  This section applies only to a person who
holds a permit issued under this chapter or is authorized to use a
permit issued under this chapter relating to the operation of a
(1)  used for the production of aggregates, as defined
by Section 28A.001, Water Code;
(2)  used for concrete crushing; or
(3)  that is a concrete plant that performs wet
batching, dry batching, or central mixing.
(b)  The commission by rule shall require a person described
by Subsection (a) to conduct fence-line or property-line monitoring
of emissions of air contaminants from the permitted facility.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.