TITLE: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a permit under the Clean Air Act for a facility located within a five-mile radius of another permitted facility.

SUMMARY: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a permit under the Clean Air Act for a facility located within a five-mile radius of another permitted facility.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a permit under the Clean Air Act for a facility located within a five-mile radius of another permitted facility. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0521 to read as follows: Sec. 382.0521. TWO OR MORE PERMITTED FACILITIES IN FIVE-MILE RADIUS. The commission may not issue a permit under this chapter for a facility or a proposed facility if another facility permitted under this chapter is located within a five-mile radius of the facility or proposed facility. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.