Senate creates optional enhanced-control permits for rock crushing facilities, raises production ceiling
Committee substitute Senate Bill 1757 permits aggregate production operations (APOs) to obtain voluntary enhanced-control permits that require monitoring, mitigation and public reporting in exchange for a streamlined permitting track and an increased production ceiling up to 1,500 tons per hour.
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The Texas Senate passed committee substitute Senate Bill 1757, which creates an optional enhanced-control permit for aggregate production operations (APOs) — including rock crushing facilities and quarries — that implement additional pollution and reclamation controls. The bill extends a permitting model currently available to concrete batch plants and makes it optional for APO operators who meet enhanced standards.
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