Committee backs scheduled 6‑year protectiveness reviews for concrete batch standard permits in revised bill
A narrower committee substitute for SB 763 would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to run a protectiveness review of concrete batch plant standard permits every six years; stakeholders and TCEQ staff described the process and the committee left the bill pending.
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Senate Bill 763, filed by Senator Alvarado, would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to conduct a periodic “protectiveness review” of standard permits covering concrete batch plants every six years. The committee considered a narrowed committee substitute that removes enhanced‑control standard permits from the statutory requirement and leaves current permit renewal processes unchanged.
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