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3 Document(s) [ Subject: Voluntary Emissions Reduction Program ]

• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources, 76th R.S. (1999)

  Title:

  Implementation of SB 7 and SB 766

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Agricultural policy | Agriculture | Air pollution | Air quality | Clean Air Act | Electric utility deregulation | Emissions | Environmental permits | Grandfathered industrial facilities | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Voluntary Emissions Reduction Program |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.76 n219i

  Description:

  [44 pages  File size: 564 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor the implementation of the following bills enacted during the 76th R.S.: HB 2, 76th R.S., relating to agriculture and state agriculture policy; and SB 766, 76th R.S., relating to the issuance of certain permits for the emission of air contaminants. The Committee shall also assess, monitor and report on the qualitative and quantitative impacts resulting from the environmental provisions of SB 7, 76th R.S., relating to electric utility restructuring and to the powers and duties of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Office of Public Utility Counsel, and Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

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• Committee:

  House Environmental Regulation, 75th R.S. (1997)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Air quality | Clean Air Act | Concentrated animal feeding operations | Emergency management | Environmental education | Environmental laws and regulations | Environmental permits | Environmental protection | Grandfathered industrial facilities | Local emergency planning committees | Manure | Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas | Radioactive waste | Solid waste disposal | Statutory revision | Surface water pollution | Tire disposal | Voluntary Emissions Reduction Program | Water quality management |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.75 en89

  Description:

  [131 pages  File size: 6,431 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Review materials of publicly funded environmental educational programs and assess whether the materials and the programs promote views based on scientifically sound information.
  2. Review current funding mechanisms for Local Emergency Planning Committees ("LEPC's), which are required by federal law to respond to chemical emergencies. Determine if there are alternative funding methods that would improve the ability of the LEPC's to preform their duties.
  3. Compile an inventory of state environmental laws that appear to provide little or no appreciable benefit, and recommend revision or repeal of each law identified.
  4. Monitor the activities of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to achieve a fair transition for permitting facilities currently operating without air quality permits.
  5. Study the cumulative effects of siting numerous confined animal feeding operations (CAFO's) in a geographic area involving multiple state jurisdictions. Determine whether environmental protections are adequate in such situations.
  6. Conduct active oversight of state agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction, including the waste tire program, delegation of federal environmental programs, revisions to national ambient air quality standards, and approval of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources, Interim, 75th R.S. (1997)

  Title:

  Interim report - Voluntary Program

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Clean Air Act | Grandfathered industrial facilities | Voluntary Emissions Reduction Program |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.75 n219v

  Description:

  [150 pages  File size: 8,762 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor the implementation of HB 3019, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding nonpermitted facilities and, if necessary, make recommendations for further legislative action in developing a voluntary program for phasing in the permitting of existing significant sources of air pollution.

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