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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 386.056. Availability of Emissions Reductions in Certain Nonattainment Areas

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Chapter 386 expires pursuant to V.T.C.A., Health & Safety Code § 386.002.>

(a) An owner or operator of a site located in the Houston-Galveston or Dallas-Fort Worth nonattainment area may use emissions reductions generated by a program established under this chapter to offset the requirements of commission rules relating to control of air pollution from oxides of nitrogen if:

(1) the owner or operator of the site contributes to the fund $75,000 for each ton of emissions that is used, not to exceed 25 tons annually and not to exceed one-half ton per day;

(2) the owner or operator of the site demonstrates to the commission's satisfaction that the site will be in full compliance with the commission's emissions reduction rules not later than the fifth anniversary of the date on which the emissions reductions would otherwise be required;

(3) emissions from the site are reduced by at least 80 percent from the established baseline; and

(4) the commission approves a petition by the owner or operator that demonstrates that it is technically infeasible to comply with the commission's emissions reduction requirements above 80 percent.

(b) Funds collected under this section shall be used to generate emissions reductions needed to meet the commission's attainment demonstration.

(c) The commission shall verify that emissions reductions generated from funds collected under this section occur in the same nonattainment area in which the site that purchased the emissions reductions is located.

(d) The commission shall assure that the emissions reductions funded under the programs authorized by this subchapter used to offset commission requirements under this section benefit the community in which the site using the emissions reductions is located. If there are no eligible emissions reduction projects within the community, the commission may authorize projects in an adjacent community. In this subsection, “community” means a justice of the peace precinct.

(e) The commission shall assure that emission reduction credits may be received in the Houston-Galveston nonattainment area for energy efficiency and urban heat island programs in connection with the State Implementation Plan for the eight-hour ozone standard.

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