Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate

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NATURAL RESOURCES/General
77 th Texas Legislature
Requires TNRCC to integrate the use of environmental management systems into its regulatory programs,
develop model systems for small businesses and local governments, and establish environmental
performance indicators to measure a program's performance.
Requires TNRCC to consider an entity’s implementation of a system as evidence of its compliance history
with regard to certain permitting procedures.
Standardize Those Licenses - H.B. 3111
by Representative Zbranek
Senate Sponsor: Senator Bernsen
The TNRCC operates 12 licensing and registration programs transferred to it from predecessor agencies.
Requires TNRCC to standardize administrative requirements of occupational licenses and registration for
persons and entities owning, installing, or operating waste water treatment plants, petroleum storage tanks,
underground storage tanks, landscape irrigation or installation, water supply systems, solid waste disposal
systems, and on-site sewage disposal systems.
Creating the Clean Coal Technology Council - H.B. 3483
by Representative Ramsay
Senate Sponsor: Senator Sibley
Creates the Clean Coal Technology Council (council) to coordinate actions of state agencies for the study
and development of clean coal technology and pilot projects in Texas.
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