Bill Text: TX SB1446 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to performance standards for certain aboveground storage tanks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Left pending in committee [SB1446 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1446-Introduced.html
86R9548 MP-F | ||
By: Johnson | S.B. No. 1446 |
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relating to performance standards for certain aboveground storage | ||
tanks. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 26.341(b), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The legislature declares that it is the policy of this | ||
state and the purpose of this subchapter to: | ||
(1) maintain and protect the quality of groundwater | ||
and surface water resources in the state from certain substances in | ||
underground and aboveground storage tanks that may pollute | ||
groundwater and surface water resources, including during | ||
hurricanes, floods, and other extreme weather events; and | ||
(2) require the use of all reasonable methods, | ||
including risk-based corrective action, to implement this policy. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 26.344(f), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) An aboveground storage tank that is located at or is | ||
part of a petrochemical plant, a petroleum refinery, an electric | ||
generating facility, or a bulk facility as that term is defined by | ||
Section 26.3574(a) [ |
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this subchapter but is not exempt for purposes of the fee imposed | ||
under Section 26.3574 or the performance standards adopted under | ||
Sections 26.3441(c) and (d) [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 26.3441, Water Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission shall adopt performance standards for | ||
existing aboveground storage tanks and aboveground storage tanks | ||
brought into use on or after the effective date of the standards. | ||
(d) The performance standards for aboveground storage tanks | ||
must include specific standards for tanks in areas prone to | ||
flooding, storm surges, and hurricanes, including: | ||
(1) the need to anchor the aboveground storage tanks | ||
and ancillary piping; | ||
(2) the use of geodesic dome roofs, where appropriate; | ||
and | ||
(3) the use of floating roofs and associated drains, | ||
where appropriate. | ||
SECTION 4. The heading to Section 26.347, Water Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 26.347. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK STANDARDS. | ||
SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall | ||
adopt the standards as required by Section 26.3441, Water Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |