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TX HB1946
Bill
Status
1/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Shelley Luther
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AI Summary
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Requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to deny air permit applications for permanent cement production plants, including cement kilns, that would be located within 10 miles of a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility
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Defines "semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility" as a facility that includes processes such as growing single-crystal ingots, wafer slicing, etching and polishing, bonding, cleaning, epitaxial deposition, or metrology
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Applies to permit applications subject to new source review under the Texas Clean Air Act
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Takes effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of proximity to a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility.
PERMITS
Last Action
Referred to Environmental Regulation
3/14/2025