The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is weighing how to implement two new state laws that could tighten regulations on concrete batch plants.
Senate Bill 763 requires the TCEQ to review air quality permits for concrete batch plants every eight years. Previously, these reviews were optional and occurred every 10 years.
Senate Bill 2351 allows the commission to require batch plants to meet new, stricter air quality standards if they haven’t begun construction and ask for an extension of the permit to begin construction at a later date…