SLUDGE VICTIMS

BILL RECENTLY INTRODUCED IN TEXAS LEGISLATURE

By Miller H.B. No. 2966
77R9313 JJT-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of land application of sewage sludge.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code,
1-5 is amended by adding Section 361.0225 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 361.0225. ZONE SURROUNDING APPLICATION AREA FOR SEWAGE 1-7 SLUDGE.
A person may not apply sewage sludge not meeting the Class A pathogen requirements under 3 0 Texas Administrative Code Section 312.82(a) as that rule read on January 1, 2001, to land that is located less than one mile from a school, institution, business, or occupied residential structure

I- 12. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
I- 13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
I- 14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
I- 15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect,
this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.

TEXAS LEGISLATOR PROPOSE S ONE MILE BUFFER BETWEEN CLASS B SEWAGE SLUDGE AND HOMES, SCHOOLS, ETC.