{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.053","heading":"PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR LEAD SMELTING PLANT AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.","body":"(a) The commission may not grant a construction permit for a lead smelting plant at a site:\n(1) located within 3,000 feet of an individual's residence; and\n(2) at which lead smelting operations have not been conducted before August 31, 1987.\n(b) This section does not apply to:\n(1) a modification of a lead smelting plant in operation on August 31, 1987;\n(2) a lead smelting plant or modification of a plant with the capacity to produce not more than 200 pounds of lead each hour; or\n(3) a lead smelting plant that, when the plant began operation, was located more than 3,000 feet from the nearest residence.\n(c) In this section, \"lead smelting plant\" means a facility operated as a smeltery for processing lead.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.164, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY","CHAPTER 382. CLEAN AIR ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.382.htm#382.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9e40989771d1909722b79e65bb793fcfe61c0cd1e4f76ee1c8d514825b5abf62","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}