CHAPTER 389. EMISSIONS REDUCTION RECOGNITION EFFORTS - Texas Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY

CHAPTER 389. EMISSIONS REDUCTION RECOGNITION EFFORTS

Sec. 389.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commission" means

the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 389.002. USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION

OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. The commission, using information

derived from the reports to the commission under Sections

386.205, 388.003(e), and 388.006, shall take all appropriate and

necessary actions so that emissions reductions achieved by means

of activities under Chapters 386 and 388 are credited by the

United States Environmental Protection Agency to the appropriate

emissions reduction objectives in the state implementation plan.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 389.003. COMPUTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS

AND ASSOCIATED CREDITS. (a) The commission shall develop a

method to use in computing emissions reductions obtained through

energy efficiency initiatives, including renewable energy

initiatives, and the credits associated with those reductions.

(b) The laboratory shall assist the commission and affected

political subdivisions in quantifying, as part of the state

implementation plan, credits for emissions reductions

attributable to energy efficiency programs, including renewable

energy programs.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1331, Sec. 18, eff. June 20,

2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

1125, Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.