The Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants with
Enhanced Controls is authorized under the Texas Health and Safety
Code Section
382.05195
. Specific statutory authority for this
standard permit is derived from
Senate Bill 1272, Section, 78th Legislature,
2003.
Quick Screen
If your facility meets the conditions of this standard permit,
you should be able to answer “Yes” to each of these
questions:
- Do you intend to permit your plant as a permanent
facility?
- Does your plant manufacture no more than 300 cubic yards of
concrete per hour?
- Do you intend to use a suction shroud at the central mix drum
or truck drop point?
- Is the suction shroud vented to a central fabric filter
baghouse with a flow rate of at least 5000 actual cubic feet per
minute (acfm) and an outlet grain of at least 0.01 grains per dry
standard cubic foot loading?
- Will the suction shroud baghouse exhaust, stationary equipment,
and all stockpiles be at least 100 feet from any property
line?
- Will the central baghouse exhaust be located at least 440 yards
from the nearest residence (single or multi-family), school, or
place of worship?
To find out whether your facility complies with all the
conditions of this standard permit, review the
standard permit and its criteria for your situation, and
complete our Concrete Batch Plant with Enhanced Controls Standard
Permit checklist,
Form TCEQ-20169d. If it does, you may claim
this standard permit.
If your planned permanent concrete batch plant with enhanced
controls cannot meet the conditions of this standard permit, see Types of New Source
Review Authorizations or the alternate Air
Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants for other
options.
To Claim This Standard Permit:
- Complete the
Form PI-1S, using the PI-1S Instructions,
entitled "Registration Instructions for a Standard Permit."
- Pay a
registration fee
- (a temporary plant that is in support
of a public works project and will be sited contiguously with the
right of way of that project is exempt from this fee).
- Complete
Table 20 (Concrete Batch Plant) and Concrete Batch Plant with
Enhanced Controls Standard Permit
checklist TCEQ-20169d.
- Submit a scaled plot plan of the plant site
- .
Additional Information
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If you have questions about this or any other Standard Permit,
contact us.
