CHAPTER 389. EMISSIONS REDUCTION RECOGNITION EFFORTS
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.