Relating to air quality permits for concrete batch plants located in certain areas.

HB 852 requires local governments to approve or reject air quality permits for specific concrete batch plants before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) can issue them. It applies only to plants performing wet/dry batching or central mixing in municipalities over 2 million population without zoning regulations, or counties over 4.5 million population. The bill mandates TCEQ to send permit applications to local governing bodies and wait 31 days before issuing permits unless local approval is received. If local rejection is received within that period, TCEQ cannot issue the permit. This bill changes the permit process for these facilities but does not alter air quality standards.