89R11649 JRR-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2445       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of   certain environmental remediation benchmarks.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 361.042 to read as follows:          Sec. 361.042.  MINIMUM CARCINOGENIC RISK LEVEL. (a) In this   section, "carcinogenic risk level," "protective concentration   level," and "risk-based exposure limit" have the meanings assigned   by 30 T.A.C. Section 350.4, as that section existed on January 1,   2025.          (b)  The commission shall set each carcinogenic risk level   used by the commission in the development of a protective   concentration level, risk-based exposure limit, or any other   remediation standard used in connection with this chapter or a rule   adopted under this chapter, including the Texas Risk Reduction   Program (30 T.A.C. Chapter 350) or a similar program established by   the commission, at a rate not greater than one in one million.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall   adopt or modify any rules necessary to implement the change in law   made by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.