Tex. Natural Resources Code § 87.211
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 87.211, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 87.211. PROHIBITED LOCATION.
Official statutory text
Unless adequate precaution is taken to minimize the emission of smoke from the plant, no channel-type carbon black plant shall be erected or constructed closer than five miles to:
(1) the limits of a city, town, or village incorporated at or before the time the erection or construction of the plant is begun; or
(2) a commercially operated citrus fruit orchard planted not less than one year before the time the erection or construction of the plant is commenced.
(1) the limits of a city, town, or village incorporated at or before the time the erection or construction of the plant is begun; or
(2) a commercially operated citrus fruit orchard planted not less than one year before the time the erection or construction of the plant is commenced.
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