(a) The commission by issuance of a Regulatory Flexibility Order may exempt an applicant from a requirement of a statute or commission rule regarding the control or abatement of pollution if the applicant proposes to control or abate pollution by an alternative method or by applying an alternative standard.     
      (b) A violation of an order issued under this section is punishable as if it were a violation of the statute or rule from which the order provides an exemption.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §90.20 adopted to be effective July 19, 2012, 37 TexReg 5310