(a) For a proposed installation with an aggregate water capacity of 10,000 gallons or more, an applicant shall send a copy of the filings required under §9.101(c) of this title (relating to Filings Required for Stationary LP-Gas Installations) by certified mail, return receipt requested or otherwise delivered, to all owners of real property situated within 500 feet of any proposed container location at the same time the originals are filed with AFS.
  (1) AFS shall consider the notice to be sufficient when the applicant has provided evidence that copies of a complete application have been mailed or otherwise delivered to all real property owners.
  (2) The applicant may obtain names and addresses of owners from current county tax rolls.
(b) An applicant shall notify owners of real property situated within 500 feet of any proposed container location if:
  (1) the current aggregate water capacity of the installation is more than doubled in a 12-month period;
  (2) the resulting aggregate water capacity of the installation will be more than 120,000 gallons; or
  (3) AFS considers notice to be in the public interest.
(c) An applicant shall not be required to give notice for installations at "hot-mix" plants where LP-gas containers of 10,000 gallons aggregate water capacity or more are used as fuel storage supply for asphalt heating provided that:
  (1) the applicant submits proof that such "hot-mix" operations will not exceed two years at the specified location; and
  (2) the applicant has obtained approval from the fire marshal if the operations are within a city's limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.102 adopted to be effective February 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 947; amended to be effective September 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 4810; amended to be effective December 24, 2012, 37 TexReg 9913; amended to be effective January 6, 2020, 45 TexReg 127