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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 326MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER AGENERAL INFORMATION
RULE §326.5General Prohibitions

No person may cause, suffer, allow, or permit the collection, storage, transportation, processing, or disposal, or the use or operation of a solid waste facility to store, process, or dispose of solid waste in violation of the THSC, or any regulations, rules, permit, license, order of the commission, or in such a manner that causes:

  (1) the discharge or imminent threat of discharge of medical waste into or adjacent to the waters in the state without obtaining specific authorization for the discharge from the commission;

  (2) the creation and maintenance of a nuisance; or

  (3) the endangerment of the human health and welfare or the environment.


Source Note: The provisions of this §326.5 adopted to be effective May 26, 2016, 41 TexReg 3697

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