(a) Disposal facilities and processes.
(1) Municipal Solid Waste Fee Report frequency, report
form, and report information.
(A) Report frequency. Quarterly, each disposal facility
or process operator shall report to the executive director the information
requested on the report form for the appropriate reporting period
including the amount of source-separated material processed to compost
or mulch product. Annually, the operator shall submit a summary of
the information to show the yearly totals and year-end status of the
facility or process, as requested on the report form, for the appropriate
reporting period. An operator shall file a separate report for each
facility that has a unique permit, permit application number, or registration
number.
(B) Report form. The report shall be on a form furnished
by the executive director or reproduced from a form furnished by the
executive director or by an electronic form or format furnished by
the executive director. Forms reproduced by the facility operator
are not recommended because each report form for each reporting period
will have two unique numbers on each form. One number will specifically
identify the facility for which the report is made; the other number
will specifically identify the individual form. To use the wrong form,
or the form intended for a different reporting period, will automatically
make the data incorrect for that facility report. The operator will
receive one form from the executive director for each facility or
process prior to the due date. The operator must assure that the data
entered on the form are applicable for the particular facility and
period for which the data are reported.
(C) Report information. In addition to a statement
of the amount of waste received for processing or disposal, the report
shall contain other information requested on the form, including the
facility operator's name, address, and phone number; the permit number,
permit application number, or registration number; the facility type,
size, and capacity; and other information the executive director may
request.
(2) Reporting units. The amount of waste received for
processing or disposal shall be reported in short tons (2,000 pounds)
or in cubic yards as received (compacted or uncompacted) at the gate.
If accounting of the waste is recorded in cubic yards, then separate
accounting must be made for waste that comes to the facility in open
vehicles or without compaction, and waste that comes to the facility
in compactor vehicles. If scales are not utilized and accounting of
the waste received is in cubic yards, gallons, or drums then those
volumetric units may be converted to tons for reporting purposes,
using the conversion factors set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of this paragraph.
(A) General weight/volume conversion factors for various
types of waste shall be as follows:
(i) one ton = 2,000 pounds;
(ii) one gallon = 7.5 pounds (grease trap waste);
(iii) one gallon = 8.5 pounds (wastewater treatment
plant sludge or septage);
(iv) one gallon = 9.0 pounds (grit trap waste); and
(v) one drum = 55 gallons.
(B) Conversion factors to be used for waste transport
vehicles relative to waste volume and weight in vehicles shall be
as follows:
(i) one cubic yard = 400 pounds (no compaction);
(ii) one cubic yard = 666.66 pounds (medium compaction);
and
(iii) one cubic yard = 800 pounds (heavy compaction).
(3) Use of population equivalent. In determining the
amount of waste deposited in a landfill serving less than 5,000 people
or the amount of waste processed for disposal at a processing facility
serving less than 5,000 people, the owner/operator may use the number
of tons calculated or derived from the population served by the facility
in lieu of maintaining records of the waste deposited at the facility.
The amount of waste shall be calculated on the basis of one ton per
person per year. The report shall document the population served by
the facility and reflect any changes since the previous report.
(4) Reporting units for beneficial land use application
sites. Wastewater treatment plant sludge and septage received for
disposal at registered beneficial use land application sites in vacuum
or closed tank trucks may be reported in dry weight equivalent units,
provided the site operator either produces satisfactory documentation
indicating the percent solids present in the received waste materials
or uses the dry weight/volume conversion factors set forth in subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of this paragraph:
(A) one gallon = 0.5 pounds (sludge - dry weight equivalent);
and
(B) one gallon = 0.3 pounds (septage - dry weight equivalent).
(5) Report due date. The required quarterly solid waste
summary report shall be submitted to the executive director not later
than 20 days following the end of the fiscal quarter for which the
report is applicable. The fiscal year begins on September 1, and concludes
on August 31.
(6) Method of submission. The required report shall
be delivered or mailed to the agency to the return address designated
by the executive director in the billing statement distributed quarterly.
(7) Penalties. Failure of the facility or process operator
to submit the required report by the due date shall be sufficient
cause for the commission to revoke the permit or registration and
authorization to process or dispose of waste. The commission may assess
interest penalties for late payment of fees and may also assess penalties
(fines) in accordance with Texas Water Code, §7.051 (relating
to Administrative Penalty) or take any other action authorized by
law to secure compliance.
(b) Facilities and processes not for disposal. Facilities
and processes not for disposal (as defined in §330.673(c) of
this title (relating to Fees)) are subject to reporting requirements,
but are not required to pay a fee.
(1) Municipal Solid Waste Annual Summary Report frequency,
report form, and report information.
(A) Report frequency. Annually, each facility or process
operator shall report to the executive director the information requested
on the report form for the appropriate reporting period. An operator
shall file a separate report for each facility that has a unique permit,
permit application number, or registration number.
(B) Report form. The form of the report shall be in
accordance with subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section.
(C) Report information. The information in the report
shall be in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section.
(2) Reporting units. The units used in reporting shall
be in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(3) Use of population equivalent. The use of the population
equivalent method of reporting waste received or processed shall be
in accordance with subsection (a)(3) of this section.
(4) Report due date. The required annual report shall
be submitted to the executive director not later than 45 days following
the calendar year for which the report is applicable.
(5) Method of submission. The required report shall
be delivered or mailed to the agency to the return address designated
by the executive director in the billing statement distributed quarterly.
(6) Penalties. Failure of the facility or process operator
to submit the required report by the due date shall be sufficient
cause for the commission to revoke the permit or registration and
authorization to process or dispose of waste. The commission may assess
interest penalties for late payment of fees and may also assess penalties
(fines) in accordance with Texas Water Code, §7.051 or take any
other action authorized by law to secure compliance.
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