| (a) To obtain a license, an individual must have met
the requirements of Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Administration
of Occupational Licenses and Registrations), the following requirements
for each class of license, and pass an examination.
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(b) At least one-half of the total experience required
for a wastewater treatment license must be in actual domestic wastewater
treatment facility operation or maintenance duties. Related experience,
which involves tasks similar to those required for operation of wastewater
treatment facilities, will count at a rate of 50% toward meeting the
total experience requirement. For laboratory experience to be applicable,
the laboratory must be owned and operated by the permittee and the
laboratory technician must consult daily with operational personnel.
(c) Wastewater collection system experience must be
in actual wastewater collection system operation or maintenance duties.
Credit for wastewater experience that is not directly connected with
collection system operation or maintenance shall be approved if the
experience involves tasks that are similar to that required for the
operation and maintenance of collection systems. Each year of related
experience shall count as 1/2 year of experience. Each year of experience
in collection system operation and maintenance shall only count as
1/2 year of experience toward a wastewater treatment facility operator
license.
(d) Individuals who request to substitute a bachelor's
or master's degree for experience at the Class A, Class B, or Class
III level must have a major in chemistry, biology, engineering, microbiology,
bacteriology, or another similar discipline approved by the executive
director.
(e) For each license, applicants may substitute either
college hours or training credit hours to meet the experience requirement:
(1) 16 semester hours or an additional 20 hours of
training credits are equal to six months of the required work experience;
(2) Class C and Class II applicants may only substitute
up to one year of the required work experience; and
(3) Class A, Class B, and Class III applicants may
only substitute up to two years of the required work experience.
(f) The hours of training credit required for a license
must be in approved courses, which include the following or their
equivalents.
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(g) An individual who previously held a Class D license
or higher may not apply for a new Class D license if the individual
currently operates any activated sludge type facilities, any trickling
filter or rotating biological contractor facilities with a permitted
daily average flow of 100,000 gallons per day or greater, or any facility
that uses a subsurface area drip dispersal system as defined in §222.5
of this title (relating to Definitions) for disposal of its effluent.
A trickling filter or rotating biological contractor is a secondary
aerobic process that uses microbiological organisms attached to a
fixed substrate.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §30.340 adopted to be effective December 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 10330; amended to be effective July 5, 2006, 31 TexReg 5303; amended to be effective September 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 6523; amended to be effective September 29, 2016, 41 TexReg 7489 |
