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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 335INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE
SUBCHAPTER GLOCATION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE, PROCESSING, OR DISPOSAL
RULE §335.203Site Selection To Protect Groundwater or Surface Water

The commission may not issue a permit for a new hazardous waste management facility or the areal expansion of an existing hazardous waste management facility unless it finds that the proposed site, when evaluated in light of proposed design, construction, and operational features, reasonably minimizes possible contamination of surface water and groundwater. In making this determination, the commission shall consider the following factors:

  (1) active geologic processes such as flooding, erosion, subsidence, submergence, and faulting;

  (2) groundwater conditions such as groundwater flow rate, groundwater quality, length of flow path to points of discharge, and aquifer recharge or discharge conditions;

  (3) soil conditions such as stratigraphic profile and complexity, hydraulic conductivity of strata, and separation distance from the facility to the aquifer and points of discharge to surface water; and

  (4) climatological conditions.


Source Note: The provisions of this §335.203 adopted to be effective May 28, 1986, 11 TexReg 2347.

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