| (3) Centralized Collection of Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste. (A) Centralized Waste Collection Facility. Provided that the requirements of this paragraph are met, a person may maintain at a CWCF hazardous oil and gas waste that is generated: (i) by that person; and (ii) at sites where that person is considered a CESQG under the provisions of this section. (B) Prior to receipt of oil and gas hazardous waste generated off-site, a person who operates a CWCF must register with the commission by filing with the commission a notice that includes the following information: (i) a map showing the location of the CWCF and each individual hazardous oil and gas waste generation site that may contribute waste to the collection facility. In lieu a map, the person who operates the CWCF may provide to the commission the name and lease number, field name and number, or other identifying information acceptable to the commission, of the CWCF and each generation site that may contribute waste to the collection facility; (ii) the person's P-5 operator number; and (iii) the EPA ID number for the CWCF, if any. (C) All hazardous oil and gas waste received at the CWCF must be kept in closed containers that are marked with the words "Hazardous Waste." (D) A person operating a CWCF shall not maintain at the CWCF at any one time more than 5,000 kilograms of hazardous oil and gas waste or more than five quarts of any hazardous oil and gas waste that is listed in 40 CFR, §261.33(e) (acute hazardous waste). (n) EPA ID Numbers. (1) Generators. No LQG or SQG may transport or offer for transportation any hazardous oil and gas waste until such generator has obtained an EPA ID number by filing the prescribed form (currently EPA Form 8700-12) with the commission. (2) Transporters. No LQG or SQG may allow his or her hazardous oil and gas waste to be transported by a transporter that does not have an EPA ID number. (3) Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities. Except in the case of facilities specified in subsection (m)(2)(A)(iii), (vi), and (v) of this section, no LQG or SQG may send his or her hazardous oil and gas waste to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility unless that facility: (A) is a designated facility as defined in this section; and (B) has an EPA ID number. (o) Manifests. (1) General Requirements. (A) Except as provided in subsection (o)(1)(E) of this section, each time an LQG or SQG transports hazardous oil and gas waste or offers hazardous oil and gas waste for transportation to an authorized facility, such generator must prepare a manifest form. If the waste was generated in the State of Texas and is being transferred to an authorized facility located within the State of Texas, the generator shall use the form prescribed by the TCEQ. If the authorized facility is located outside the State of Texas, the generator must refer to subsection (o)(2) of this section to determine which manifest form to use. (B) The generator must specify on the manifest one authorized facility to handle the hazardous oil and gas waste described on the manifest (the "primary designated facility"). (C) The generator may also specify on the manifest one alternate authorized facility to handle the hazardous oil and gas waste (the "alternate designated facility") in the event an emergency prevents delivery of the hazardous oil and gas waste to the primary designated facility. (D) If the transporter is unable to deliver the hazardous oil and gas waste to the primary designated facility or the alternate designated facility, the generator must either specify another authorized facility to which the hazardous oil and gas waste can be delivered or instruct the transporter to return the hazardous oil and gas waste to the generator. If the generator specifies another authorized facility to which the hazardous oil and gas waste can be delivered, the generator shall instruct the transporter to revise the manifest to show this facility as the designated facility (see subsection (w)(6) of this section relating to transporter's inability to deliver waste). (E) An SQG is not required to comply with the provisions of this subsection (relating to manifests) if: (i) the SQG's hazardous oil and gas waste is reclaimed under a contractual agreement (the "hazardous waste reclamation agreement") pursuant to which: (I) the type of hazardous oil and gas waste and frequency of shipments are specified in the agreement; and (II) the vehicle used to transport the hazardous oil and gas waste to the hazardous waste reclamation facility and to deliver regenerated material back to the generator is owned and operated by the hazardous waste reclamation facility; (ii) the SQG maintains a copy of the hazardous waste reclamation agreement in his or her files for a period of at least three years after termination or expiration of the reclamation agreement; and (iii) the SQG complies with the provisions of 40 CFR, §268.7(a)(10) (concerning land ban wastes subject to tolling agreements) if the waste is determined to be prohibited from land disposal under subsection (e)(2) of this section (relating to land ban wastes). (2) Manifests Required for Out-of-State Domestic Shipments. (A) If the hazardous oil and gas waste was generated within the United States, but outside the State of Texas, and is being transported to an authorized facility located within the State of Texas, the generator must use the form prescribed by the TCEQ. (B) If the hazardous oil and gas waste was generated within the State of Texas and is being transported to an authorized facility located within the United States but outside the State of Texas (the "consignment state"), the manifest specified by the consignment state shall be used. If the consignment state does not specify a particular manifest form for use, then the generator shall use the form prescribed by the TCEQ. (3) Number of Copies. The manifest must consist of at least the number of copies that will provide the generator, each transporter, and the owner or operator of the designated facility with one copy each for their records and one additional copy to be returned to the generator by the owner or operator of the designated facility to which the waste was delivered (in accordance with the provisions of 40 CFR, §264.71 and §265.71, or state equivalent). (4) Use of the Manifest. (A) The generator must: (i) sign the manifest certification by hand; (ii) obtain the handwritten signature of the initial transporter and date of acceptance of the shipment by the initial transporter on the manifest; (iii) retain one copy of the manifest signed by the initial transporter until the copy signed by the operator of the designated facility (in accordance with 40 Code of Federal Regulations §264.71, §265.71, or state equivalent) is received; (iv) give the transporter the remaining copies of the manifest; and (v) obtain one copy of the manifest, signed by the owner or operator of the designated facility that received the hazardous oil and gas waste, and retain that copy for three years from the date the hazardous oil and gas waste was accepted for shipment by the initial transporter. (B) For shipments of hazardous oil and gas waste within the United States solely by water (bulk shipments only), the generator must send three copies of the manifest, dated and signed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4)(A) of this subsection (relating to use of the manifest), to either: (i) the owner or operator of the designated facility; or (ii) if exported by water, the last water transporter expected to handle the hazardous oil and gas waste in the United States. Copies of the manifest are not required for each transporter. (C) For rail shipments of hazardous oil and gas waste within the United States that originate at the generation site, the generator must send at least three copies of the manifest, dated and signed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4)(A) of this subsection (relating to use of the manifest), to: (i) the next non-rail transporter, if any; (ii) the designated facility, if transported solely by rail; or (iii) if exported by rail, the last rail transporter expected to handle the hazardous oil and gas waste in the United States. (D) For shipments of hazardous oil and gas waste to a designated facility located outside the State of Texas and in an authorized state that has not yet obtained authorization from the EPA to regulate that particular waste as hazardous, the generator must determine that the owner or operator of the designated facility agrees to sign and return the manifest to the generator (in accordance with the applicable provisions of 40 CFR, §264.71 or §265.71), and that any out-of-state transporter agrees to comply with the Cont'd... |
