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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 305CONSOLIDATED PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER CAPPLICATION FOR PERMIT OR POST-CLOSURE ORDER
RULE §305.50Additional Requirements for an Application for a Hazardous or Industrial Solid Waste Permit and for a Post-Closure Order

    (C) the potential magnitude and nature of the human exposure resulting from such releases.

  (9) In the case of an application for a permit to store, process, or dispose of hazardous waste at a new hazardous waste management facility, or an application for amendment or modification of a solid waste management facility permit to provide for capacity expansion, the application shall also identify the nature of any known specific and potential sources, types, and volumes of waste to be stored, processed, or disposed of by the facility and shall identify any other related information the executive director may require.

  (10) In the case of an application for a permit to store, process, or dispose of hazardous waste at a new hazardous waste management facility, the application must also contain the following:

    (A) copies of any relevant land use plans, adopted in accordance with the Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 211, which were in existence before publication of the notice of intent to file a solid waste permit application or, if no notice of intent is filed, at the time the permit application is filed;

    (B) identification of the names and locations of industrial and other waste-generating facilities within 1/2 mile of the facility in the case of an application for a permit for a new on-site hazardous waste management facility, and within one mile of the facility in the case of an application for a permit for a new commercial hazardous waste management facility;

    (C) the approximate quantity of hazardous waste generated or received annually at those facilities described under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;

    (D) descriptions of the major routes of travel in the vicinity of the facility to be used for the transportation of hazardous waste to and from the facility, together with a map showing the land-use patterns, covering at least a five-mile radius from the boundaries of the facility; and

    (E) the information and demonstrations concerning faults described under paragraph (4)(D)of this subsection.

  (11) In the case of an application for a permit to store, process, or dispose of hazardous waste, the application shall also contain information sufficient to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission that a proposed hazardous waste landfill, areal expansion of such landfill, or new commercial hazardous waste land disposal unit is not subject to inundation as a result of a 100-year flood event. An applicant or any other party may not rely solely on floodplain maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or a successor agency to determine whether a hazardous waste landfill, areal expansion of such landfill, or commercial hazardous waste land disposal unit is subject to such an inundation.

  (12) In the case of an application for a permit to store, process, or dispose of hazardous waste at a new commercial hazardous management facility, the application shall also contain the following:

    (A) information sufficient to demonstrate whether a burden will be imposed on public roadways by vehicles traveling to and from the facility, including, at a minimum:

      (i) the average gross weight of the various types and sizes of such vehicles to be used for transportation of hazardous waste;

      (ii) the average number of such vehicles which would travel the public roadways; and

      (iii) identification of the roads to be used by vehicles traveling to and from the facility within a minimum radius of 2 1/2 miles from the facility. Such identification must include the major highways nearest the facility, even if they are located outside the 2 1/2 mile radius;

    (B) in addition to the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, an applicant may submit a letter from the relevant agency of the state, county, or municipality which has the authority to regulate and maintain roads which states unequivocally that the roads to and from the facility are adequate for the loads to be placed on them by the proposed facility. Such letter will serve as prima facie evidence that the additional loads placed on the roadways caused by the operation of the facility would not constitute a burden and thus would not require that improvements be made to such roadways. Such letter does not, however, obviate the need to submit the information required under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph;

    (C) evidence sufficient to demonstrate that:

      (i) emergency response capabilities are available or will be available before the facility first receives waste, in the area in which the facility is located or proposed to be located, that has the ability to manage a reasonable worst-case emergency condition associated with the operation of the facility; such evidence may include, but is not limited to, the following:

        (I) in addition to the contingency plan required under 40 CFR §270.14(b)(7), provisions specifying procedures and timing of practice facility evacuation drills, where there is a possibility that evacuation of the facility could be necessary;

        (II) contracts with any private corporation, municipality, or county to provide emergency response;

        (III) weather data which might tend to affect emergency response;

        (IV) a definition of worst-case emergencies, e.g., fires, explosions, the Texas Design Hurricane, or the Standard Project Hurricane;

        (V) a training program for personnel for response to such emergencies;

        (VI) identification of first-responders;

        (VII) identification of local or regional emergency medical services and hospitals which have had hazardous materials training;

        (VIII) a pre-disaster plan, including drills;

        (IX) a mechanism for notifying all applicable government agencies when an incident occurs (i.e., Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Parks and Wildlife, General Land Office, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Texas Railroad Commission);

        (X) a showing of coordination with the local emergency planning committee and any local comprehensive emergency management plan; and

        (XI) any medical response capability which may be available on the facility property; or

      (ii) the applicant has secured bonding of sufficient financial assurance to fund the emergency response personnel and equipment determined to be necessary by the executive director to manage a reasonable worst-case emergency condition associated with the facility; such financial assurance may be demonstrated by providing information which may include, but is not limited to, the following:

        (I) long-term studies using an environmental model which provide the amount of damages for which the facility is responsible; and

        (II) costs involved in supplying any of the information included in or satisfying any of the requirements of clause (i)(I) - (XI) of this subparagraph;

    (D) if an applicant does not elect to provide its own facilities or secure bonding to ensure sufficient emergency response capabilities in accordance with §335.183 of this title (relating to Emergency Response Capabilities Required for New Commercial Hazardous Waste Management Facilities), the applicant must provide prior to the time the facility first receives waste:

      (i) documentation showing agreements with the county and/or municipality in which the facility is located, or documentation showing agreements with an adjoining county, municipality, mutual aid association, or other appropriate entity such as professional organizations regularly doing business in the area of emergency and/or disaster response; or

      (ii) demonstration that a financial assurance mechanism in the form of a negotiable instrument, such as a letter of credit, fully paid in trust fund, or an insurance policy, with the limitation that the funds can only be used for emergency response personnel and equipment and made payable to and for the benefit of the county government and/or municipal government in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be located; and

    (E) a written statement signed by an authorized signatory in accordance with §305.44(a) of this title explaining how the applicant intends to provide emergency response financial assurance to meet the requirements of subparagraph (C) or (D) of this paragraph; and

    (F) a summary of the applicant's experience in hazardous waste management and in particular the hazardous waste management technology proposed for the application location, and, for any applicant without experience in the particular hazardous waste management technology, a conspicuous statement of that lack of experience.

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