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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 335INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE
SUBCHAPTER AINDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE IN GENERAL
RULE §335.2Permit Required

(j) Upon receipt of the federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Act (HSWA) authorization for the commission's Hazardous Waste Program, the commission shall be authorized to enforce the provisions that the EPA imposed in hazardous waste permits that were issued before the HSWA authorization was granted.

(k) Any person who intends to conduct an activity under subsection (d) of this section shall comply with the notification requirements of §335.6 of this title.

(l) No permit shall be required for the management of universal wastes by universal waste handlers or universal waste transporters, in accordance with the definitions and requirements of Subchapter H, Division 5 of this chapter (relating to Universal Waste Rule).

(m) At the discretion of the commission, an owner or operator may obtain a post-closure order in lieu of a post-closure permit for interim status units, a corrective action management unit unless authorized by a permit, or alternative corrective action requirements for contamination commingled from RCRA and solid waste management units. The post-closure order must address the facility-wide corrective action requirements of §335.167 of this title (relating to Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units) and groundwater monitoring requirements of §335.156 of this title (relating to Applicability of Groundwater Monitoring and Response).

(n) Except as provided in subsection (d)(9) of this section, owners or operators of commercial industrial solid waste facilities that receive industrial solid waste for discharge to a publicly owned treatment works are required to obtain a permit under this subchapter. By June 1, 2006, owners or operators of existing commercial industrial solid waste facilities that receive industrial solid waste for discharge to a publicly owned treatment works must have a permit issued under this subchapter or obtain a general permit issued under Chapter 205 of this title (relating to General Permits for Waste Discharges) to continue operating. A general permit issued under Chapter 205 of this title will authorize operations until a final decision is made on the application for an individual permit or 15 months, whichever is earlier. The general permit shall authorize operations for a maximum period of 15 months except that authorization may be extended on an individual basis in one-year increments at the discretion of the executive director. Should an application for a general permit issued under Chapter 205 of this title be submitted, the applicant shall also submit to the commission, by June 1, 2006, the appropriate information to demonstrate compliance with financial assurance requirements for closure of industrial solid waste facilities in accordance with Chapter 37, Subchapter P of this title (relating to Financial Assurance for Hazardous and Nonhazardous Industrial Solid Waste Facilities). Owners or operators of commercial industrial solid waste facilities that receive industrial solid waste for discharge to a publicly owned treatment works operating under a general permit issued under Chapter 205 of this title shall submit an application for a permit issued under this subchapter prior to September 1, 2006.

(o) Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities that are otherwise subject to permitting under RCRA and that meet the criteria in paragraphs (1) or paragraph (2) of this subsection, may be eligible for a standard permit under Subchapter U of this chapter (relating to Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Facilities Operating Under a Standard Permit) if they satisfy one of the two following criteria:

  (1) facility generates hazardous waste and then non-thermally treats and/or stores hazardous waste on-site; or

  (2) facility receives hazardous waste generated off-site by a generator under the same ownership as the receiving facility.

(p) No permit under this chapter shall be required for a reverse distributor accumulating potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in §335.751 of this title (relating to Definitions) in compliance with Subchapter W of this chapter (relating to Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals). Reverse distributors accumulating potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in compliance with Subchapter W of this chapter shall notify the executive director in accordance with §335.6 of this title.


Source Note: The provisions of this §335.2 adopted to be effective May 29, 1986, 11 TexReg 2335; amended to be effective July 14, 1987, 12 TexReg 2106; amended to be effective January 5, 1988, 12 TexReg 4846; amended to be effective February 1, 1989, 14 TexReg 316; amended to be effective August 14, 1990, 15 TexReg 4397; amended to be effective November 7, 1991, 16 TexReg 6065; amended to be effective May 12, 1993, 18 TexReg 2799; amended to be effective November 23, 1993, 18 TexReg 8218; amended to be effective November 29, 1995, 20 TexReg 9748; amended to be effective November 20, 1996,21 TexReg 10983; amended to be effective September 23, 1997, 22 TexReg 9252; amended to be effective October 19, 1998, 23 TexReg 10878; amended to be effective September 5, 1999, 24 TexReg 6790; amended to be effective April 30, 2000, 25 TexReg 3547; amended to be effective January 30, 2003, 28 TexReg 715; amended to be effective February 22, 2006, 31 TexReg 1040; amended to be effective October 29, 2009, 34 TexReg 7321; amended to be effective February 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 978; amended to be effective June 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 3780; amended to be effective February 3, 2022, 47 TexReg 318

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