The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
have the following meanings.
(1) Aggregate Production Operation (APO)--As defined
in Chapter 342 of this title (relating to Regulation of Certain Aggregate
Production Operations).
(2) Best management practices (BMPs)--Schedules of
activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and
other techniques to control, prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants
into surface water in the state. The BMPs also include treatment requirements,
operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff,
spills or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material
storage areas.
(3) Infeasible--Not technologically possible or not
economically practicable and achievable in light of best industry
practices.
(4) Minimize--To reduce or eliminate to the extent
achievable using control measures that are technologically available
and economically practicable and achievable in light of best industry
practices.
(5) Operator--A person responsible for the management
of an aggregate production operation (APO) facility subject to the
provisions of this subchapter. The APO facility operators include
entities with operational control over APO regulated activities, including
the ability to modify those activities; or entities with day-to-day
operational control of activities at a facility necessary to ensure
compliance with this subchapter (e.g., the entity is authorized to
direct workers at a facility to carry out activities required by this
subchapter).
(6) Sand Mining Facilities--The aggregate production
operations (APOs) engaged in activities described by Standard Industrial
Classification codes 1442 and 1446, concerning industrial and construction
sand. Additionally, this applies to any other APO that the executive
director has determined to be a sand mining facility by sending written
notice to the APO operator.
(7) San Jacinto River Watershed--Those portions of
the San Jacinto River Watershed that includes the watersheds of the
following and its tributaries:
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(A) the East Fork of the San Jacinto River in Montgomery,
Harris and Liberty Counties;
(B) Peach Creek in Montgomery County;
(C) Caney Creek in Montgomery and Harris Counties;
(D) the West Fork of the San Jacinto River from the
Lake Conroe Dam in Montgomery and Harris Counties to the Lake Houston
Dam in Harris County;
(E) Lake Creek in Montgomery and Grimes Counties;
(F) Spring Creek in Montgomery and Harris Counties;
and
(G) Cypress Creek in Harris and Waller Counties.
(8) Storm Event--A precipitation event that results
in a measurable amount of precipitation.
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