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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 332COMPOSTING
SUBCHAPTER COPERATIONS REQUIRING A REGISTRATION
RULE §332.31Definition of and Requirements for Registered Facilities

(a) Definition of registered facilities. The following operations are subject to the requirements of this subchapter:

  (1) operations that compost municipal sewage sludge, except those facilities that compost municipal sewage sludge with mixed municipal solid waste;

  (2) operations that compost positively-sorted organic materials from the municipal solid waste stream;

  (3) operations that compost source-separated organic materials not exempted under §332.3(d) of this title (relating to Applicability);

  (4) operations that compost disposable diapers or paper products soiled by human excreta;

  (5) operations that compost the sludge byproduct generated from the production of paper if the executive director determines that the feedstock is appropriate under §332.33 of this title (relating to Required Forms, Applications, Reports, and Request To Use the Sludge Byproduct of Paper Production); and

  (6) operations that incorporate any of the materials set forth in paragraphs (1) - (5) of this subsection with source-separated yard trimmings, clean wood material, vegetative material, paper, manure, meat, fish, dairy, oil, grease materials, or dead animal carcasses.

(b) Requirements for registered facilities. The operations listed in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the requirements found in §332.4 of this title (relating to General Requirements), the requirements set forth in this subchapter, the requirements set forth in Subchapter G of this chapter (relating to End-Product Standards) and the air quality requirements set forth in §332.8 of this title (relating to Air Quality Requirements).


Source Note: The provisions of this §332.31 adopted to be effective November 29, 1995, 20 TexReg 9717; amended to be effective January 8, 2004, 29 TexReg 140

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