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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 335INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE
SUBCHAPTER HSTANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF FACILITIES
DIVISION 2HAZARDOUS WASTE BURNED FOR ENERGY RECOVERY
RULE §335.222Management Prior to Burning

(a) Generators. Generators of hazardous waste that is burned in a boiler or industrial furnace are subject to the requirements of Subchapter C of this chapter (relating to Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste).

(b) Transporters. Transporters of hazardous waste that is burned in a boiler or industrial furnace are subject to the requirements of Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Standards Applicable to Transporters of Hazardous Waste).

(c) Storage and processing facilities. The provisions listed under paragraph (1) of this subsection apply to storage or processing by burners and by intermediaries such as processors, blenders, and distributors between the generator and the burner.

  (1) Owners and operators of facilities that store or process hazardous waste that is burned in a boiler or industrial furnace are subject to the applicable provisions of the following, except as provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection:

    (A) Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Industrial Solid Waste and Municipal Hazardous Waste in General);

    (B) Subchapter B of this chapter (relating to Hazardous Waste Management General Provisions);

    (C) Subchapter E of this chapter (relating to Interim Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities), except §335.112(a)(12) - (19) of this title (relating to Standards);

    (D) Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Permitting Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities), except §335.152(11) - (16) of this title (relating to Standards);

    (E) Subchapter U of this chapter (relating to Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Facilities Operating under a Standard Permit); and

    (F) Chapter 305 of this title (relating to Consolidated Permits).

  (2) Owners and operators of facilities that burn, in an on-site boiler or industrial furnace exempt from regulations under the small quantity burner provisions of 40 Code of Federal Regulations §266.108, only hazardous waste that they generate are exempt from regulation under the provisions listed above in paragraph (1) of this subsection applicable to storage units for those units that store mixtures of hazardous waste and the primary fuel to the boiler or industrial furnace in tanks that feed the fuel mixture directly to the burner. Storage or processing of hazardous waste by such owners and operators prior to mixing with the primary fuel is subject to regulation as prescribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection.


Source Note: The provisions of this §335.222 adopted to be effective July 29, 1992, 17 TexReg 5017; amended to be effective February 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 1142; amended to be effective November 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 9135; amended to be effective February 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 978

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