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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 312SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER FLAND APPLICATION, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS
RULE §312.121Purpose and Applicability

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to establish minimum requirements that define the acceptable management of water treatment residuals. These requirements apply as specified in §312.2 of this title (relating to Applicability).

(b) The following term, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Land application unit is an area where water treatment residuals are applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface for disposal, where the disposal occurs within five feet of the land surface.

(c) When water treatment residuals are mixed with sewage sludge, biosolids, or domestic septage or when water treatment residuals are placed on land for disposal along with sewage sludge, biosolids, or domestic septage, it is subject to all applicable requirements of sewage sludge, biosolids, or domestic septage, as specified in this chapter.


Source Note: The provisions of this §312.121 adopted to be effective October 13, 1995, 20 TexReg 7840; amended to be effective April 23, 2020, 45 TexReg 2542

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