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TX Health & Safety Code § 371.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.101. Definitions

Sec. 371.101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Bill of lading" means a shipping document that confirms the receipt of a shipment.(2)  "Bulk filter container" means a portable device that:(A)  is part of an integrated delivery and retrieval system;  and(B)  has a capacity greater than 330 gallons.(3)  "Component parts" means the severable parts of an oil filter and includes oil present in an oil filter.(4)  "Do-it-yourselfer" means an individual who removes a used oil filter in the process of an oil change or automotive repair from the engine of a light duty motor vehicle, small utility engine, noncommercial motor vehicle, or farm equipment owned or operated by the individual.(5)  "Generator" means a person whose activities produce used oil filters.  The term does not include a do-it-yourselfer.(6)  "Process" means to prepare a used oil filter for recycling, steel recovery, energy recovery, or proper disposal.(7)  "Processor" means a person that processes used oil filters generated by another person.  The term does not include a generator that consolidates, drains, or crushes used oil filters for off-site recycling or disposal.(8)  "Store" means to hold in a location for any period.(9)  "Storage facility" means a location that stores used oil filters before transportation, processing, recycling, or disposal of the filters.  The term does not include the location of a generator.(10)  "Transporter" means a person that transports used oil filters to a location for storage, processing, recycling, or disposal.(11)  "Used oil filter" means any device that is an integral part of an oil flow system, the primary purpose of which is to remove contaminants from flowing oil contained in the system, and that, as a result of use, has become contaminated and unsuitable for its original purpose, is removed from service, and contains entrapped used oil.  The term does not include a filter attached to the equipment containing the oil flow system.  This term continues to apply regardless of prior processing until but not after the filter has been burned for steel recovery or energy recovery or it is separated into its component parts.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.102. Applicability

Sec. 371.102.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  This subchapter applies to a used oil filter only if the filter has not been:(1)  separated into its component parts;  or(2)  burned for:(A)  steel recovery;  or(B)  energy recovery.(b)  This subchapter does not apply to:(1)  an industrial generator that is:(A)  registered with the commission as an industrial or hazardous waste facility;  or(B)  under the waste management authority of a state agency other than the commission;  or(2)  a do-it-yourselfer.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.103. General Requirements

Sec. 371.103.  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A person may not store, process, or dispose of a used oil filter in a manner that results in the discharge of oil into soil or water.(b)  A person may not knowingly place on land a used oil filter that contains oil unless the used oil filter is in a container.(c)  A bulk filter container used to store used oil filters:(1)  must not leak;  and(2)  must be securely closed, waterproof, and in good condition.(d)  A used oil filter may not be intentionally or knowingly placed in or accepted for disposal in a landfill permitted by the commission.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.104. Registration and Reporting

Sec. 371.104.  REGISTRATION AND REPORTING.  (a)  A transporter, storage facility, or processor may not store, process, recycle, or dispose of used oil filters unless the person is registered with the commission.(b)  Unless the person is registered with the commission as a storage facility, a person may not store used oil filters:(1)  that in the aggregate have a volume greater than six 55-gallon drums;  or(2)  in more than one bulk filter container.(c)  A registered transporter, storage facility, or processor shall:(1)  renew the registration biennially;  and(2)  report to the commission biennially the number of used oil filters the person transported, stored, or processed in the two years preceding the date of the report.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.105. Shipment Records

Sec. 371.105.  SHIPMENT RECORDS.  (a)  Each shipment of used oil filters must be accompanied by a bill of lading that conforms to commission rules.(b)  In accordance with commission rules, a copy of the bill of lading for each shipment of used oil filters must be maintained by the generator of the filters, transporter of the filters, storage facility at which the filters were stored, and processor of the filters for at least three years after the date the filters were transported, stored, or processed.(c)  The copies of the bills of lading must be made available for the commission to inspect at any reasonable time.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.106. Limitations on Storage

Sec. 371.106.  LIMITATIONS ON STORAGE.  (a)  A storage facility may not store a used oil filter for more than 120 days.(b)  A transporter may not store a used oil filter for more than 10 days.(c)  A processor may not store a used oil filter for more than 30 days before it is processed.(d)  A processor that stores used oil filters in a container shall label each container clearly with the phrase "Used Oil Filters."|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.107. Variances

Sec. 371.107.  VARIANCES.  (a)  The commission may grant an individual variance to allow:(1)  a generator to store used oil filters in a greater aggregate volume than the volume prescribed by Section 371.104(b);  or(2)  a person to store used oil filters for a period longer than the period prescribed for that person by Section 371.106.(b)  The commission may not grant a variance under this section for a period of longer than two years.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|Sec. 371.108.  SPILL PREVENTION AND CONTROL.  Each registered storage facility and each facility of a registered processor shall develop a plan to prevent spills and respond to spills in accordance with the federal spill prevention, control, and countermeasure requirements provided by Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 112, as amended.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.109. Financial Responsibility

Sec. 371.109.  FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.  The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person required to register under Section 371.104 to demonstrate adequate financial responsibility.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 371.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling|Subchapter E. Filter Storage, Transportation, or Processing|Section 371.110. Civil and Administrative Penalties

Sec. 371.110.  CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.  (a)  Notwithstanding Sections 7.052 and 7.102, Water Code, a person that violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $100 or more than $500 for each violation and for each day of a continuing violation.(b)  The commission or the attorney general at the request of the commission may bring a suit under Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Water Code, to recover the penalty.(c)  A local government with jurisdiction over the area in which the violation occurred may bring suit to recover the penalty.(d)  The violation described by Subsection (a) also is subject to an administrative penalty.  The commission may recover the administrative penalty in a proceeding conducted as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Water Code.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 374.001. Definitions

Sec. 374.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110, Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.(2)  "Chlorinated dry cleaning solvent" means any dry cleaning solvent that contains a compound that has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine, including perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene.(3)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.(4)  "Corrective action" means those activities described by Section 374.152 or 374.153.(5)  "Corrective action plan" means a plan approved by the commission to perform corrective action at a dry cleaning facility.(6)  "Dry cleaning drop station" means a retail commercial establishment described in category 812320 of the 2002 North American Industry Classification System as an establishment the primary business of which is to act as a collection point for the drop-off and pick-up of garments or other fabrics that are sent to a dry cleaning facility for processing.(7)  "Dry cleaning facility" means:(A)  a retail commercial establishment, described in category 812320 of the 2002 North American Industry Classification System, that operates, or has operated, in whole or in part for the purpose of cleaning garments or other fabrics using a process that involves any use of dry cleaning solvents;(B)  all contiguous land used in connection with the establishment;  and(C)  all structures and other appurtenances and improvements located on the contiguous land and used in connection with the establishment.(8)  "Dry cleaning solvent" includes:(A)  perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, petroleum-based solvents, hydrocarbons, silicone-based solvents, and other nonaqueous solvents used in the cleaning of garments or other fabrics at a dry cleaning facility;  and(B)  the chemicals and compounds into which the solvents degrade.(9)  "Dry cleaning unit" means a machine or device that uses dry cleaning solvents to clean garments and other fabrics and any piping, ancillary equipment, and containment system associated with the machine or device.(10)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.(11)  "Fund" means the dry cleaning facility release fund.(12)  "Owner" means a person who owns or leases, or has owned or leased, a dry cleaning facility and who is or has been responsible for the operation of dry cleaning operations at the dry cleaning facility.(13)  "Release" means a spill, emission, discharge, escape, leak, or disposal of dry cleaning solvent from a dry cleaning facility into the soil or water of the state.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 374.002. Applicability of Other Law

Sec. 374.002.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.  To the extent that this chapter is inconsistent or in conflict with Chapter 361 or other general law, this chapter prevails.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 374.003. Applicability to Governmental Bodies

Sec. 374.003.  APPLICABILITY TO GOVERNMENTAL BODIES.  This chapter does not apply to:(1)  a governmental entity, including a governmental agency or prison;  or(2)  a political subdivision of this state, including a municipality or a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that owns or operates a wholesale or retail water supply system, public solid waste system, public storm water and drainage system, or public solid waste disposal system.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 374.004. Advisory Committee

Sec. 374.004.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a)  The executive director shall appoint an advisory committee composed of:(1)  three representatives of the dry cleaning industry who shall provide professional and practical expertise to the commission;(2)  one public representative of urban areas;  and(3)  one public representative of rural areas.(b)  The advisory committee shall:(1)  review and comment on the methodology the commission uses to rank contaminated sites under Section 374.154;(2)  review and comment on the report the commission prepares each biennium under Section 374.056;  and(3)  assist in the ongoing development of rules to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter.(c)  A member of the committee serves at the will of the executive director.(d)  A member of the advisory committee serves without compensation but is entitled to be reimbursed by the commission for actual and necessary travel expenses related to the performance of committee duties.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter B. Rules, Standards, Criteria, and Reports|Section 374.051. Commission Rules and Standards

Sec. 374.051.  COMMISSION RULES AND STANDARDS.  (a)  The commission, with the assistance of the advisory committee, shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.  Rules adopted under this section must be reasonably necessary:(1)  to preserve, protect, and maintain the water and other natural resources of this state;  and(2)  to provide for prompt and appropriate corrective action of releases from dry cleaning facilities.(b)  The commission shall adopt rules that establish:(1)  performance standards for dry cleaning facilities;(2)  requirements for the removal of chlorinated dry cleaning solvents and wastes from dry cleaning facilities that are to be closed by the owner to prevent future releases;(3)  criteria to be used in setting priorities for the expenditure of money from the fund after consideration of:(A)  the benefit to be derived from corrective action compared to the cost of implementing the corrective action;(B)  the degree to which human health and the environment are affected by exposure to contamination;(C)  the present and reasonably foreseeable future uses of affected surface water or groundwater;(D)  the effect that interim or immediate remedial measures may have on future costs;(E)  the amount of money available for corrective action in the fund; and(F)  any additional factors the commission considers relevant; and(4)  criteria under which the commission may determine the level at which corrective action is considered to be complete.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter B. Rules, Standards, Criteria, and Reports|Section 374.052. Facility Retrofitting

Sec. 374.052.  FACILITY RETROFITTING.  (a)  The commission by rule shall require dry cleaning facilities operating on or before January 1, 2004, to implement the performance standards adopted under Section 374.053 not later than January 1, 2006.(b)  The commission by rule shall require businesses operating on or before January 1, 2004, whose annual gross receipts are $150,000 or less to implement the performance standards adopted under Sections 374.053(c)(3), (4), and (5) not later than January 1, 2015.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110, Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter B. Rules, Standards, Criteria, and Reports|Section 374.053. Performance Standards for New Dry Cleaning Facilities

Sec. 374.053.  PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR NEW DRY CLEANING FACILITIES.  (a)  The commission by rule shall adopt performance standards for a new dry cleaning facility.(b)  Rules adopted under this section must allow for the use of new technologies as they become available.(c)  Rules adopted under this section must require:(1)  proper storage and disposal of wastes generated at the facility that contain any quantity of chlorinated dry cleaning solvent;(2)  compliance with emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants for perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on September 22, 1993;(3)  dikes or other containment structures to be:(A)  installed around each dry cleaning unit that uses chlorinated dry cleaning solvents and each storage area for chlorinated dry cleaning solvents or waste;  and(B)  capable of containing any leak, spill, or release of chlorinated dry cleaning solvent;(4)  secondary containment for all new or replaced dry cleaning units, regardless of the solvent used;(5)  all diked floor surfaces on which any chlorinated dry cleaning solvent may leak, spill, or otherwise be released to be made of epoxy, steel, or another material impervious to chlorinated dry cleaning solvents; and(6)  all chlorinated dry cleaning solvents to be delivered to dry cleaning facilities by means of closed, direct-coupled delivery systems, when those systems have become generally available.(d)  Rules adopted under this section shall ensure that wastewater from a dry cleaning unit using chlorinated dry cleaning solvent or discharge of chlorinated dry cleaning solvent is not discharged to a sanitary sewer, to a septic tank, or to water of this state.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 374.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 374 - Dry Cleaner Environmental Response|Subchapter B. Rules, Standards, Criteria, and Reports|Section 374.054. Completion Criteria

Sec. 374.054.  COMPLETION CRITERIA.  (a)  In determining whether a corrective action is complete, the commission shall consider the factors listed under Section 374.051(b)(3) and:(1)  individual site characteristics, including natural remediation processes;(2)  state water quality standards; and(3)   additional factors the commission considers relevant.(b)  A deviation from a state water quality standard may not result in the application of a standard that is more stringent than the applicable standard.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.|