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TX Health & Safety Code § 361.031 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.031. Financial Assistance to Local Governments

Sec. 361.031.  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.  (a)  The commission may administer and spend state funds provided to the commission by legislative appropriations, or otherwise, to make grants to local governments for:(1)  solid waste planning;(2)  installation of solid waste facilities;  and(3)  administration of solid waste programs.(b)  The grants made under this chapter shall be distributed in a manner determined by the commission.(c)  The amount of financial assistance granted by the state through the commission to a local government under this chapter must be matched by local government funds at least in equal amounts.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.34, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.032 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.032. Inspections; Right of Entry

Sec. 361.032.  INSPECTIONS;  RIGHT OF ENTRY.  (a)  The commission may inspect and approve solid waste facilities used or proposed to be used to store, process, or dispose of solid waste.(b)  Agents or employees of the commission or local governments have the right to enter at any reasonable time public or private property in the governmental entity's jurisdiction, including a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction, to inspect and investigate conditions concerning solid waste management and control.(c)  Agents or employees of the commission or commission contractors have the right to enter at any reasonable time public or private property to investigate or monitor the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance.(d)  Agents or employees of the commission or commission contractors may not enter private property with management in residence without notifying the management, or the person in charge at the time, of their presence and presenting proper credentials.(e)  Agents or employees of the commission or commission contractors acting under this section shall observe the establishment's rules on safety, internal security, and fire protection.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.35, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 883, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|Sec. 361.033.  INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.  (a)  The commission shall inspect regulated hazardous waste management and disposal facilities periodically as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.).(b)  In supplementing the inspections under Subsection (a), the commission shall give priority to inspecting and reinspecting those facilities, including generators, considered most likely to be in noncompliance or most likely to pose an environmental or public health threat, regardless of whether the facilities are characterized as major or non-major facilities.(c)  The commission may randomly perform less comprehensive checks of facilities to supplement the more comprehensive inspections required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.035 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.035. Records and Reports; Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Sec. 361.035.  RECORDS AND REPORTS;  DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.  (a)  The commission by rule shall require operators of solid waste facilities for disposal of hazardous waste to maintain records and to submit to the commission reports necessary for the commission to determine the amount of hazardous waste disposal.(b)  The commission by rule shall establish the date on which a report required by this section is to be submitted.(c)  A penalty collected under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 7, Water Code, for the late filing of a report required by this section shall be deposited to the credit of the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 12.008, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.036 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.036. Records and Manifests Required; Class I Industrial Solid Waste or Hazardous Waste

Sec. 361.036.  RECORDS AND MANIFESTS REQUIRED;  CLASS I INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE OR HAZARDOUS WASTE.  The commission by rule shall require a person who generates, transports, processes, stores, or disposes of Class I industrial solid waste or hazardous waste to provide recordkeeping and use a manifest or other appropriate system to assure that the waste is transported to a processing, storage, or disposal facility permitted or otherwise authorized for that purpose.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.037 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.037. Access to Hazardous Waste Records

Sec. 361.037.  ACCESS TO HAZARDOUS WASTE RECORDS.  (a)  Authorized agents or employees of the commission have access to and may examine and copy during regular business hours any records pertaining to hazardous waste management and control.(b)  Except as provided by this subsection, records copied under Subsection (a) are public records.  If the owner of the records shows to the satisfaction of the executive director that the records would divulge trade secrets if made public, the commission shall consider the copied records confidential.(c)  Subsection (b) does not require the commission to consider the composition or characteristics of solid waste being processed, stored, disposed of, or otherwise handled to be held confidential.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.039 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.039. Construction of Other Laws

Sec. 361.039.  CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER LAWS.  Except as specifically provided by this chapter, this chapter does not diminish or limit the authority of the commission, the Department of State Health Services, or a local government in performing the powers, functions, and duties vested in those governmental entities by other law.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0890, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.040 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.040. Treatment of Steel Slag as Solid Waste

Sec. 361.040.  TREATMENT OF STEEL SLAG AS SOLID WASTE.  The commission may not consider steel slag as solid waste if the steel slag is:(1)  an intended output or result of the use of an electric arc furnace to make steel;(2)  introduced into the stream of commerce; and(3)  managed as an item of commercial value, including through a controlled use in a manner constituting disposal, and not as discarded material.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 2598), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.041 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission|Section 361.041. Treatment of Post-Use Polymers and Recoverable Feedstocks as Solid Waste

Sec. 361.041.  TREATMENT OF POST-USE POLYMERS AND RECOVERABLE FEEDSTOCKS AS SOLID WASTE.  (a)  The commission may not consider post-use polymers or recoverable feedstock to be solid waste if they are converted using pyrolysis or gasification into a valuable raw, intermediate, or final product, including a plastic, monomer, chemical, wax, lubricant, or chemical feedstock or crude oil, diesel, gasoline, diesel and gasoline blendstock, home heating oil, ethanol, or another fuel.(b)  The recycling and reuse of post-use polymers and recoverable feedstocks classified as hazardous waste under federal law are subject to the federal hazardous waste recycling requirements.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (H.B. 1953), Sec. 2, eff. May 17, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.061 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.061. Permits; Solid Waste Facility

Sec. 361.061.  PERMITS;  SOLID WASTE FACILITY.  Except as provided by Section 361.090 with respect to certain industrial solid waste, the commission may require and issue permits authorizing and governing the construction, operation, and maintenance of the solid waste facilities used to store, process, or dispose of solid waste under this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.062 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.062. Compatibility With County's Plan

Sec. 361.062.  COMPATIBILITY WITH COUNTY'S PLAN.  (a)  Before the commission issues a permit to construct, operate, or maintain a solid waste facility to process, store, or dispose of solid waste in a county that has a local solid waste management plan approved by the commission under Chapter 363 (Comprehensive Municipal Solid Waste Management, Resource Recovery, and Conservation Act), the commission must consider whether the solid waste facility and the proposed site for the facility are compatible with the county's approved local solid waste management plan.(b)  Until a local solid waste management plan is approved by the commission and adopted by rule, the commission may not consider the plan and its contents in the review of an application for a solid waste facility permit.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.0635 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.0635. Preapplication Meeting

Sec. 361.0635.  PREAPPLICATION MEETING.  (a)  If requested by a person who intends to file a permit application, the commission shall provide the person an opportunity to meet with one or more staff members of the commission to discuss the permit application that the person intends to file.(b)  The person must make the request in writing to the commission.(c)  A meeting under this section must be held before the person files the permit application with the commission.|Added by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 6, 1990.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.064 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.064. Permit Application Form and Procedures

Sec. 361.064.  PERMIT APPLICATION FORM AND PROCEDURES.  (a)  If the commission exercises the power to issue permits for solid waste facilities under this subchapter, the commission, to the extent not otherwise provided by this subchapter, shall prescribe:(1)  the form of and reasonable requirements for the permit application;  and(2)  the procedures for processing the application.(b)  The commission shall provide a thorough and timely review of and a timely issuance or denial of any permit application for a solid waste management facility.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 6, 1990;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.0641 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.0641. Notice to State Senator and Representative

Sec. 361.0641.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.  On receiving an application for, or notice of intent to file an application for, a permit to construct, operate, or maintain a facility to store, process, or dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste, the commission shall send notice of the application or the notice of intent to the state senator and representative who represent the area in which the facility is or will be located.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 236, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.066 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.066. Submission of Administratively Complete Permit Application

Sec. 361.066.  SUBMISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE PERMIT APPLICATION.  (a)  An applicant must submit any portion of an application that the commission determines is necessary to make the application administratively complete not later than the deadline set by the commission under Subsection (c).(b)  If an applicant does not submit an administratively complete application as required by this section, the application is considered withdrawn, unless there are extenuating circumstances.(c)  The commission by rule shall establish a deadline for the submission of additional information or material after the applicant receives notice from the commission that the information or material is needed to make the application administratively complete.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.40, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 570, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.0665 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.0665. Notice of Intent to Obtain Municipal Solid Waste Permit

Sec. 361.0665.  NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PERMIT.  (a)  A person who applies for a municipal solid waste permit shall publish notice of intent to obtain a permit under this chapter at least once in a newspaper of the largest general circulation that is published in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be located.(b)  Notice must include:(1)  a description of the location or proposed location of the facility;(2)  a statement that a person who may be affected by the facility or proposed facility is entitled to request a hearing from the commission;(3)  the manner in which the commission may be contacted for further information;  and(4)  any other information that the commission by rule requires.(c)  If a newspaper is not published in the county, the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be located and in a newspaper of circulation in the immediate vicinity in which the facility is located or proposed to be located as defined by commission rule.(d)  In addition, the commission shall publish notice in the Texas Register.|Added by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 13(a), eff. Sept. 6, 1990.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.41, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.0666 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.0666. Public Meeting and Notice for Solid Waste Facilities

Sec. 361.0666.  PUBLIC MEETING AND NOTICE FOR SOLID WASTE FACILITIES.  (a)  An applicant for a permit under this chapter for a new facility that accepts municipal solid wastes may hold a public meeting in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located. (b)  The applicant shall publish notice of the public meeting at least once each week during the three weeks preceding the meeting.  The notice must be published in the newspaper of the largest general circulation that is published in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located.  If a newspaper is not published in the county, the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.(c)  The applicant shall present to the commission an affidavit certifying that the notice was published as required by Subsection (b).  The commission's acceptance of the affidavit raises a presumption that the applicant has complied with Subsection (b).(d)  The published notice may not be smaller than 96.8 square centimeters or 15 square inches, with the shortest dimension not less than 7.5 centimeters or 3 inches.  The notice must contain at least the following information:(1)  the permit application number;(2)  the applicant's name;(3)  the proposed location of the facility;  and(4)  the location and availability of copies of the application.(e)  The applicant shall pay the cost of the notice required under this section.  The commission by rule may establish a procedure for payment of those costs.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 582 (H.B. 1609), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.067 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.067. Review of Permit Application by Other Governmental Entities

Sec. 361.067.  REVIEW OF PERMIT APPLICATION BY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.  (a)  If the commission determines that a permit application submitted to it is administratively complete, it shall mail a copy of the application or a summary of its contents to:(1)  the mayor and health authority of a municipality in whose territorial limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the solid waste facility is located;  and(2)  the county judge and the health authority of the county in which the facility is located.(b)  A governmental entity to whom the information is mailed shall have a reasonable time, as prescribed by the commission, to present comments and recommendations on the permit application before the commission acts on the application.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.42, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.0675 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.0675. Application Fee for Permit for Municipal Solid Waste Facility

Sec. 361.0675.  APPLICATION FEE FOR PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY.  The commission shall charge an applicant for a permit for a municipal solid waste facility an application fee of $2,000.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 175 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.068 (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 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter C. Permits|Section 361.068. Administratively Complete Application

Sec. 361.068.  ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE APPLICATION.  (a)  A permit application is administratively complete when:(1)  a complete permit application form and the report and fees required to be submitted with a permit application have been submitted to the commission;  and(2)  the permit application is ready for technical review in accordance with the rules of the commission.(b)  Once a determination that an application is administratively and technically complete has been made and the permit application has become the subject of a contested case under Section 2001.003, Government Code:(1)  the commission may not revoke the determination that an application is administratively or technically complete;(2)  the commission may request additional information from the applicant only if the information is necessary to clarify, modify, or supplement previously submitted material provided that all parties may engage in discovery against all other parties, as provided by applicable law;  and(3)  a request for additional information does not render the application incomplete.(c)  Subsection (b) does not:(1)  preclude an informal disposition of a contested case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default;  or(2)  restrict the right of any party to conduct discovery against any applicable party under other law.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1044, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(62), 11.43, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|