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TX Health & Safety Code § 361.502 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.502. Policy and Goals for Source Reduction and Waste Minimization

Sec. 361.502.  POLICY AND GOALS FOR SOURCE REDUCTION AND WASTE MINIMIZATION.  (a)  It is the policy of the state to reduce pollution at its source and to minimize the impact of pollution in order to reduce risk to public health and the environment and continue to enhance the quality of air, land, and waters of the state where feasible.(b)  Source reduction is the primary goal of the state in implementing this policy because hazardous wastes, pollutants, and contaminants that are not generated or produced pose no threat to the environment and eliminate societal management and disposal costs.(c)  To further promote this policy, hazardous wastes, pollutants, and contaminants that cannot be reduced at the source should be minimized wherever possible.  Waste minimization, while secondary in preference to source reduction, is an important means for achieving more effective protection of public health and the environment while moving toward source reduction.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.432 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.028(a), eff. Aug. 12, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.503 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.503. Commission Plans

Sec. 361.503.  COMMISSION PLANS.  (a)  Consistent with state and federal regulations, to achieve the policies stated in Section 361.502, the commission by rule shall, to the maximum extent that is technologically and economically feasible:(1)  develop plans to reduce the release of pollutants or contaminants into the air;(2)  develop plans to reduce the release of pollutants or contaminants into water;  and(3)  establish reasonable goals for the reduction of the volume of hazardous waste generated in the state and the amount of pollutants and contaminants using source reduction and waste minimization.(b)  The commission by rule shall develop a list of pollutants or contaminants and the level of releases of those pollutants or contaminants subject to source reduction and waste minimization planning.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.433 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.028(a), eff. Aug. 12, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.84, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.504 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.504. Application

Sec. 361.504.  APPLICATION.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter applies to the following persons:(1)  all large-quantity generators of hazardous waste;(2)  all generators other than large-quantity generators and conditionally exempt small-quantity generators;  and(3)  persons subject to Section 313, Title III, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 11023) whose releases exceed the levels established under Section 361.503(b).(b)  The commission by rule shall establish one or more schedules for the application of the requirements of this subchapter to designated classes of persons described by Subsection (a).  The schedule shall provide for the inclusion of all persons described by Subsection (a) on a date to be determined by the commission, and until that date this subchapter applies only to those persons designated by rule of the commission.(c)  This subchapter does not apply to a facility regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Section 91.101 or 141.012, Natural Resources Code.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.434 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.028(a), eff. Aug. 12, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.85, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.506 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.506. Source Reduction and Waste Minimization Annual Report

Sec. 361.506.  SOURCE REDUCTION AND WASTE MINIMIZATION ANNUAL REPORT.  (a)  A person required to develop a source reduction and waste minimization plan for a facility under this subchapter shall submit to the commission an annual report and a current executive summary according to any schedule developed under Section 361.504.(b)  The annual report shall comply with rules adopted by the commission.  The report shall detail the facility's progress in implementing the source reduction and waste minimization plan and include:(1)  an assessment of the progress toward the achievement of the facility source reduction goal and the facility waste minimization goal;(2)  a statement to include, for facilities subject to Section 361.504(a)(1), the amount of hazardous waste generated and, for facilities subject to Section 361.504(a)(3), the amount of the release of pollutants or contaminants designated under Section 361.503(b) in the year preceding the report, and a comparison of those amounts with the amounts generated or released in a base year selected by the commission;  and(3)  any modification to the plan.(c)  The annual report may include:(1)  a discussion of the person's previous effort at the facility to reduce hazardous waste or the release of pollutants or contaminants through source reduction or waste minimization;(2)  a discussion of the effect changes in environmental regulations have had on the achievement of the source reduction and waste minimization goals;(3)  the effect that events the person could not control have had on the achievement of the source reduction and waste minimization goals;  and(4)  a discussion of the operational decisions the person has made that have affected the achievement of the source reduction and waste minimization goals.(d)  The annual report shall contain a separate component addressing source reduction activities and a separate component addressing waste minimization activities.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.436 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.028(a), eff. Aug. 12, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.87, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.5061 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.5061. Planning and Reporting Requirements: Institutions of Higher Education

Sec. 361.5061.  PLANNING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:  INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  An institution of higher education that is required to develop a source reduction and waste minimization plan under this subchapter for more than one facility may:(1)  develop and submit one plan that covers all of the facilities; and(2)  submit one annual report and one executive summary under Section 361.506 that covers all of the facilities.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 67, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.507 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.507. Administrative Completeness

Sec. 361.507.  ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETENESS.  (a)  The commission may review a source reduction and waste minimization plan or annual report to determine whether the plan or report complies with this subchapter and rules adopted under Section 361.504, 361.505, or 361.506, as appropriate.(b)  Failure to have a source reduction and waste minimization plan in accordance with Sections 361.504 and 361.505 or failure to submit a source reduction and waste minimization annual report in accordance with Section 361.506 is a violation of this chapter.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.437 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.028(a), eff. Aug. 12, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.88, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.508 (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 Q. Pollution Prevention|Section 361.508. Confidentiality

Sec. 361.508.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  (a)  A source reduction and waste minimization plan shall be maintained at each facility owned or operated by a person who is subject to this subchapter and shall be available to commission personnel for inspection.  The source reduction and waste minimization plan is not a public record for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code.(b)  The executive summary and the annual report are public records.  On request, the person shall make available to the public a copy of the executive summary or annual report.(c)  If an owner or operator of a facility for which a source reduction and waste minimization plan has been prepared shows to the satisfaction of the commission that an executive summary, annual report, or portion of a summary or report prepared under this subchapter would divulge a trade secret if made public, the commission shall classify as confidential the summary, report, or portion of the summary or report.(d)  To the extent that a plan, executive summary, annual report, or portion of a plan, summary, or annual report would otherwise qualify as a trade secret, an action by the commission or an employee of the commission does not affect its status as a trade secret.(e)  Information classified by the commission as confidential under this section is not a public record for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be used in a public hearing or disclosed to a person outside the commission unless a court decides that the information is necessary for the determination of an issue being decided at the public hearing.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.438 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.028(a), eff. Aug. 12, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), 11.89, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.531 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.531. Definitions

Sec. 361.531.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Develop" or "development" means an activity on or related to real property that is intended to lead to the construction or alteration of an enclosed structure for the use or occupation of people for a commercial or public purpose or to the construction of residences for three or more families.(2)  "Municipal solid waste landfill unit" means a discrete area of land or an excavation that receives municipal solid waste or other solid wastes approved under this chapter and that is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile as those terms are defined by 40 C.F.R. Section 257.2.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.532 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.532. Permit Required for Development of Certain Land

Sec. 361.532.  PERMIT REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN LAND.  (a)  The owner or lessee of land located over any part of a closed municipal solid waste landfill unit may not develop the land unless the owner or lessee holds a permit for the development issued under this subchapter.(b)  This subchapter does not apply to an activity associated with solid waste disposal that is approved by the commission.(c)  The commission shall charge any applicant for a permit under this subchapter the actual cost of reviewing any application prior to the issuance of a permit.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.92, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.533 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.533. Application for Development Permit

Sec. 361.533.  APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.  (a)  The owner or lessee of land located over any part of a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility may apply for a permit to develop the land.  The owner or lessee shall submit to the executive director an application for a permit on forms prescribed by the commission not later than 45 days before the development begins.  The application must include a registered professional engineer's verified certification that the proposed development is necessary to reduce a potential threat to public health or the environment or that the proposed development will not increase or create a potential threat to public health or the environment.  The certification must indicate the registered professional engineer's determination of whether the proposed development will damage the integrity or function of any component of the landfill's:(1)  final cover;(2)  containment systems;(3)  monitoring systems;  or(4)  liners.(b)  The engineer's certification required under Subsection (a) must include documentation of all studies or data on which the engineer relied.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.534 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.534. Permit Public Meeting

Sec. 361.534.  PERMIT PUBLIC MEETING.  (a)  The commission may hold a public meeting on an application under this subchapter.(b)  The commission shall hold a public meeting on an application under this subchapter:(1)  on the request of a member of the legislature who represents the general area in which the development is proposed to be located; or(2)  if the executive director determines that there is substantial public interest in the proposed development.(c)  The commission by mail shall notify the applicant of the date, time, and place of the public meeting.  The commission shall require the applicant to publish notice of the public meeting in a newspaper that is generally circulated in each county in which the property proposed for development is located.  The published notice must appear at least once a week for the two weeks before the date of the public meeting.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 582 (H.B. 1609), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.535 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.535. Issuance of Permit; Permit Conditions

Sec. 361.535.  ISSUANCE OF PERMIT;  PERMIT CONDITIONS.  (a)  The commission may issue a permit for the development of land over a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility only if the commission finds that the proposed development will not increase or create a potential threat to public health or the environment.(b)  The commission may impose conditions on a permit that are designed to prevent a threat to public health or the environment.  Conditions may include:(1)  restrictions on building types, construction methods, pilings, boring, or digging;(2)  requiring ventilation, emissions or water quality monitoring devices, soil testing, warnings to subsequent owners or lessees, maintenance of structures or landfill containment, or the placement of additional soil layers or building pads;  or(3)  any other conditions the commission finds to be reasonable and necessary to protect the public health or the environment or to ensure compliance with rules or conditions adopted or imposed under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.536 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.536. Requirements for Structures on Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility

Sec. 361.536.  REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURES ON CLOSED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITY.  (a)  The owner or lessee of an existing or new structure that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility shall install automatic methane gas sensors approved by the commission and designed to trigger an audible alarm if the volumetric concentration of methane in the sampled air is greater than one percent.(b)  In the development of land that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility, a person may not, unless approved by the commission:(1)  drive piling into or through the final cover or a liner;(2)  bore through or otherwise penetrate the final cover or a liner;  or(3)  construct an enclosed area under the natural grade of the land or under the grade of the final cover of the closed landfill.(c)  The owner or lessee of a structure built over a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility shall modify the structure as is necessary to comply with commission rules for a new structure that overlies a landfill to minimize the effects of, or to prevent, gas accumulation.  The commission shall adopt rules to allow the owner or lessee of a structure a reasonable amount of time to make required modifications.(d)  The commission by rule shall require plans for a new structure over a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility to prevent or minimize the effects of harmful gas accumulation.  At a minimum, the commission shall require:(1)  ventilation or active gas collection systems;(2)  a low gas-permeable membrane and a vented, permeable layer of an open-graded, clean aggregate material installed between the area below the slab for the structure and the soil of the final cover;  and(3)  automatic methane gas sensors that will sound an audible alarm if the sensor detects a methane gas volumetric concentration of greater than one percent installed:(A)  within the venting pipe or permeable layer;  and(B)  inside the structure.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.537 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.537. Lease Restriction; Notice to Lessee

Sec. 361.537.  LEASE RESTRICTION;  NOTICE TO LESSEE.  A person may not lease or offer for lease land that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility unless:(1)  existing development on the land is in compliance with this subchapter;  or(2)  the person gives notice to the prospective lessee of what is required to bring the land and any development on the land into compliance with this subchapter and the prohibitions or requirements for future development imposed by this subchapter and by any permit issued for the land under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.538 (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 R. Use of Land Over Municipal Solid Waste Landfills|Section 361.538. Soil Test Required Before Development of Certain Land

Sec. 361.538.  SOIL TEST REQUIRED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN LAND.  (a)  A person may not undertake the development of a tract of land that is greater than one acre in area unless the person has conducted soil tests, in accordance with commission rules, to determine whether any part of the tract overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility.(b)  Tests under this section must be conducted by a registered professional engineer.(c)  If an engineer who conducts a test under this section determines that part of the tract overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility, the engineer shall notify the following persons of the determination:(1)  each owner and each lessee of the tract;(2)  the commission;  and(3)  any local governmental official with the authority to disapprove an application for development.(d)  A local government official who receives a notice under this section shall prepare a written notice stating the legal description of the portion of the tract that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility, the current owner of the tract, notice of the tract's former use, and notice of the restrictions on the development or lease of the land imposed by this subchapter.  The official shall file for record the notice in the real property records in the county where the tract is located.(e)  The owner or lessee of land for which a test is done under this section shall send the test results to the executive director not later than the 30th day before the development begins.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|