2023 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 361.505. Source Reduction and Waste Minimization Plans

Sec. 361.505.  SOURCE REDUCTION AND WASTE MINIMIZATION PLANS.  (a)  Persons identified under Section 361.504(a)(1) or (a)(3) shall prepare a source reduction and waste minimization plan.  Plans developed under this section shall contain a separate component addressing source reduction activities and a separate component addressing waste minimization activities.  The plan shall include, at a minimum:
(1)  an initial survey that identifies:
(A)  for facilities subject to Section 361.504(a)(1), activities that generate hazardous waste;  and
(B)  for facilities subject to Section 361.504(a)(3), activities that result in the release of pollutants or contaminants designated under Section 361.503(b);
(2)  based on the initial survey, a prioritized list of economically and technologically feasible source reduction and waste minimization projects;
(3)  an explanation of source reduction or waste minimization projects to be undertaken, with a discussion of technical and economic considerations, and environmental and human health risks considered in selecting each project to be undertaken;
(4)  an estimate of the type and amount of reduction anticipated;
(5)  a schedule for the implementation of each source reduction and waste minimization project;
(6)  source reduction and waste minimization goals for the entire facility, including incremental goals to aid in evaluating progress;
(7)  an explanation of employee awareness and training programs to aid in accomplishing source reduction and waste minimization goals;
(8)  certification by the owner of the facility, or, if the facility is owned by a corporation, by an officer of the corporation that owns the facility who has the authority to commit the corporation's resources to implement the plan, that the plan is complete and correct;
(9)  an executive summary of the plan;  and
(10)  identification of cases in which the implementation of a source reduction or waste minimization activity designed to reduce risk to human health or the environment may result in the release of a different pollutant or contaminant or may shift the release to another medium.
(b)  The source reduction and waste minimization plan may include:
(1)  a discussion of the person's previous efforts at the facility to reduce risk to human health and the environment or to reduce the generation of hazardous waste or the release of pollutants or contaminants;
(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;
(4)  a description of projects that have reduced the generation of hazardous waste or the release of pollutants or contaminants;  and
(5)  a discussion of the operational decisions made at the facility that have affected the achievement of the source reduction or waste minimization goals or other risk reduction efforts.
(c)  The commission shall adopt rules for the development of simplified, as appropriate, source reduction and waste minimization plans and reports for persons identified under Section 361.504(a)(2).
(d)  The commission shall provide information to aid in the preparation of source reduction and waste minimization plans to be prepared by a person under this section.
(e)  Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.334(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 7, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 361.435 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. 11.86, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.334(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.