Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 330 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE › Subchapter S - ASSISTANCE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS › Section 330.895 - Information Exchange Program

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Program description. The Information Exchange Program (program) is intended to
				  facilitate the exchange of current municipal solid waste management information
				  by providing supplementary travel expense monies. Eligible organizations shall
				  determine their solid waste management needs and associated information
				  requirements, and shall contact the executive director for assistance regarding
				  these information requirements. The executive director shall determine if staff
				  or resources can provide the necessary assistance. If the assistance of another
				  organization is determined to be appropriate, the executive director may
				  identify a willing advisor or facility with relevant, verifiable municipal
				  solid waste experience. The matching of information recipients to information
				  providers shall be done in a manner designed to maximize the amount and quality
				  of information exchanged while minimizing the expense incurred by the state and
				  the recipient organization. In cases where information providers are located
				  within the state, travel to or from out-of-state locations will be approved
				  only where such is shown to be the most cost-effective. The requesting
				  organization, or potential recipient, may then submit a program application. It
				  is anticipated that typically the recipient will send an individual or group of
				  individuals to the advisor so that an actual operational technology or process
				  may be reviewed. However, the executive director recognizes that, to maximize
				  the information exchanged, the recipient may wish to have an advisor or
				  advisors travel to the recipient's location or some other agreed-upon location.
				  This may be appropriate; however, the recipient will be responsible for
				  reimbursing the information providers, in full, for the appropriate travel
				  expenses. The recipient may, in turn, submit the appropriate reimbursed
				  advisor(s) expenses along with their own expenses, for reimbursement by the
				  executive director.
(b) Eligible
				  recipients. Eligible recipients shall only be local governments, public
				  agencies, and public and private primary and secondary schools.
(c) Eligible projects. Eligible projects must
				  use advisors with a relevant, established, verifiable municipal solid waste
				  management process or program experience. Advisors may represent any political
				  subdivision, educational organization, or private organization. Potential
				  exchange topics include, but are not limited to:
(1) waste stream minimization;
(2) recycling and recycling material
				  markets;
(3) composting;
(4) educational programs and curriculum
				  development;
(5) transfer station
				  operations;
(6) waste-to-energy
				  incineration;
(7) water and sewage
				  treatment sludge use and disposal;
(8) landfill - leachate recovery and
				  treatment;
(9) landfill - gas
				  recovery and treatment;
(10)
				  post-closure alternative land uses;
(11) small and rural community municipal
				  solid waste management; or
(12)
				  litter reduction and enforcement programs.