Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 335 - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subchapter A - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE IN GENERAL › Section 335.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In addition to the terms defined in Chapter 3 of this title
					 (relating to Definitions), the following words and terms, when used in this
					 chapter, have the following meanings.
(1) Aboveground tank--A device meeting the
				  definition of "Tank" in this section and that is situated in such a way that
				  the entire surface area of the tank is completely above the plane of the
				  adjacent surrounding surface and the entire surface area of the tank (including
				  the tank bottom) is able to be visually inspected.
(2) Act--Texas Health and Safety Code,
				  Chapter 361.
(3) Active life--The
				  period from the initial receipt of hazardous waste at the facility until the
				  executive director receives certification of final closure.
(4) Active portion--That portion of a
				  facility where processing, storage, or disposal operations are being or have
				  been conducted after November 19, 1980, and which is not a closed portion. (See
				  also "Closed portion" and "Inactive portion.")
(5) Activities associated with the
				  exploration, development, and production of oil or gas or geothermal
				  resources--Activities associated with:
(A) the
				  drilling of exploratory wells, oil wells, gas wells, or geothermal resource
				  wells;
(B) the production of oil or
				  gas or geothermal resources, including:
(i)
				  activities associated with the drilling of injection water source wells that
				  penetrate the base of usable quality water;
(ii) activities associated with the drilling
				  of cathodic protection holes associated with the cathodic protection of wells
				  and pipelines subject to the jurisdiction of the commission to regulate the
				  production of oil or gas or geothermal resources;
(iii) activities associated with gasoline
				  plants, natural gas or natural gas liquids processing plants, pressure
				  maintenance plants, or repressurizing plants;
(iv) activities associated with any
				  underground natural gas storage facility, provided the terms "Natural gas" and
				  "Storage facility" shall have the meanings set out in the Texas Natural
				  Resources Code, §
												91.173;
(v) activities associated with any
				  underground hydrocarbon storage facility, provided the terms "Hydrocarbons" and
				  "Underground hydrocarbon storage facility" shall have the meanings set out in
				  the Texas Natural Resources Code, §
												91.201; and
(vi) activities associated with the storage,
				  handling, reclamation, gathering, transportation, or distribution of oil or gas
				  prior to the refining of such oil or prior to the use of such gas in any
				  manufacturing process or as a residential or industrial fuel;
(C) the operation, abandonment,
				  and proper plugging of wells subject to the jurisdiction of the commission to
				  regulate the exploration, development, and production of oil or gas or
				  geothermal resources; and
(D) the
				  discharge, storage, handling, transportation, reclamation, or disposal of waste
				  or any other substance or material associated with any activity listed in
				  subparagraphs (A) - (C) of this paragraph, except for waste generated in
				  connection with activities associated with gasoline plants, natural gas or
				  natural gas liquids processing plants, pressure maintenance plants, or
				  repressurizing plants if that waste is a hazardous waste as defined by the
				  administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in
				  accordance with the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42
				  United States Code, §§
												6901 et
				  seq.).