Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 330 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE › Subchapter U - STANDARD AIR PERMITS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES AND TRANSFER STATIONS › Section 330.983 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The terms used in this subchapter have the following
					 meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Bioremediation--The biological breakdown
				  of waste occurring at a landfill prior to placing the waste in a landfill cell.
				  Processing may include adding supplements and oxygen to speed the natural
				  biological processes, after which the material will meet landfill acceptance
				  standards and can be placed in a cell. Common sources of material requiring
				  bioremediation are transportation or pipeline accidents and spills.
(2) Category 1 municipal solid waste
				  landfills--Landfills with a design capacity less than 2.5 million megagrams by
				  mass or 2.5 million cubic meters by volume that operate in accordance with 40
				  Code of Federal Regulations Part 60, Subpart WWW, or Chapter 113, Subchapter D
				  of this title (relating to Designated Facilities and Pollutants), as
				  applicable.
(3) Category 2
				  municipal solid waste landfills--Landfills with a design capacity greater than
				  or equal to 2.5 million megagrams and 2.5 million cubic meters and a calculated
				  uncontrolled non-methane organic compound emission rate less than 50 megagrams
				  per year that operate in accordance with 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part
				  60, Subpart WWW or Chapter 113, Subchapter D of this title (relating to
				  Designated Facilities and Pollutants), as applicable.
(4) Category 3 municipal solid waste
				  landfills--Landfills with a design capacity greater than or equal to 2.5
				  million megagrams and 2.5 million cubic meters and a calculated uncontrolled
				  non-methane organic compound emission rate greater than or equal to 50
				  megagrams per year that operate in accordance with 40 Code of Federal
				  Regulations Part 60, Subpart WWW, 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 63,
				  Subpart AAAA, or Chapter 113, Subchapter D of this title (relating to
				  Designated Facilities and Pollutants), as applicable.
(5) Construction--Any physical change or
				  change in the method of operation (including fabrication, erection,
				  installation, demolition, or modification of an emissions unit) that would
				  result in a change in actual emissions.
(6) Facility--A discrete or identifiable
				  structure, device, item, equipment, or enclosure that constitutes or contains a
				  stationary source, including appurtenances other than emission control
				  equipment. A mine, quarry, well test, or road is not a facility.
(7) Modification--As pertaining to a
				  municipal solid waste landfill defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
				  §60.751, means an increase in the permitted volume design capacity of the
				  landfill by either horizontal or vertical expansion based on its permitted
				  design capacity after May 30, 1991. Modification does not occur until the owner
				  or operator commences construction on the horizontal or vertical
				  expansion.
(8) Modification of
				  existing facility--Any physical change in, or change in the method of operation
				  of, a facility in a manner that increases the amount of any air contaminant
				  emitted by the facility into the atmosphere or that results in the emission of
				  any air contaminant not previously emitted. The term does not include
				  conditions listed in the definition of modification of existing facility under
				  §
										116.10 of
				  this title (relating to General Definitions).
(9) Process--Any action, operation, or
				  treatment embracing chemical, commercial, industrial, or manufacturing factors
				  such as combustion units, kilns, stills, dryers, roasters, and equipment used
				  in connection with them, and all other methods or forms of manufacturing or
				  processing that may emit smoke, particulate matter, gaseous matter, or visible
				  emissions.
(10) Project--As
				  pertaining to a municipal solid waste landfill defined in 40 Code of Federal
				  Regulations §60.751, for the purposes of this subchapter means the
				  construction or modification of a facility or a group of facilities submitted
				  under the same registration.
(11)
				  Receptor--Any off-property recreational area, commercial/industrial structure,
				  residence, or other normally occupied structures not used solely by the owner
				  and/or operator of the municipal solid waste landfill site.
(12) Site--All regulated units, facilities,
				  equipment, structures, or sources at one street address or location that are
				  owned or operated by the same person. Site includes any property identified in
				  the permit or used in connection with the regulated activity at the same street
				  address or location.
(13) Source--A
				  point of origin of air contaminants, whether privately or publicly owned or
				  operated.
(14) Waste
				  solidification--The physical process used to reduce the mobility of
				  constituents in a waste or to eliminate free liquids.
(15) Waste stabilization--The chemical
				  process used to stabilize the volatility of the constituents in a
				  waste.