Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 318 - MARINE SEAWATER DESALINATION DISCHARGES › Subchapter A - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINE SEAWATER DESALINATION DISCHARGES › Section 318.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The definitions contained in Texas Water Code, §
										26.001 apply to this
					 chapter. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the
					 following meanings.
(1) Affected
				  person--A person who has a personal justiciable interest related to a legal
				  right, duty, privilege, power, or economic interest affected by the
				  application. An interest common to members of the general public does not
				  qualify as a personal justiciable interest. The determination of whether a
				  person is affected shall be governed by §
										55.203
				  of this title (relating to Determination of Affected Person).
(2) Application--A formal written request for
				  commission action relative to a permit, together with all materials and
				  documents submitted to complete the application.
(3) Commission--The Texas Commission on
				  Environmental Quality.
(4)
				  Facility--Includes all contiguous land and fixtures, structures, or
				  appurtenances used for the collection, transportation, and treatment of marine
				  seawater and the storage, transportation, and discharge of treated marine
				  seawater and wastewater from a marine seawater desalination project. A facility
				  may consist of several storage, processing, treatment, or disposal
				  units.
(5) Marine seawater--Water
				  that is derived from the Gulf of Mexico.
(6) Marine seawater desalination project--An
				  operation that desalinates marine seawater. Marine seawater desalination
				  project does not include other businesses, entities, or operations that do not
				  desalinate marine seawater regardless of whether or not they are associated
				  with the desalination operation by ownership, location, business structure, or
				  business dependencies.
(7)
				  Near-shore discharges--The discharge of wastewater from a marine seawater
				  desalination project into the Gulf of Mexico where the point of discharge is
				  located less than three miles seaward from any point located on the coast of
				  Texas. The three-mile boundary shall be determined based on the Texas General
				  Land Office map for the Dispersant Use Pre-Approval Zone or based on a
				  site-specific determination made by the executive director.
(8) Off-shore discharges--The discharge of
				  wastewater from a marine seawater desalination project into the Gulf of Mexico
				  where the point of discharge is located three or more miles seaward from any
				  point located on the coast of Texas. The three-mile boundary shall be
				  determined based on the Texas General Land Office map for the Dispersant Use
				  Pre-Approval Zone or based on a site-specific determination made by the
				  executive director.
(9)
				  Operator--The person responsible for the overall operation of a
				  facility.
(10) Outfall--The point
				  or location where treated marine seawater or wastewater is discharged from a
				  marine seawater desalination project into or adjacent to water in the
				  state.
(11) Owner--The person who
				  owns a facility or part of a facility.
(12) Permit--A written document issued by the
				  commission which, by its conditions, may authorize the permittee to construct,
				  install, modify, or operate, in accordance with stated limitations, a specified
				  facility for treated marine seawater and reject water discharges.
(13) Site--The land or water area where any
				  marine seawater desalination project is physically located or conducted,
				  including adjacent land or water used in connection with the marine seawater
				  desalination project.
(14) Treated
				  marine seawater--Marine seawater that has been treated to reduce salinity so as
				  to meet standards that are at least as stringent as the water quality standards
				  adopted by the commission applicable to the receiving stream or impoundment.
				  More stringent treatment may be required if the commission determines it is
				  necessary to protect water quality. Treated marine seawater is not a pollutant
				  discharge.