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Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 312.8 - General Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) 25-year, 24-hour
				  rainfall event--The maximum rainfall event with a probable recurrence interval
				  of once in 25 years, with a duration of 24 hours as defined by the National
				  Weather Service in Technical Paper Number 40, Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the
				  United States, May 1961, and subsequent amendments, or equivalent regional or
				  state rainfall information developed from it.
(2) Active disposal unit--A disposal unit
				  that has not closed and/or is still receiving sewage sludge, biosolids,
				  domestic septage, or water treatment residuals.
(3) Aerobic digestion--The biochemical
				  decomposition of organic matter in sewage sludge into carbon dioxide, water,
				  and other by-products by microorganisms in the presence of free
				  oxygen.
(4) Agricultural land--Land
				  on which a food crop, a feed crop, or a fiber crop is grown. This includes
				  range land and land used as pasture.
(5) Agricultural management unit--A portion
				  of a land application area contained within an identifiable boundary, such as a
				  river, fence, or road, where the area has a known crop or land use
				  history.
(6) Agronomic rate--The
				  whole application rate (dry weight basis) designed:
(A) to provide the amount of nitrogen needed
				  by the crop or vegetation grown on the land; and
(B) to minimize the amount of nitrogen that
				  passes below the root zone of the crop or vegetation to the
				  groundwater.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 312.9 - Fee Program

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The following
				  words and terms, when used in this section, have the following meanings, unless
				  the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1)
				  Annual fee--A fee charged to each person holding a registration or permit under
				  the commission's authority in Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 361, or a
				  permit issued under the commission's authority in Texas Water Code, Chapter 26,
				  except that a fee will not be assessed under this chapter as specified in
				  §
											312.5
				  of this title (relating to Relationship to Other Requirements).
(2) Reported--Information compiled and
				  submitted to the executive director that tracks the amount of waste being
				  stored, treated, processed, transported, or disposed of in the state; tracks
				  the amount of processing, transporting, and disposal capacity and reserve
				  capacity; and enables equitable assessment and collection of fees.
(3) Payment--Receipt by the executive
				  director of the full amount of the annual fee(s) due.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 312.11 - Permits

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of this section set the standards and requirements for permit applications Any
				  information provided under this subsection must be submitted in quadruplicate
				  form. A permit is required to:
(1) land apply
				  Class B biosolids;
(2) process (at
				  a treatment works), store, dispose of, or incinerate sewage sludge;
(3) process (at a treatment works), store,
				  dispose of, or incinerate biosolids; or
(4) disposal of water treatment residuals in
				  a monofill.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.41 - Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application to
				  land. This subchapter applies to any person who prepares biosolids and/or
				  domestic septage that are land applied to any person who land applies biosolids
				  and/or domestic septage to biosolids and/or domestic septage that are land
				  applied and to the land on which biosolids and/or domestic septage are
				  applied.
(b) Bulk biosolids .
(1) When bulk biosolids are land applied and
				  do not exceed the metal concentrations in Table 3 of §
											312.43(b)(3)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits), meets the Class A biosolids pathogen
				  requirements in §
											312.82(a)(3)
				  of this title (relating to Pathogen Reduction), and meets one of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in §312.83(b)(1) - (8) of this title
				  (relating to Vector Attraction Reduction), then the provisions of §
											312.42 of
				  this title (relating to General Requirements) and §
											312.44 of
				  this title (relating to Management Practices) do not apply with the exception
				  of §312.44(a), (b), (h)(3), (j), and (m) of this title.
(A) When bulk biosolids are land applied that
				  do not exceed the metal concentrations in Table 3 of §
												312.43(b)(3)
				  of this title, meets the Class AB pathogen requirements in §
												312.82(a)(2)
				  of this title, and meets one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  §312.83(b)(1) - (8) of this title, then §312.44(a), (b), (c)(2)(D)
				  and (E), (d), (h)(1), (3), (5) and (6), (j), (l), and (m) of this title will
				  apply to the land application of biosolids .
(B) When bulk biosolids are land applied that
				  do not exceed the metal concentrations in Table 3 of §
												312.43(b)(3)
				  of this title, meets the Class AB pathogen requirements in §
												312.82(a)(2)
				  of this title, and meets one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  §312.83(b)(1) - (8) in addition to (9) or (10) of this title, then the
				  requirements in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph do not apply with the
				  exception of §312.44(a), (b), (h)(3), (j), and (m) of this
				  title.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.42 - General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) No person
				  shall land apply biosolids and/or domestic septage except in accordance with
				  the requirements in this subchapter.
(b) No person shall apply biosolids that
				  exceeds the metal concentrations in Table 3 of §
										312.43(b)(3)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits) to land where any of the cumulative
				  metal loading rates in Table 2 of §
										312.43(b)(2)
				  of this title have been exceeded .
(c) No person shall apply domestic septage to
				  agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site during a 365-day period where
				  the annual application rate in §
										312.43(c)
				  of this title has been exceeded .
(d) The person who land applies biosolids
				  and/or domestic septage shall obtain information needed to comply with the
				  requirements in this subchapter.
(e) If a treatment works provides bulk
				  biosolids to a person who land applies the bulk biosolids the treatment works
				  shall provide the person who land applies the bulk biosolids notice and
				  necessary information to comply with the requirements in this
				  subchapter.
(f) If a treatment
				  works provides bulk biosolids to a person who prepares the bulk biosolids for
				  land application the treatment works shall provide the person who prepares the
				  bulk biosolids notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements
				  in this subchapter.
(g) The person
				  who land applies bulk biosolids shall provide the owner or lease-holder of the
				  land on which the bulk biosolids are applied notice and necessary information
				  to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
(h) If a treatment works provides biosolids
				  to a person who prepares the biosolids for sale or give away in a bag or other
				  container for land application the treatment works shall provide the person who
				  prepares the biosolids notice and information to comply with the requirements
				  in this subchapter.
(i) The
				  applicant shall determine the concentration of regulated metals in accordance
				  with §
										312.12(a)(1)(I)
				  of this title (relating to Registrations) and demonstrate to the satisfaction
				  of the executive director that the proposed cumulative metal loading will not
				  result in a toxic condition or increase the toxicity of the existing
				  soil.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.43 - Metal Limits

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Biosolids.
(1) Bulk biosolids or biosolids sold or given
				  away in a bag or other container shall not be land applied if the concentration
				  of any metal in the biosolids exceeds the ceiling concentration for the metal
				  in Table 1 of subsection (b) of this section.
(2) If the bulk biosolids are applied to
				  agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site,
				  either:
(A) the cumulative loading rate for
				  each metal shall not exceed the cumulative metal loading rate for the metal in
				  Table 2 of subsection (b) of this section; or
(B) the concentration of each metal in the
				  biosolids shall not exceed the concentration for the metal in Table 3 of
				  subsection (b) of this section.
(3) If bulk biosolids are applied to a lawn
				  or a home garden, the concentration of each metal in the biosolids shall not
				  exceed the concentration for the metal in Table 3 of subsection (b) of this
				  section.
(4) If biosolids are sold
				  or given away in a bag or other container for land application either:
(A) the concentration of each metal in the
				  biosolids shall not exceed the concentration for the metal in Table 3 in
				  subsection (b) of this section; or
(B) the product of the concentration of each
				  metal in the biosolids and the annual whole application rate for the biosolids
				  shall not cause the annual metal loading rate for the metal in Table 4 of
				  subsection (b) of this section to be exceeded. The procedure used to determine
				  the annual whole application rate is presented in §
												312.49
				  of this title (relating to Procedure to Determine the Annual Whole Application
				  Rate for Biosolids and Domestic Septage ).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.44 - Management Practices

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Land
				  application of bulk biosolids and/or domestic septage must not cause or
				  contribute to the harm of a threatened or endangered species of plant, fish, or
				  wildlife or result in the destruction or adverse modification of the critical
				  habitat of a threatened or endangered species.
(b) Bulk biosolids and/or domestic septage
				  must not be applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a
				  reclamation site that is flooded, frozen, or snow-covered so that the bulk
				  biosolids and/or domestic septage enters a wetland or other water in the state,
				  except as provided in a permit issued under Chapter 305 of this title (relating
				  to Consolidated Permits) or federal Clean Water Act, §404.
(c) When bulk biosolids that do not meet
				  Class A pathogen requirements or domestic septage is land applied to
				  agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site, buffer zones listed under
				  paragraph (1)(A) and (B) and paragraph (2)(A) - (C), (E) and (F) of this
				  subsection must be established at the time of issuance of a permit or
				  registration and maintained at all times for each land application unit as
				  noted in this section unless otherwise specified by the commission. In
				  addition, the buffer zone listed under paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection must
				  be established at the time of issuance of a permit or registration for each
				  land application unit unless otherwise specified by the commission. The buffer
				  zone listed under paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection shall be re-evaluated and
				  maintained as needed, upon renewal or major amendment of a permit or
				  registration.
(1) Surface water:
(A) 200-foot buffer zone, if the biosolids
				  and/or domestic septage are not incorporated; for land application units
				  located in a major sole-source impairment zone this buffer zone must maintain a
				  vegetative cover; or
(B) 33-foot
				  vegetative buffer zone, if the biosolids and/or domestic septage are
				  incorporated.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.45 - Operational Standards-Pathogens and Vector Attraction

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Pathogens.
(1) The Class A or Class AB biosolids
				  pathogen requirements in §
											312.82(a)
				  of this title (relating to Pathogen Reduction) or Class B biosolids pathogen
				  requirements in §
											312.82(b)
				  of this title shall be met if bulk biosolids are applied to agricultural land,
				  forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site.
(2) The Class A or Class AB biosolids
				  pathogen requirements in §
											312.82(a)
				  of this title shall be met if bulk biosolids are applied to a lawn or a home
				  garden.
(3) The Class A or Class AB
				  biosolids pathogen requirements in §
											312.82(a)
				  of this title shall be met if biosolids are sold or given away in a bag or
				  other container for land application .
(4) The requirements in §
											312.82(c)
				  of this title shall be met if domestic septage is applied to agricultural land,
				  forest, or a reclamation site.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.46 - Frequency of Monitoring

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Biosolids .
(1) The frequency of monitoring for the
				  metals listed in §312.43(b)(1) - (4) of this title (relating to Metal
				  Limits); the pathogen density requirements in either §312.82(a) or
				  (b)(1)(C) and (b)(2) of this title (relating to Pathogen Reduction); and vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in §312.83(b)(1) - (8) of this title
				  (relating to Vector Attraction Reduction) are defined in Table 5.
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(2) After the biosolids
				  have been monitored for two years at the frequency shown in paragraph (1) of
				  this subsection (Table 5), the executive director may reduce the frequency of
				  monitoring for metal concentrations and for the pathogen density requirements,
				  but in no case shall the frequency of monitoring be less than once per year
				  when biosolids are land applied . A reduction in monitoring will be allowed
				  after agency review of a significant data set of sample results and where the
				  city or cities generating the biosolids have in place a satisfactory and
				  enforceable pretreatment program.
(3) After the biosolids have been monitored
				  for two years at the frequency shown in paragraph (1) of this subsection (Table
				  5), the executive director may increase the frequency of monitoring for metal
				  concentrations and for the pathogen density requirements. An increase in
				  monitoring will be required after agency review of a significant data set of
				  sample results and where high metal or pathogen values are present in biosolids
				  that are generated.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.47 - Recordkeeping

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Biosolids .
(1) The person who prepares the biosolids in
				  §
											312.41(b)(1) or
				  (e) of this title (relating to Applicability)
				  shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for
				  five years:
(A) the concentration of each
				  metal listed in Table 3 of §
												312.43(b)(3)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits) in the biosolids;
(B) the following certification statement: "I
				  certify, under penalty of law, that the Class A (or insert Class AB) biosolids
				  pathogen requirements in 30 TAC §
												312.82(a)
				  and the vector attraction reduction requirement in (insert one of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in 30 TAC §
												312.83(b)(1) -
				  (8)) have been met. This determination has
				  been made under my direction and supervision in accordance with the system
				  designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the
				  information used to determine that the pathogen requirements and vector
				  attraction reduction requirements have been met. I am aware that there are
				  significant penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine
				  and imprisonment.";
(C) a
				  description of how the Class A or Class AB biosolids pathogen requirements in
				  §
												312.82(a)
				  of this title (relating to Pathogen Reduction) are met; and
(D) a description of how one of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in §312.83(b)(1) - (8) of this title
				  (relating to Vector Attraction Reduction) is met.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.48 - Reporting

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise specified by the executive director,
					 permittees and registrants shall submit the following information to the
					 Enforcement Division, the Wastewater Permitting Section of the Water Quality
					 Division, and the appropriate regional office:
(1) annually by September 30th of each year
				  (reporting period September 1st of the previous year to August 31st of the
				  current year):
(A) the information in §
											312.47
				  of this title (relating to Recordkeeping ) for the applicable
				  requirements;
(B) the information
				  in §312.47(a)(5)(A)(i) - (iv) of this title if:
(i) the biosolids exceed the metal
				  concentrations in §
												312.43(b)(3)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits);
(ii) 90% or more of any of the cumulative
				  metal loading rates in §
												312.43(b)(2)
				  of this title is reached at a site; or
(iii) biosolids are applied to a site after
				  90% of any of the cumulative metal loading rates is reached at the site;
				  and
(C) for the Class B
				  biosolids land application permittee :
(i)
				  evidence that the permittee is complying with the nutrient management plan
				  developed by a certified nutrient management specialist in accordance with the
				  United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service
				  Practice Standard Code 590;
(ii) a
				  completed Annual Biosolids Land Application Summary Report Form; and
(iii) proof of continuation of commercial
				  liability insurance and environmental impairment insurance; and
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter B - LAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE › Section 312.49 - Procedure to Determine the Annual Whole Application Rate for Biosolids and Domestic Septage

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subsection
				  contains the procedure used to determine the annual whole application rate
				  (AWAR) for a biosolids that does not cause the annual metal loading rates in
				  Table 4 of §
										312.43(b)(4)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits) to be exceeded. Determine the AWAR
				  using the following procedure.
(1) Analyze a
				  sample of the biosolids to determine the concentration for each of the metals
				  listed in Table 4 of §
											312.43 of
				  this title.
(2) Using the metal
				  concentrations from paragraph (1) of this subsection and the AMLRs from Table 4
				  of §
											312.43 of
				  this title, calculate an AWAR for each metal using Equation B.1.
(3) The AWAR for the biosolids is the lowest
				  AWAR calculated in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
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					 Graphic
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 312.61 - Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subchapter
				  applies to any person who prepares sewage sludge and/or biosolids that are
				  placed on a surface disposal site, to the owner/operator of a surface disposal
				  site, to sewage sludge or biosolids placed on a surface disposal site, and to a
				  surface disposal site.
(b) This
				  subchapter does not apply to sewage sludge and/or biosolids stored on the land
				  or to the land on which sewage sludge and/or biosolids is stored when the
				  storage period is two years or less and the sewage sludge and/or biosolids is
				  stored at a treatment works authorized for such storage.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to sewage
				  sludge and/or biosolids at a treatment works authorized for such storage that
				  remains on the land for longer than two years but less than five years when the
				  person who prepares the sewage sludge or biosolids demonstrates that the land
				  on which the sewage sludge and/or biosolids remains is not an active disposal
				  unit or surface disposal site. The demonstration shall include the following
				  information, which shall be reviewed and approved by the executive director and
				  retained by the person who prepares the sewage sludge and/or biosolids for the
				  period that the sewage sludge and/or biosolids remains on the land:
(1) the name and address of the person who
				  prepared the sewage sludge and/or biosolids;
(2) the name and address of the person who
				  either owns the land or leases the land;
(3) the location of the land, by latitude and
				  longitude, street address if available, and boundary shown on a 7 1/2-minute
				  quadrangle United States Geological Survey map;
(4) an explanation of why sewage sludge
				  and/or biosolids needs to remain on the land for longer than two years prior to
				  final use or disposal; and
(5) the
				  date by which the sewage sludge and/or biosolids will be used or disposed of.
				  This date must clearly maintain a storage period of less than five
				  years.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 312.63 - Metal Limits (Other Than Domestic Septage)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of
				  this section, the concentration for each metal listed in Table 6 of this
				  subsection in sewage sludge and/or biosolids placed on an active disposal unit
				  that does not have a liner and leachate collection system shall be equal to or
				  less than concentration for the metal in Table 6 of this subsection.
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(b) The concentration of
				  each metal listed in Table 6 of subsection (a) of this section in sewage sludge
				  and/or biosolids placed on an active disposal unit whose boundary is less than
				  150 meters from the property line of the surface disposal site shall not exceed
				  the concentration determined using the following procedure.
(1) The shortest actual distance from the
				  active disposal unit boundary to the property line of the surface disposal site
				  shall be determined.
(2) The
				  concentration of each metal listed in Table 7 of this paragraph in the sewage
				  sludge and/or biosolids shall not exceed the concentration in Table 7 of this
				  paragraph that corresponds to the actual distance as described in paragraph (1)
				  of this subsection.
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Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 312.65 - Operational Standards-Pathogen and Vector Attraction

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Pathogen reduction for biosolids and/or
				  sewage sludge (other than domestic septage). The pathogen reduction
				  requirements in §312.82(a) or (b)(1)(A) and (2) of this title (relating to
				  Pathogen Reduction) shall be met when sewage sludge and/or biosolids are placed
				  on an active disposal unit, unless the vector attraction reduction requirements
				  in §
										312.83(b)(11)
				  of this title (relating to Vector Attraction Reduction) are met.
(b) Pathogen reduction for domestic septage.
				  The pathogen reduction requirement in §
										312.82(c)(2)
				  of this title shall be met when domestic septage is placed on an active
				  disposal unit.
(c) Vector
				  attraction reduction for biosolids and/or sewage sludge (other than domestic
				  septage). One of the alternatives for vector attraction reduction in
				  §312.83(b)(1) - (11) of this title shall be met when sewage sludge and/or
				  biosolids are placed on an active disposal unit.
(d) Vector attraction reduction for domestic
				  septage. The vector attraction reduction requirement in §
										312.83(b)(12)
				  of this title shall be met when domestic septage is placed on an active
				  disposal unit.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 312.66 - Frequency of Monitoring

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Biosolids
				  and/or sewage sludge (other than domestic septage).
(1) When required by this subchapter, the
				  frequency of monitoring for the metals in Table 6 and Table 7 of §
											312.63(a)
				  and (b) of this title (relating to Metal
				  Limits), the pathogen density requirements in §
											312.82(a) and
				  (b) of this title (relating to Pathogen
				  Reduction) and the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  §312.83(b)(1) - (8) of this title (relating to Vector Attraction
				  Reduction), for sewage sludge and/or biosolids placed on an active disposal
				  unit shall be the frequency in Table 8 of this paragraph.
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(2) The executive director
				  or commission may increase or decrease the frequency of monitoring required in
				  paragraph (1) of this subsection after the sewage sludge and/or biosolids are
				  monitored for two years at the frequency in Table 8 in paragraph (1) of this
				  subsection. The increase in frequency of monitoring should only increase to the
				  next highest frequency for each two-year period and then may be lowered in the
				  same manner. In no case shall the frequency of monitoring be less than the
				  frequency required in Table 8 in paragraph (1) of this subsection if sewage
				  sludge and/or biosolids are placed on an active disposal unit.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 312.67 - Recordkeeping

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Biosolids
				  and/or Sewage sludge (other than domestic septage) .
(1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge
				  and/or biosolids shall develop the following information and shall retain the
				  information for five years.
(A) The
				  concentration of each metal listed in Table 6 of §
												312.63(a)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits) in the sewage sludge and/or biosolids
				  .
(B) The following certification
				  statement: "I certify, under penalty of law, that the management practices in
				  30 TAC §
												312.64; the
				  pathogen requirements in (insert the citation to the specific pathogen
				  reduction requirements that are met from 30 TAC §
												312.82) and
				  the vector attraction reduction requirements in (insert the citation to the
				  specific vector attraction reduction requirements that are met from 30 TAC
				  §
												312.83(b)
				  ) when one of those requirements is met) have been met. This determination has
				  been made under my direction and supervision in accordance with the system
				  designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the
				  information used to determine that the (specific requirements for pathogen and
				  vector attraction reduction (when appropriate)) have been met. I am aware that
				  there are significant penalties for false certification including the
				  possibility of fine and imprisonment."
(C) A description of how the pathogen
				  reduction requirements in §
												312.82(a)
				  of this title (relating to Pathogen Reduction) are met, when required
				  .
(D) A description of how one of
				  the vector attraction reduction requirements in §
												312.83(b)
				  of this title (relating to Vector Attraction Reduction) are met, when
				  required.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 312.68 - Reporting

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All facilities regulated under this subchapter shall submit
					 the information required in §
										312.67(a)
					 of this title (relating to Recordkeeping ) to the executive director by
					 September 30th each year (reporting period September 1st of the previous year
					 to August 31st of the current year).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter D - PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION › Section 312.81 - Scope

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subchapter
				  contains the pathogen reduction requirements that must be met for biosolids to
				  be classified either Class A, Class AB, or Class B .
(b) This subchapter contains the site
				  restrictions for the land on which Class B biosolids, with respect to
				  pathogens, are either land applied for beneficial use or placed on an active
				  disposal unit.
(c) This subchapter
				  contains the pathogen reduction requirements for domestic septage applied to
				  agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site for beneficial use and the
				  pathogen reduction requirements for domestic septage placed on an active
				  disposal unit.
(d) This subchapter
				  contains the site restrictions for the land on which domestic septage is
				  applied for beneficial use or placed on an active disposal unit.
(e) This subchapter contains the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements for biosolids and domestic septage that are
				  land applied for beneficial use or placed on an active disposal unit.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter D - PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION › Section 312.82 - Pathogen Reduction

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Class A and
				  Class AB biosolids.
(1) Compliance
				  requirements--Class A and Class AB.
(A) For
				  biosolids to be classified as Class AB, with respect to pathogens, the
				  requirements in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph and the
				  requirements of one of the alternatives listed in paragraph (2) of this
				  subsection must be met.
(B) For
				  biosolids to be classified as Class A, with respect to pathogens, the
				  requirements in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph and the
				  requirements of one of the alternatives listed in paragraph (3) of this
				  subsection must be met. Biosolids that meet the requirements of subparagraph
				  (A) of this paragraph may be classified a Class A biosolids if a variance
				  request is submitted in writing that is supported by substantial documentation
				  demonstrating equivalent methods for reducing odors and written approval is
				  granted by the executive director. The executive director may deny the variance
				  request or revoke an approved variance if it is determined that the variance
				  may potentially endanger human health or the environment or create nuisance
				  odor conditions.
(C) The
				  requirements of the chosen alternative for pathogen reduction from paragraphs
				  (2) and (3) of this subsection must be met prior to or at the same time as the
				  vector attraction reduction requirements, except the requirements in
				  §312.83(b)(6) - (8) of this title (relating to Vector Attraction
				  Reduction).
(D) Either the density
				  of fecal coliform in the biosolids must be less than 1,000 Most Probable Number
				  per gram of total solids (dry weight basis) or the density of Salmonella (sp.
				  bacteria) in the biosolids must be less than three Most Probable Number per
				  four grams of total solids (dry weight basis) at the time the biosolids are
				  used or disposed of, at the time the biosolids are prepared for sale or given
				  away in a bag or other container for land application or at the time the
				  biosolids or material derived from biosolids are prepared to meet the
				  requirements in §312.41(b), (c), (e), or (f) of this title (relating to
				  Applicability).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter D - PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION › Section 312.83 - Vector Attraction Reduction

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Compliance requirements.
(1) One of the
				  vector attraction reduction requirements in subsection (b)(1) - (10) of this
				  section shall be met when bulk biosolids are land applied to agricultural land,
				  forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site.
(2) One of the vector attraction reduction
				  requirements in subsection (b)(1) - (8) of this section shall be met when bulk
				  biosolids are applied to a lawn or home garden, or are sold or given away in a
				  bag or other container.
(3) One of
				  the vector attraction reduction requirements in subsection (b)(1) - (11) of
				  this section shall be met when biosolids are placed on an active disposal
				  unit.
(4) One of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in subsection (b)(9), (10), or (12) of this
				  section shall be met when domestic septage is applied to agricultural land,
				  forest, or a reclamation site.
(5)
				  One of the vector attraction reduction requirements in subsection (b)(9) - (12)
				  of this section shall be met when domestic septage is placed on an active
				  disposal unit.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter E - GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR SLUDGE INCINERATION › Section 312.101 - Incineration

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Except to the extent that they are less stringent than the
					 Texas Water Code or the rules of the commission, 40 Code of Federal Regulations
					 Part 503, Subpart E, which are in effect as of September 1, 1993, as amended,
					 are adopted by reference.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.121 - Purpose and Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The purpose of this subchapter is to establish minimum requirements that define
				  the acceptable management of water treatment residuals. These requirements
				  apply as specified in §
										312.2 of
				  this title (relating to Applicability).
(b) The following term, when used in this
				  subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly
				  indicates otherwise. Land application unit is an area where water treatment
				  residuals are applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface for disposal,
				  where the disposal occurs within five feet of the land surface.
(c) When water treatment residuals are mixed
				  with sewage sludge, biosolids, or domestic septage or when water treatment
				  residuals are placed on land for disposal along with sewage sludge, biosolids,
				  or domestic septage, it is subject to all applicable requirements of sewage
				  sludge, biosolids, or domestic septage, as specified in this chapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.122 - Registrations and Permits

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A permit
				  shall be required before any disposal of water treatment residuals in a
				  monofill. The requirements for applications, permits, permit conditions, and
				  actions by the commission shall be in accordance with Chapter 305 of this title
				  (relating to Consolidated Permits). Applications for permits will be processed
				  in accordance with Chapter 281 of this title (relating to Applications
				  Processing). Disposal of water treatment residuals in a landfill is regulated
				  by Chapter 330 of this title (relating to Municipal Solid Waste).
(b) Any person who disposes of water
				  treatment residuals in a land application unit, surface impoundment, or waste
				  pile shall apply for registration on a form approved by the executive director.
				  Before issuing a registration, the executive director will review the
				  application to determine whether the proposed activity meets the requirements
				  of this subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.123 - General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) No person
				  shall land apply water treatment residuals except in accordance with the
				  requirements in this subchapter.
(b) The person who land applies water
				  treatment residuals shall obtain information needed to comply with the
				  requirements in this subchapter.
(c) If a water treatment plant operator
				  provides bulk water treatment residuals to a person who land applies the water
				  treatment residuals, the water treatment plant operator shall provide the
				  person who land applies the water treatment residuals notice and necessary
				  information to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
(d) If a water treatment plant operator
				  provides water treatment residuals to a person who prepares the water treatment
				  residuals for land application, the water treatment plant operator shall
				  provide the person who prepares the water treatment residuals for land
				  application notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements in
				  this subchapter.
(e) The person who
				  land applies water treatment residuals shall provide the owner or lease-holder
				  of the land on which the water treatment residuals are land applied notice and
				  necessary information to comply with the requirements in this
				  subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.124 - Metal Limits

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Water treatment
				  residuals shall not be land applied if the concentration of any metal in the
				  water treatment residuals exceeds the ceiling concentration for the metals in
				  Table 1 of §
										312.43(b)(1)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits).
(b) The applicant shall determine the soil
				  concentration of cadmium in accordance with §
										312.12(a)(1)(I)
				  of this title (relating to Registrations) and demonstrate to the satisfaction
				  of the executive director that the proposed cumulative cadmium loading will not
				  result in a toxic condition or increase the toxicity of the existing
				  soil.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.125 - Management Practices

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) When water
				  treatment residuals are land applied to agricultural land, forest, a public
				  contact site, or a reclamation site for the production of food or feed crops,
				  the requirements in either paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection must be met.
(1) Production of any food crops.
(A) The pH of the residuals and soil mixture
				  must be 6.5 or greater at the time of land application, except for water
				  treatment residuals containing cadmium concentrations of 2 mg/kg (dry weight)
				  or less.
(B) The annual cadmium
				  loading rate (ACLR), which is the annual application of cadmium from water
				  treatment residuals, must not exceed 0.5 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha).
(C) The cumulative application of
				  cadmium from water treatment residuals must not exceed the levels in Table 9 of
				  this subparagraph.
Attached Graphic
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.126 - Frequency of Monitoring

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Water
				  treatment residuals that are land applied shall be monitored for the metals
				  listed in Table 1 of §
										312.43(b)(1)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits) at the frequency specified in Table 10
				  of this subsection.
Attached Graphic
(b) After the water
				  treatment residuals have been monitored for two years at the frequency shown in
				  Table 10 of subsection (a) of this section, the executive director may reduce
				  the monitoring frequency, but in no case shall the monitoring frequency be less
				  than once per year when water treatment residuals are land applied. A request
				  to reduce monitoring frequency must be submitted to the executive director with
				  the sample results from the previous two years.
(c) After the water treatment residuals have
				  been monitored for two years at the frequency shown in Table 10 of subsection
				  (a) of this section, the executive director may increase the monitoring
				  frequency. An increase in monitoring frequency will be required where high
				  metal concentrations are present in the water treatment residuals.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.127 - Recordkeeping

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A person who
				  prepares the water treatment residuals for land application shall retain the
				  sample results demonstrating compliance with Table 1 of §
										312.43(b)(1)
				  of this title (relating to Metal Limits) for five years.
(b) A person who derives material from water
				  treatment residuals for land application shall retain the sample results
				  demonstrating compliance with Table 1 of §
										312.43(b)(1)
				  of this title for five years.
(c) A
				  person who land applies water treatment residuals meeting the requirements in
				  § 312.125(a)(1) of this title (relating to Management Practices) shall
				  retain the following information indefinitely:
(1) the concentration of cadmium in the water
				  treatment residuals;
(2) the amount
				  of water treatment residuals land applied;
(3) the number of acres where water
				  treatments residuals were land applied;
(4) the cumulative amount of cadmium in the
				  water treatment residuals land applied to each site;
(5) the background soil pH at the time of
				  when water treatment residuals were land applied; and
(6) the soil cation exchange capacity (CEC)
				  in meq/100 grams.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 312 - SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION › Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE › Section 312.128 - Annual Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A person who land applies or disposes of water treatment
					 residuals shall submit a report to the executive director by September 30th of
					 each year (reporting period September 1st of previous year to August 31st of
					 the current year) which describes land application or disposal activities
					 regulated under this subchapter. The report shall include, at a minimum, the
					 registration or permit number of the land application unit or surface disposal
					 site, the amount of water treatment residuals which have been land applied or
					 disposed of during the reporting period, the information required by §
					 312.127(a)(1) or (2)(B) of this title (relating to Recordkeeping), as
					 applicable, and § 312.127(e) of this title, as applicable. The information
					 shall be submitted on forms furnished by the executive director. From the
					 information provided, the executive director will assess an annual fee, in
					 accordance with the requirements of §
										312.9 of this
					 title (relating to Fee Program).