Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 335 - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subchapter N - HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES › Section 335.411 - Operation of Point of Generation Pick-up Service and Mobile Collection Units

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Point of
				  generation pick-up service. An operator offering point of generation pick-up
				  service for household hazardous waste that has been segregated from other
				  household waste shall:
(1) develop and
				  implement a collection program that minimizes the potential for human and
				  animal exposure to such waste (unless the pick-up procedures involve personal
				  contact with the generator, the operator shall provide instructions to
				  households on details of packaging, labeling, securing, and any other
				  procedures to safeguard humans and animals and to protect the environment from
				  the wastes left out for pick-up);
(2) provide information to potential
				  participants prior to collections. The information provided must include all
				  relevant issues on the following topics, as well as any other appropriate
				  information that may be useful to the public:
(A) the information required in paragraph (1)
				  of this subsection;
(B) eligibility
				  criteria for who can participate in the program;
(C) the types and quantities of wastes that
				  will be and will not be accepted; and
(D) the method households are to use for
				  arranging pickup of their wastes;
(3) organize and operate the collections so
				  as to safeguard the public health and welfare, physical property, and the
				  environment;
(4) have available in
				  each vehicle used for the point of generation pick-up service the following
				  equipment:
(A) a first aid kit;
(B) a fire extinguisher appropriate to the
				  wastes accepted;
(C) a means of
				  communication to summon emergency assistance and the information needed for its
				  use; and
(D) sufficient absorbent
				  to contain a spill of ten percent of the maximum quantity of liquid wastes that
				  the vehicle is designed to hold;
(5) have a person in each collection vehicle
				  who has experience and training in handling hazardous waste, the proper use of
				  fire extinguishers, first aid, waste classification, waste incompatibility,
				  spill prevention, and clean-up safety;
(6) if unknown wastes will be accepted,
				  ensure that the wastes are properly identified and meet one of the following
				  requirements:
(A) have available on the
				  collection vehicle all necessary testing equipment and a person qualified to
				  identify the wastes prior to placing the wastes on the collection vehicle;
				  or
(B) have a method in place on
				  the collection vehicle of isolating separately in a secure manner each
				  container of unknown waste until delivery to a collection event or permanent
				  collection center where the waste(s) will be characterized prior to aggregating
				  with other wastes, if this method is consistent with the United States
				  Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements for hazardous material in
				  transportation.