Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 330 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE › Subchapter E - OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE STORAGE AND PROCESSING UNITS › Section 330.203 - Waste Acceptance and Analysis

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The owner or operator shall identify the sources and characteristics of wastes
				  (e.g., residential, commercial, grease trap, grit trap, sludges, septage,
				  special wastes, Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 industrial solid wastes, compost
				  feedstocks) proposed to be received for storage or processing. Municipal solid
				  waste facilities may not receive regulated hazardous waste, unless authorized
				  in accordance with Chapter 335 of this title (relating to Industrial Solid
				  Waste and Municipal Hazardous Waste). If a waste constituent or characteristic
				  could be a limiting parameter that may impact or influence the design and
				  operation of the facility, the owner or operator shall specify parameter
				  limitations of each type of waste to be managed by the facility that may
				  include constituent concentrations and characteristics such as pH, fats, oil
				  and grease concentrations, total suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand,
				  biochemical oxygen demand, organic and metal constituent concentrations, water
				  content, or other constituents.
(b)
				  The owner or operator shall determine types and an estimate of the amount of
				  each waste to be received daily; the maximum amount of waste to be stored at
				  any one point in time; the maximum and average lengths of time that waste is to
				  remain at the facility; the maximum and average waste processing times; and the
				  intended destination of the solids and liquids generated by a facility. If
				  applicable, a narrative must be included that describes how 10% of the incoming
				  waste will be recovered and its intended use.
(c) For solid waste processing and
				  experimental facilities, the following requirements apply.
(1) The owner or operator shall establish the
				  method of sampling and analysis for the effluent discharged to a trap,
				  interceptor, or treatment facility permitted under Texas Water Code, Chapter
				  26. At a minimum, the method of sampling, the frequency of sampling, and the
				  tests to be made shall be part of the sampling and analysis plan. All sampling
				  and analysis shall be done according to approved United States Environmental
				  Protection Agency (EPA) methods. Records shall be maintained for a three-year
				  period.
(2) At a minimum, analyses
				  for wastes received shall be made for benzene, lead, and total petroleum
				  hydrocarbons (TPH). Grit trap wastes must be analyzed annually for biochemical
				  oxygen demand, total suspended solids, benzene, TPH, and lead. Sludges that are
				  disposed of at a municipal solid waste landfill must be analyzed annually for
				  benzene, lead, and TPH. At a minimum, effluent from the facility must be
				  analyzed annually for TPH, fats, oil and grease, and pH. Records of each
				  analysis shall be maintained at the facility for a minimum of three years. All
				  sampling and analysis shall be done according to EPA-approved
				  methods.