Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 330 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE › Subchapter O - REGIONAL AND LOCAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 330.635 - Regional and Local Solid Waste Management Plan Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Regional solid waste management plans. A
				  regional plan identifies the overriding concerns, goals, objectives, and
				  recommended actions for solid waste management over a long-range period for the
				  entire planning region. The details to implement a regional plan are provided
				  in a Regional Solid Waste Management Implementation Plan Guideline that is
				  approved by the executive director. A Regional Solid Waste Management Plan
				  Implementation Guideline is a separate document. The requirements for the
				  guidance document are found in §
										330.643
				  of this title (relating to Regional and Local Solid Waste Management
				  Implementation Plan Guideline Requirements).
(1) Geographic scope. The geographic scope of
				  the regional planning process shall be the entire planning region designated by
				  the governor.
(2) Plan content. A
				  regional plan shall be the result of a planning process related to the proper
				  management of solid waste in the planning region. The process shall include
				  identification of overriding concerns and collection and evaluation of the data
				  necessary to provide a written public statement of goals and objectives and
				  actions recommended to accomplish those goals and objectives. The regional plan
				  shall include:
(A) a statement of regional
				  goals and objectives;
(B) a
				  description and assessment of efforts to minimize, reuse, and recycle waste, as
				  follows:
(i) include a brief description and
				  an assessment of current efforts in the region to minimize municipal solid
				  waste (MSW), including sludge, and efforts to reuse or recycle waste;
(ii) establish a recycling rate goal
				  appropriate to the region;
(iii)
				  list any recommendations for encouraging and achieving a greater degree of
				  waste minimization and waste reuse or recycling in the geographic area covered
				  by the plan;
(iv) include a
				  description and assessment of existing or proposed community programs for the
				  collection of household hazardous waste;
(v) recommend composting programs for yard
				  waste and related organic wastes that may include:
(I) creation and use of community composting
				  centers;
(II) adoption of the
				  "Don't Bag It" program for lawn clippings developed by the Texas Agricultural
				  Extension Service; and
(III)
				  development and promotion of education programs on home composting, community
				  composting, and the separation of yard waste for use as mulch; and
(vi) include a public
				  education/outreach component in the solid waste program; and
(C) a commitment to the following,
				  regarding the management of MSW facilities:
(i) encouraging cooperative efforts between
				  local governments in the siting of landfills for the disposal of solid
				  waste;
(ii) assessing the need for
				  new waste disposal capacity;
(iii)
				  considering the need to transport waste between municipalities, from a
				  municipality to an area in the jurisdiction of a county, or between counties,
				  particularly if a technically suitable site for a landfill does not exist in a
				  particular area;
(iv) allowing a
				  local government to justify the need for a landfill in its jurisdiction to
				  dispose of the solid waste generated in the jurisdiction of another local
				  government that does not have a technically suitable site for a landfill in its
				  jurisdiction;
(v) completing and
				  maintaining an inventory of MSW landfill units in accordance with Texas Health
				  and Safety Code, §
													363.0635.
				  One copy of the inventory shall be provided to the commission and to the chief
				  planning official of each municipality and county in which a unit is located;
				  and
(vi) developing a guidance
				  document to review MSW registration and permit applications to determine
				  conformance with the goals and objectives outlined in
Volume II:
				  Regional Solid Waste Management Plan Implementation Guidelines
as
				  referenced in §
													330.643
				  of this title.