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Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter B - CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS › Section 321.41 - Special Requirements for Discharges to a Playa

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section applies to any animal
				  feeding operation (AFO) operator authorized by the commission before July 13,
				  1995 to discharge manure, litter, or wastewater into a playa or to use a playa
				  as a retention control structure for manure, litter or wastewater in accordance
				  with Texas Water Code, §
										26.048.
(b) A playa that is in use as a retention
				  control structure, as allowed by Texas Water Code (TWC), §26.048, and that
				  shows no signs of leakage, is considered to satisfy all applicable design and
				  construction requirements specified in §
										321.38
				  of this title (relating to Control Facility Design Requirements Applicable to
				  Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)).
(c) A groundwater plan for use of a playa
				  shall be implemented in accordance with TWC, §26.048.
(d) If the executive director determines that
				  contamination of groundwater is occurring as a result of use of the playa as a
				  retention facility for manure, litter, or wastewater from the AFO, the
				  executive director shall require action to correct the problem or revoke the
				  AFOs authority to discharge into the playa.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter B - CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS › Section 321.42 - Requirements Applicable to the Major Sole-Source Impairment Zone

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  this section is to describe certain requirements for individual water quality
				  permits for dairy concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) or other
				  authorizations allowed by this subchapter when an operation is located in a
				  major sole-source impairment zone. Additionally, subsection (i) of this section
				  applies to any dairy animal feeding operation (AFO), including any dairy CAFO,
				  which is located in a major sole-source impairment zone.
(b) The dairy CAFO operator must adhere to
				  provisions of this section and the other requirements contained in this
				  subchapter. When a requirement of this section conflicts with another
				  requirement of this subchapter, the requirement of this section shall supercede
				  the other requirement.
(c) The
				  dairy CAFO operator must operate and maintain a margin of safety in the
				  retention control structure (RCS) to contain the volume:
(1) of runoff and direct precipitation from
				  the 25-year, ten-day rainfall event; or
(2) necessary to prevent overflow resulting
				  from a statistically determined probability of overflow resulting in a
				  discharge frequency of no more than once in 25 years. The margin of safety
				  using this method must be evaluated using the Soil Plant Air and Water (SPAW)
				  Field and Pond Hydrology Tool and be certified by a Texas licensed professional
				  engineer.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter B - CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS › Section 321.43 - Air Standard Permit for Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Air quality authorization required. All
				  animal feeding operations (AFOs), regardless of size, are required to obtain
				  air quality authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act, Texas Health and
				  Safety Code, Chapter 382, Subchapter C. AFOs may obtain air quality
				  authorization in one of the following ways:
(1) by meeting the requirements of a permit
				  by rule under Chapter 106, Subchapter F of this title (relating to Animal
				  Confinement);
(2) by obtaining an
				  individual permit under Chapter 116 of this title (relating to Control of Air
				  Pollution by Permits for New Construction or Modification); or
(3) by meeting the requirements in this
				  section and the general conditions for air standard permits in §
											116.615 of
				  this title (relating to General Conditions).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter B - CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS › Section 321.44 - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Notification Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Discharge
				  notification. If for any reason there is a discharge to water in the state, the
				  concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) operator shall notify the
				  appropriate regional office orally within 24 hours of becoming aware of the
				  discharge or by the next business day and in writing within 14 business days of
				  the discharge from the retention control structure or any component of the
				  manure handling or land application system to the Office of Compliance and
				  Enforcement, Enforcement Division. In addition, the operator shall document the
				  following information, keep the information on site, and submit the information
				  to the appropriate regional office within 14 business days of becoming aware of
				  such discharge. The notification must include:
(1) a description and cause of the discharge,
				  including a description of the flow path to the receiving water body;
(2) an estimation of the volume
				  discharged;
(3) the period of
				  discharge, including exact dates and times, and, if not corrected, the
				  anticipated time the discharge is expected to continue, and steps being taken
				  to reduce, eliminate, and prevent recurrence of the discharge;
(4) if caused by a precipitation event(s),
				  the date(s) of the event(s) and the rainfall amount(s) recorded from the
				  on-site rain gauge;
(5) results of
				  analysis as required by subsection (b) of this section; and
(6) any upset which exceeds any effluent
				  limitation in the permit or authorization.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter B - CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS › Section 321.45 - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Training Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Employee
				  training. A permit or authorization will establish requirements for training of
				  employees who are responsible for work activities relating to compliance with
				  provisions of this subchapter that address all levels of job responsibility
				  associated with compliance with this subchapter.
(b) Dairy outreach program area operator
				  training. The operator of a dairy concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)
				  located in §
										321.32(17)
				  of this title (relating to Definitions) shall attend and complete training
				  developed by the executive director and the Texas Cooperative Extension as
				  follows:
(1) an eight-hour course or its
				  equivalent on animal waste management within 12 months of receiving initial
				  authorization under this subchapter; and
(2) at least eight additional hours of
				  continuing education on animal waste management or its equivalent for each
				  two-year period after completing the requirements of paragraph (1) of this
				  subsection.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter B - CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS › Section 321.47 - Requirements for Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) Not Defined or Designated As Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Purpose. This section provides an animal
				  feeding operation (AFO) that is not defined or designated as a concentrated
				  animal feeding operation (CAFO) authorization to operate, and identifies the
				  operational requirements necessary to achieve the purposes of this
				  subchapter.
(b) Applicability.
(1) Except as identified in paragraph (2) of
				  this subsection, the owner or operator of an AFO not defined or designated as a
				  CAFO who uses a control facility to manage manure, sludge, or wastewater
				  generated on site shall comply with all the requirements of this
				  section.
(2) The owner or operator
				  of an AFO not defined or designated as a CAFO who qualifies for, obtains, and
				  is operating under a certified water quality management plan from the Texas
				  State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) and subsection (c)(1) - (4) of
				  this section are considered to meet all technical requirements of this
				  section.
(3) The owner of an AFO
				  not defined or designated as a CAFO who uses an alternative treatment practice,
				  such as filter strips (Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Code 393),
				  constructed wetlands (NRCS Code 656), or vegetated treatment areas (NRCS Code
				  635), instead of a control facility to manage manure, sludge, or wastewater
				  generated on site shall comply with all the requirements of this section except
				  the requirements mentioned in subsection (d) and (e) of this section.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.51 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Meat
				  processing operation--A plant, facility, establishment, or enterprise in the
				  business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, equines,
				  poultry, domesticated rabbits, or domesticated game birds or in the business of
				  canning, salting, packing, or rendering carcasses or parts of carcasses of
				  these species for sale as human or animal food.
(2) Wastewater--Water that is routed to
				  drains or sewers associated with a meat processing operation, including, but
				  not limited to, process water, wash water, and drainage from livestock
				  unloading areas and holding pens and/or poultry unloading areas; provided,
				  however, that nothing in the definition shall be interpreted as requiring the
				  construction of drainage systems for essentially uncontaminated areas, such as
				  areas used solely as parking lot areas where trucks transporting such livestock
				  and/or poultry may be parked prior to entering unloading areas.
(3) Water in the state--Groundwater,
				  percolating or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs,
				  rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, and the Gulf of
				  Mexico within the territorial limits of the State of Texas, and all other
				  bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or
				  salt, navigable or non-navigable, and including the beds and banks of all
				  watercourses and bodies of surface water that are wholly or partially within or
				  bordering the state or within the jurisdiction of the state.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.52 - Application of Subchapter

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
This subchapter applies to the disposal of wastes from meat
					 processing operations.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.53 - Permit Alternative

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A person whose meat processing operation is subject to this
					 subchapter may submit an application to the executive director for a permit.
					 This subchapter shall continue to apply to any permittee except where the
					 provisions of a permit supersede provisions of this
					 subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.54 - Protection of Surface Water

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The degree of protection of surface waters is sufficient if
					 waste control facilities are designed and operated in accordance with the
					 following subsections.
(1) Wastewater
				  holding facilities. If a meat processing operation utilizes holding facilities,
				  any holding facility shall be designed and operated to retain all wastewater
				  produced by the meat processing operation for a 30-day period, plus all
				  rainwater which would enter the holding facilities as a result of a 25-year,
				  24-hour rainfall as defined by Hershfield, Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the
				  United States, U.S. Weather Bureau, Technical Paper No.40, 1961, or the latest
				  revision thereof. Wastewater holding facilities shall be dewatered within 14
				  days after any one of the following events occur:
(A) collection of a quantity of rainwater in
				  excess of 20% of the quantity of rainfall which would enter the holding
				  facility as a result of the 25-year, 24-hour rainfall, as defined in this
				  section.
(B) collection of more
				  than 50% of the volume of wastewater which the pond was designed to retain,
				  such that sufficient capacity is no longer available to retain an addition of
				  all rainwater that would enter the holding facilities as a result of a 25-year,
				  24-hour rainfall, plus all wastewater produced by the meat processing operation
				  for a 15-day period.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.55 - Protection of Groundwater

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any wastewater holding facility must conform to the
					 requirements for seepage control specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
					 section. Any facility in an area underlain by clean sands, fractured limestone,
					 or other strata with exceptionally high permeability may be subjected to
					 additional seepage control requirements.
(1) Seepage Control. A wastewater retention
				  facility shall be constructed in clay soils or lined with a suitable lining
				  material to prevent contaminated wastewater from reaching groundwaters of
				  better chemical quality.
(2)
				  Permeability data. Permeability tests may be required to show that pond liners
				  are adequately impermeable to prevent excessive seepage. The acceptable seepage
				  rate from ponds must be less than 0.1 acre-foot of wastewater per surface acre
				  of pond per year. The acceptable permeability coefficient must be equal to or
				  less than 1.0 x 10-7 centimeters per second at one
				  foot of head and with one foot of permeable material or the equivalent or
				  better thereof. The permeability coefficient must be determined by constant
				  head laboratory permeability tests. The registrant shall furnish certification,
				  signed, sealed, and dated by a licensed professional engineer or licensed
				  professional geoscientist, that the completed pond lining meets the appropriate
				  criteria described in this section prior to using the facilities.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.56 - Disposal of Solid Wastes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Disposal of solid wastes (hoof, hair, hide, bone, paunch
					 manure, sludge, salt, etc.) shall comply with the applicable portions of the
					 Texas Department of Health regulations. The executive director may request
					 evidence of an acceptable method of disposal of all solid process waste not
					 covered specifically by Texas Department of Health
					 regulations.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter C - MEAT PROCESSING › Section 321.57 - Prohibition of Unauthorized Discharge

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any person owning or operating a meat processing operation
					 who makes, or proposes to make, any discharge into or adjacent to any water in
					 the state shall submit to the executive director an application for a discharge
					 permit. No person shall make such discharge without authorization from the
					 commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter D - SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING › Section 321.61 - Application of Subchapter

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
This subchapter applies to all sand and gravel washing
					 operations. For the purposes of this subchapter, sand and gravel washing
					 operations means any person, operation, facility, establishment, or enterprise
					 which washes sand and gravel in such a manner as to separate the sand and
					 gravel from other materials present in the mixture in which the sand and gravel
					 were originally taken from the ground. This definition specifically includes
					 any operation which introduces into washwater any material other than material
					 resulting from such washing of sand and gravel.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter D - SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING › Section 321.62 - Exception to Application of Subchapter

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any person to whom this subchapter applies who does not
					 wish to be regulated by it shall submit to the executive director an
					 application for a permit pursuant to the Texas Water Code, Chapter 26. This
					 subchapter shall continue to apply to any person, except where provisions of a
					 permit supersede provisions of this subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter D - SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING › Section 321.63 - Treatment and Retention Facilities

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any person who conducts a sand and gravel washing operation
					 and who does not have a permit shall provide necessary retention ponds, dikes,
					 ditches, dams, and berms for retaining the process wastewater so that it does
					 not enter any water in the state.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter D - SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING › Section 321.64 - Diversion of Runoff

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All uncontaminated runoff shall be diverted around process
					 wastewater treatment and retention facilities.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter D - SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING › Section 321.65 - Available Capacity

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The treatment and retention facilities shall at all times
					 provide enough available capacity to retain all process
					 wastewater.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter D - SAND AND GRAVEL WASHING › Section 321.66 - Prohibition of Unauthorized Discharge

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Any person owning or operating a sand and gravel washing
					 operation who makes or proposes to make any discharge into or adjacent to any
					 water in the state shall submit to the executive director an application for a
					 discharge permit. No person shall make any such discharge without authorization
					 from the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter E - SURFACE COAL MINING, PREPARATION, AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES › Section 321.71 to 321.81

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter I - ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CONDITIONS OF GENERAL PERMITS AND FOR CONTROLLING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Section 321.141 - Additional Characteristics and Conditions for General Permits and Control of Certain Activities by Rule

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
40 Code of Federal Regulations §122.28, as in effect
					 on the date of TPDES program authorization, as amended, is adopted by
					 reference, except 40 Code of Federal Regulations §122.28, subsections
					 (b)(3)(ii) and (c), and except as follows: Where 40 Code of Federal Regulations
					 §122.28 refers to a "general permit" or an "NPDES permit," the references
					 are more properly made, for state law purposes, to a "permit by rule," a
					 "general permit" or a "TPDES permit," as applicable. Where
					 §122.28(b)(3)(iii) refers to 40 Code of Federal Regulations §122.21,
					 the reference is more properly made, for state law purposes, to applicable
					 sections of Chapters 205, 281 and 305 of this title.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter L - DISCHARGES TO SURFACE WATERS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES CLEANING FACILITIES › Section 321.211 to 321.220

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.251 - Statement of No Discharge Policy

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
It is the policy of the commission that there shall be no
					 discharge of waste or wastewater from commercial livestock trailer cleaning
					 facilities into water in the state. These materials shall be retained and
					 utilized or disposed of on agricultural land. Any discharges from commercial
					 livestock trailer cleaning facilities into water in the state shall be
					 considered unauthorized discharges. No person shall make such discharge without
					 authorization or permit from the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.252 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meanings.
(1) Agronomic rate--The wastewater
				  application rate 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 in the wastewater that passes below the root zone of the crop or
				  vegetation grown on the land to the groundwater.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.253 - Purpose and Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The purpose of this subchapter is to regulate by rule the removal, containment,
				  treatment and disposal of wastes occurring at commercial livestock trailer
				  cleaning facilities. Certificates of registration issued under this chapter are
				  subject to Chapter 50, Subchapter G of this title (relating to Action by the
				  Executive Director). The requirements of this subchapter apply to only those
				  livestock trailer cleaning facilities that are described in both paragraphs (1)
				  and (2) of this subsection:
(1) The facility
				  is commercial. A facility is "commercial" if the owner or operator provides
				  trailer cleaning services to other persons for profit, or provides such service
				  in conjunction with other services.
(2) The facility utilizes evaporation ponds,
				  storage pond(s) or other pond(s) with land application as a means of treatment
				  and disposal.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.254 - Certificate of Registration and Public Notice

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An applicant must apply for registration
				  on a form approved by the executive director. A completed application shall be
				  submitted to the agency's Wastewater Permits Section (MC 148). Before issuing a
				  certificate of registration, the executive director will review the application
				  to determine whether the facility operations meet the requirements of §
										321.255
				  of this title (relating to General Requirements for Containment of Wastes and
				  Pond(s)) and §
										321.256 of
				  this title (relating to General Requirements for Land Application).
(b) The executive director may take action on
				  an application to issue a certificate of registration, provided:
(1) At least 30 days prior to approving an
				  application and issuing the certificate of registration, notice of the
				  application has been provided by the applicant, at the applicant's cost:
(A) in a newspaper regularly published and
				  generally circulated within the county and area wherein the proposed facility
				  and discharge is to be located;
(B)
				  in writing by certified mail (return receipt requested) to the county judge of
				  the county in which the facility is to be located and also when the facility is
				  to be located within the jurisdictional boundaries of a city or town, to the
				  mayor of that city or town; and
(C)
				  the notices of application are provided in a format approved by the commission
				  and shall fairly set forth the substance of the application and proposed
				  action, including but not limited to, the general location of any point of
				  discharge, the method of obtaining additional information about the
				  application, and the method for submitting comment on the
				  application.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.255 - Requirements for Containment of Wastes and Pond(s)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) All livestock trailers shall be washed
				  out on a concrete area which is adequately curbed and sloped to allow for
				  containment of all solids and liquids removed from the trailers. Manure may be
				  separated and allowed to dry in this contained concrete area. Wastewater
				  containing solids shall be conveyed directly from the contained concrete area
				  to the treatment or storage pond(s). The pond(s) may be designed to treat
				  wastewater using evaporation, with or without the recycling of wastewaters, as
				  the sole means of disposal or in conjunction with land application.
(b) All pond(s) used for the retention of
				  treated or untreated wastewater shall be adequately lined to control seepage.
				  The following methods of pond lining are acceptable.
(1) In-situ clay soils or placed and
				  compacted clay soils meeting the following requirements:
(A) more than 30% passing a Number 200 mesh
				  sieve;
(B) liquid limit greater
				  than 30%;
(C) plasticity index
				  greater than 15;
(D) a minimum
				  thickness of two feet;
(E)
				  permeability equal to or less than 1 x 10 
				  -7 centimeter per second (the
				  requirements described in this subparagraph apply only to new ponds constructed
				  or modified after the effective date of these regulations); and
(F) soil compaction will be 95% standard
				  proctor density at optimum moisture content (the requirements described in this
				  subparagraph apply only to new ponds constructed or modified after the
				  effective date of these regulations).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.256 - General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) If land
				  application is utilized for disposal of waste or wastewater, the following
				  requirements shall apply:
(1) Utilization and
				  disposal methods.
(A) Liquid and solid waste
				  shall be distributed on agricultural lands so that neither the waste nor
				  rainfall runoff discharge into water in the state.
(B) When irrigation disposal of wastewater is
				  used, tailwater facilities shall be provided as necessary to prevent the
				  release of applied wastewater to water in the state.
(C) Disposal of waste and wastewater shall be
				  conducted in such a manner as to prevent nuisance conditions such as odors and
				  flies.
(D) Wastewater shall not be
				  irrigated when the ground is frozen or saturated or during rainfall
				  events.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.257 - Restrictions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This rule does
				  not convey property rights or grant any exclusive privilege.
(b) Separate authorizations may be required
				  by the executive director, municipalities, or other agencies for discharges to
				  domestic sewage plants, storm water sewers, or for air emissions.
(c) Nothing in this rule shall be construed
				  to authorize any injury to persons or property, or an invasion of other
				  property rights, or any infringement of state or local law or
				  regulation.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.258 - Enforcement and Revocation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
If any registrant or facility regulated by this subchapter
					 fails to comply with the terms of this subchapter, the executive director may
					 take enforcement action as provided by the Texas Water Code and in accordance
					 with Chapter 70 of this title (relating to Enforcement). The executive director
					 may revoke any registration granted to a registrant or facility due to
					 noncompliance with the requirements of this subchapter, after notice to the
					 registrant and opportunity for hearing, and such registrant shall cease any
					 discharge until such time as the facility is issued a wastewater discharge
					 permit, an emergency order, or temporary order as provided by Chapter 35 of
					 this title (relating to Emergency and Temporary Orders and Permits; Temporary
					 Suspension or Amendment of Permit Conditions) for the discharge of wastewater
					 into or adjacent to water in the state.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter N - HANDLING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ENGAGED IN LIVERSTOCK TRAILER CLEANING › Section 321.259 - Annual Waste Treatment Fee

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In accordance with §§ 305.501-305.507 of this
					 title (relating to Waste Treatment Inspection Fee Program), registrants
					 authorized to dispose of livestock trailer cleaning waste under the
					 requirements of this subchapter shall remit to the commission an annual waste
					 treatment fee. The fee assessed annually shall be $500 for any active facility
					 or $250 for any inactive facility. Any increased assessment above the fee
					 amounts listed in this subsection for active and inactive facilities shall be
					 in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.301 - Purpose and Applicability

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The purpose
				  of this subchapter is to establish authorization procedures, general design
				  criteria, and operational requirements for reclaimed water production
				  facilities and thereby promote the beneficial use of reclaimed water that may
				  be substituted for potable water or raw water.
(b) This subchapter authorizes a reclaimed
				  water production facility to produce reclaimed domestic wastewater at a site
				  other than a permitted domestic wastewater treatment facility.
(c) A reclaimed water production facility
				  authorized according to this subchapter is not required to hold a wastewater
				  discharge permit from the commission, except as provided in §
										210.5
				  of this title (relating to Authorization for the Use of Reclaimed
				  Water).
(d) A reclaimed water
				  production facility may be authorized only if the owner of the reclaimed water
				  production facility is also an owner of the associated domestic wastewater
				  treatment facility that is permitted by the commission.
(e) If the wastewater discharge permit for
				  the domestic wastewater treatment facility associated with a reclaimed water
				  production facility expires, lapses, is surrendered, suspended, or revoked, the
				  authorization to operate the reclaimed water production facility is
				  automatically cancelled.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.303 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All definitions in Texas Water Code, §
										26.001 and 30 TAC
					 Chapters 210 and 305 of this title (relating to Use of Reclaimed Water, and
					 Consolidated Permits) shall apply to this subchapter and are incorporated by
					 reference. Specific definitions of words or phrases used in this subchapter are
					 as follows:
(1) Authorization--a
				  written document issued by the commission allowing an owner to construct and
				  operate a reclaimed water production facility in accordance with the provisions
				  of this subchapter.
(2) Reclaimed
				  Water Production Facility--a domestic wastewater treatment facility authorized
				  in accordance with this subchapter that treats municipal wastewater for reuse
				  on an as-needed basis and is located at a different location from the permitted
				  domestic wastewater treatment facility.
(3) Treatment unit--Any apparatus necessary
				  for treating wastewater located at the reclaimed water production
				  facility.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.305 - General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An
				  applicant for authorization to produce reclaimed water at a reclaimed water
				  production facility must have:
(1) a domestic
				  wastewater permit for a domestic wastewater treatment facility that is located
				  at the terminus of the collection system to which the reclaimed water
				  production facility is or will be connected; and
(2) an authorization to use reclaimed water
				  under Chapter 210 of this title (relating to the Use of Reclaimed
				  Water).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.307 - Restrictions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A reclaimed
				  water production facility may not discharge wastewater or pollutants into water
				  in the state.
(b) The hydraulic
				  capacity of the reclaimed water production facilities may not individually nor
				  collectively exceed the permitted hydraulic capacity of the associated domestic
				  wastewater treatment facility.
(c)
				  A reclaimed water production facility may not be authorized at a flow rate that
				  could cause interference with the operation of the domestic wastewater
				  treatment facility or a violation of the domestic wastewater treatment
				  facility's permit.
(d) A reclaimed
				  water production facility may not treat or dispose of sludge. All sludge must
				  be conveyed through the collection system to the permitted domestic wastewater
				  treatment facility, treated, and disposed of in accordance with the facility's
				  permit and all applicable rules.
(e) The owner may not accept trucked or
				  hauled wastes at a reclaimed water production facility.
(f) Authorization under this chapter does not
				  convey or alter any property right and does not grant any exclusive
				  privilege.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.311 - Application Review

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The executive
				  director will review all applications for reclaimed water production facility
				  authorizations for administrative and technical completeness.
(b) If an application has either an
				  administrative or technical deficiency, the applicant will be asked to submit
				  additional information no later than 30 days following the date of the
				  request.
(c) If additional
				  information is not timely submitted or is insufficient to complete the
				  application, the executive director may return the application without
				  refunding the application fee.
(d)
				  If the application is both administratively and technically complete, the
				  executive director will:
(1) proceed with
				  processing the application; and
(2)
				  if applicable, notify the applicant to publish notice according to §
											321.319
				  of this title (relating to Public Notice Requirements).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.313 - Authorization

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The executive
				  director shall not authorize a reclaimed water production facility unless the
				  following conditions are met:
(1) the
				  applicant has obtained plans and specifications approval for the reclaimed
				  water production facility according to the design criteria according to §
											321.315 of
				  this title (relating to Design Requirements); and
(2) the applicant has an authorization
				  according to Chapter 210 of this title (relating to Use of Reclaimed
				  Water).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.315 - Design Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Plans and
				  specifications for a reclaimed water production facility must meet the design
				  criteria and the operation, maintenance, and safety requirements in Chapter 217
				  of this title (relating to Design Criteria for Wastewater Treatment Systems)
				  except for redundant treatment units or processes, including power supplies, if
				  the design incorporates sufficient provisions to ensure the effluent quality
				  meets the required limits in the event of a failure of a power supply or a
				  treatment unit or process.
(b) The
				  reclaimed water production facility must be designed to convey all wastewater
				  to the domestic wastewater treatment facility any time the facility is not in
				  operation.
(c) The reclaimed water
				  production facility must be designed to convey all sludge received or produced
				  by the facility to the domestic wastewater treatment facility. Sludge may be
				  held in an aerated storage vessel for discharge to the collection system if the
				  entire sludge contents are completely discharged at least once within every
				  24-hour period.
(d) The reclaimed
				  water production facility must be designed and operated to minimize odor and
				  other nuisance conditions.
(e) The
				  following treatment processes and units are prohibited:
(1) unaerated primary treatment units
				  (including Imhoff tanks and primary clarifiers);
(2) trickling filters;
(3) pond or lagoon treatment
				  systems;
(4) flow equalization
				  basins; and
(5) unenclosed
				  screenings storage containers.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.317 - Buffer Zone Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A reclaimed
				  water production facility must comply with §
										309.12
				  of this title (relating to Site Selection to Protect Groundwater or Surface
				  Water).
(b) A reclaimed water
				  production facility must comply with §309.13(a) - (d) of this title
				  (relating to Unsuitable Site Characteristics).
(c) A reclaimed water production facility
				  that does not qualify for an enhanced buffer zone designation must locate each
				  treatment unit at least 150 feet from the nearest property line.
(d) To qualify for an enhanced buffer zone
				  designation, a reclaimed water production facility must comply with one of the
				  following buffer zone requirements:
(1) A
				  treatment unit not located in a building may not be located closer than 300
				  feet to the nearest property line;
(2) A treatment unit located within an
				  enclosed building that is not equipped with exhaust air systems and odor
				  control technology may not be located closer than 150 feet of the nearest
				  property line; or
(3) A treatment
				  unit located within an enclosed building equipped with exhaust air systems and
				  odor control technology may not be located closer than 50 feet of the nearest
				  property line.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.319 - Public Notice Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Public
				  notice is not required if an applicant for a reclaimed water production
				  facility qualifies for an enhanced buffer zone designation in accordance with
				  §
										321.317(d)
				  of this title (relating to Buffer Zone Requirements).
(b) An applicant for a reclaimed water
				  production facility that does not qualify for an enhanced buffer zone
				  designation shall place a sign at the proposed site during the public comment
				  period as defined in subsection (c)(3) of this section.
(1) The sign must include no less than
				  two-inch, black, block-lettering on a white background. The sign must include
				  the following information:
(A) the legal name
				  and address of the applicant;
(B)
				  notice that the applicant has applied for authorization to construct a
				  reclaimed water production facility at the site;
(C) how the public may provide comments to
				  the TCEQ; and
(D) where copies of
				  the application, executive director's technical summary, and draft
				  authorization may be reviewed.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.321 - Additional Reclaimed Water Production Facility Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The owner shall
				  employ or contract with one or more licensed wastewater treatment facility
				  operators or wastewater facility operations companies holding a valid license
				  or registration according to the requirements of Chapter 30, Subchapter J of
				  this title (relating to Wastewater Operators And Operations
				  Companies).
(b) The operator or
				  wastewater facility operations company shall have the same level of license or
				  higher as the operator license of the permitted domestic wastewater treatment
				  facility associated with the reclaimed water production facility.
(c) The owner shall notify the executive
				  director at least 45 days prior to completion and at least 45 days prior to
				  operation of a reclaimed water production facility.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE › Subchapter P - RECLAIMED WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 321.323 - Enforcement

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) If an owner of
				  a reclaimed water production facility fails to comply with the terms of its
				  authorization, this subchapter, or other regulations and statutes within the
				  jurisdiction of the commission, the executive director may take enforcement
				  action as provided by the Texas Water Code and in accordance with Chapter 70 of
				  this title (relating to Enforcement).
(b) The executive director may revoke any
				  reclaimed water production facility authorization due to noncompliance with the
				  authorization, this subchapter, the requirements of Chapter 210 of this title
				  (relating to Use of Reclaimed Water), or other regulations and statutes within
				  the jurisdiction of the commission, but only after notice and the opportunity
				  for hearing.