Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 335 - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subchapter H - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF FACILITIES › Division 4 - SPENT LEAD-ACID BATTERIES BEING RECLAIMED › Section 335.251 - Applicability and Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 The regulations of this section adopt by reference 40 Code of Federal
					 Regulations (CFR) Part 266, Subpart G as amended in the
Federal
					 Register
through November 28, 2016 (81 FR 85732). This section applies
					 to persons who reclaim (including regeneration) spent lead-acid batteries that
					 are recyclable materials (spent batteries). Persons who generate, transport, or
					 collect spent batteries, who regenerate spent batteries, who store spent
					 batteries that are to be regenerated, or who store spent batteries but do not
					 reclaim them (other than spent batteries that are to be regenerated), are not
					 subject to regulation under this chapter, except that §
											335.24(h)
					 of this title (relating to Requirements for Recyclable Materials and
					 Nonhazardous Recyclable Materials) applies; and are not subject to regulation
					 under Chapter 1 of this title (relating to Purpose of Rules, General
					 Provisions); Chapter 3 of this title (relating to Definitions); Chapter 10 of
					 this title (relating to Commission Meetings); Chapter 20 of this title
					 (relating to Rulemaking); Chapter 37 of this title (relating to Financial
					 Assurance); Chapter 39 of this title (relating to Public Notice); Chapter 40 of
					 this title (relating to Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure); Chapter 50
					 of this title (relating to Action on Applications and Other Authorizations);
					 Chapter 55 of this title (relating to Requests for Contested Case Hearings;
					 Public Comment); Chapter 70 of this title (relating to Enforcement); Chapter 80
					 of this title (relating to Contested Case Hearings); Chapter 86 of this title
					 (relating to Special Provisions for Contested Case Hearings); or Chapter 305 of
					 this title (relating to Consolidated Permits). Such persons, however, remain
					 subject to the requirements of the Texas Water Code, Chapter 26.
(b) Owners or operators of facilities that
					 store spent lead-acid batteries before reclaiming them (other than spent
					 batteries that are to be regenerated) are subject to the following
					 requirements:
(1) all applicable provisions in
					 Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Industrial Solid Waste and Municipal
					 Hazardous Waste in General), Subchapter B of this chapter (relating to
					 Hazardous Waste Management General Provisions), Subchapter E of this chapter
					 (relating to Interim Standards of Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste
					 Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities), Subchapter F of this chapter
					 (relating to Permitting Standards of Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste
					 Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities), and Subchapter U of this chapter
					 (relating to Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Facilities
					 Operating under a Standard Permit), except for the requirements in §
												335.12
					 of this title (relating to Shipping Requirements Applicable to Owners or
					 Operators of Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities) and
					 40 CFR §
													265.13; and
(2) all applicable provisions in Chapters 1,
					 3, 10, 20, 37, 39, 40, 50, 55, 70, 80, and 305 of this title.