Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 335 - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subchapter G - LOCATION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE, PROCESSING, OR DISPOSAL › Section 335.202 - 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) Active
				  geologic processes - Any natural process which alters the surface and/or
				  subsurface of the earth, including, but not limited to, erosion (including
				  shoreline erosion along the coast), submergence, subsidence, faulting, karst
				  formation, flooding in alluvial flood wash zones, meandering river bank
				  cutting, and earthquakes.
(2)
				  Aquifer - A geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation
				  capable of yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs.
				  Portions of formations, such as clay beds, which are not capable of yielding a
				  significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs are not
				  aquifers.
(3) Area subject to
				  active shoreline erosion - A coastal area where shoreline erosion has been
				  documented within historic time.
(4) Areal expansion of an existing facility -
				  The enlargement of a land surface area of an existing hazardous waste
				  management facility from that described in a solid waste permit authorizing the
				  facility.
(5) Areas of direct
				  drainage - Those land areas from which surface water runoff could flow into a
				  lake used to supply public drinking water.
(6) Commercial hazardous waste management
				  facility - Any hazardous waste management facility that accepts hazardous waste
				  or PCBs for a charge, except a captured facility or a facility that accepts
				  waste only from other facilities owned or effectively controlled by the same
				  person, where "captured facility" means a manufacturing or production facility
				  that generates an industrial solid waste or hazardous waste that is routinely
				  stored, processed, or disposed of on a shared basis in an integrated waste
				  management unit owned, operated by, and located within a contiguous
				  manufacturing complex.
(7) Critical
				  habitat of an endangered species - An area that is determined by the United
				  States Fish and Wildlife Service to be a critical habitat for an endangered
				  species.
(8) Erosion - The group of
				  natural processes, including weathering, deterioration, detachment,
				  dissolution, abrasion, corrasion, wearing away, and transportation, by which
				  earthen or rock material is removed from any part of the earth's
				  surface.
(9) Existing hazardous
				  waste management facility - Any facility used for the storage, processing, or
				  disposal of hazardous waste and which is authorized by a hazardous waste
				  permit. Facilities identified in the following pending applications will also
				  be considered existing hazardous waste management facilities pending final
				  action on the application by the commission:
(A) an application submitted pursuant to
				  §
											335.2(c)
				  of this title (relating to Permit Required), §
											335.43(b)
				  of this title (relating to Permit Required), and §
											335.45(b)
				  of this title (relating to Effect on Existing Facilities), including any
				  revisions made in accordance with §
											305.51
				  of this title (relating to Revision of Applications for Hazardous Waste
				  Permits); or
(B) an application
				  filed pursuant to §
											335.2(a)
				  of this title which has been submitted in accordance with Chapter 305 of this
				  title (relating to Consolidated Permits) and which has been declared to be
				  administratively complete pursuant to §
											281.3
				  of this title (relating to Initial Review) prior to September 1,
				  1984.