Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 335 - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subchapter N - HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES › Section 335.402 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions in §
										3.2 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions) and §
										335.1 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions), the following words and terms, when used
					 in this subchapter, have the following meanings:
(1) Aggregate--The act of bringing together
				  household hazardous waste that, after being separated from other household
				  waste, is collected from two or more households and accumulated at a collection
				  event, permanent collection center, point of generation pick-up service, mobile
				  collection unit, or transporter's facility for the purpose of reusing,
				  recycling, or disposing the material.
(2) Collection event--A one-time or recurrent
				  designation of a site and areas within that site for use by an operator to
				  collect or aggregate household hazardous waste delivered to the site by
				  individuals, households, or collectors and to store the waste for less than 48
				  hours.
(3) Collector--Any person
				  who accepts from two or more households any waste materials that have been
				  separated from other household waste and offered to the collector because the
				  generator either knows or considers the materials to be household hazardous
				  waste. This term includes persons involved with household hazardous waste
				  collection programs, but does not include persons delivering wastes that have
				  not been aggregated to a collection program with which they are not
				  affiliated.
(4) Hazardous waste
				  processing, storage, or disposal facility--A hazardous waste processing,
				  storage, or disposal facility that has received an United States Environmental
				  Protection Agency (EPA) permit (or a facility with interim status) in
				  accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts
				  270 and 124, or that has received a permit from a state authorized in
				  accordance with 40 CFR Part 271.
(5) Household--Single and multiple
				  residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters,
				  campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreational areas.
(6) Household hazardous waste--Any solid
				  waste generated in a household by a consumer which, except for the exclusion
				  provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §261.4(b)(1), would be
				  classified as a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. The term has the same
				  meaning as "hazardous household waste."
(7) Inclement weather--Weather that could
				  present a hazard in the operation of a collection event, permanent collection
				  center, mobile collection unit, or point of generation pick-up service,
				  including temperature extremes, high winds, rain, and severe weather.
(8) Mobile collection unit--A vehicle (such
				  as a truck or trailer) that is used to aggregate household waste materials
				  delivered by the public prior to transporting the material to a permanent
				  collection center, collection event, or registered hazardous waste transporter
				  facility.
(9) Operator--A person
				  responsible for the collection, aggregation, and storage of household hazardous
				  waste and household materials at a collection event or permanent collection
				  center, in a point of generation pick-up service or mobile collection unit, or
				  in any combination of collection programs; or, if the context clearly refers to
				  an operator of a hazardous waste processing, storage, or disposal facility, the
				  term has the same meaning as defined in §
										335.1 of
				  this title.
(10) Permanent
				  collection center--A designated site and facilities used to collect and
				  aggregate household hazardous wastes on an ongoing basis and to store the
				  wastes for 48 hours or longer.
(11)
				  Personnel--All individuals who perform tasks at or oversee the operations of a
				  collection event, permanent collection center, mobile collection unit, or point
				  of generation pick-up service, and whose actions or failure to act may result
				  in noncompliance with the requirements of this subchapter.
(12) Point of generation pick-up service--A
				  service to collect household hazardous waste at generating households, either
				  through direct contact with the generators or by collection of household
				  hazardous waste left at curbside or in another location at the
				  household.