Quarterly Visual Monitoring of Storm Water Runoff: A Gude for Industries Operating under the TPDES Multi-Sector General Permit, TXR050000 (open access)

Quarterly Visual Monitoring of Storm Water Runoff: A Gude for Industries Operating under the TPDES Multi-Sector General Permit, TXR050000

This guide is aimed at industrial facilities that are subject to the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for discharges of storm water, also known as the Industrial Storm Water General Permit.
Date: December 2006
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temporarily Removing Petroleum Storage Tanks from Service: A guide for owners and operators of underground storage tanks (open access)

Temporarily Removing Petroleum Storage Tanks from Service: A guide for owners and operators of underground storage tanks

This is a general guide to laws and regulations about underground and aboveground storage tanks and an aid in minimizing potential risks.
Date: May 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface Coating Facilities: A Guide for Obtaining Air Authorization in Texas (open access)

Surface Coating Facilities: A Guide for Obtaining Air Authorization in Texas

This document is tailored to the surface coating industry, excluding auto body shops,and contains general information about air regulations.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Approval of Training for Occupational Licensing (open access)

Approval of Training for Occupational Licensing

This is a guide to the review procedures and standards found in the rules related to training-Title 30, Texas Administrative Code (30 TAC) Chapter 30, Subchapter A. This training is used to meet pre- and post- licensing education requirements for occupational licenses administered by the Permitting and Registration Support Division of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Registration Support Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
You're a Public Water System... Now What? (open access)

You're a Public Water System... Now What?

This guide is intended to explain the basic regulations the TCEQ requires public water systems (PWSs) to follow.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Financial Assurance for Petroleum Storage Tanks (open access)

Financial Assurance for Petroleum Storage Tanks

This is a general guide to laws and regulations about underground and aboveground storage tanks and an aid in minimizing potential risks.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traditional Municipal Solid Waste Disposal: A Guide for Local Governments (open access)

Traditional Municipal Solid Waste Disposal: A Guide for Local Governments

This document is intended to help local officials and governments understand and comply with the rules on landfills and management of municipal solid waste (MSW).
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preparing a Petition for Expedited Release from a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (open access)

Preparing a Petition for Expedited Release from a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

This guide offers information about how "a landowner with at least 50 acres may petition the TCEQ to be excluded from a [water] utility's certified service area" (p. 1) outlining the process and timeline.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waste from Grease Traps, Grit Traps, and Septic Tanks: Questions and Answers (open access)

Waste from Grease Traps, Grit Traps, and Septic Tanks: Questions and Answers

Document describing how to manage waste from grease traps, grit traps, and septic tanks. It also provides information about relevant regulations and how to stay in compliance.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Public Water Utilities Can Report Water Shortages (open access)

How Public Water Utilities Can Report Water Shortages

Guidance document to assist wholesale and retail public utilities to assess the amount of raw water needed for water remaining for treatment, and reporting when the utility is reasonably certain that the available water supply is less than 180 days.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental Rules for Car Washes (open access)

Environmental Rules for Car Washes

Document explaining the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's rules for car washes to protect air and water quality.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transporting Waste in Texas-- A Guide to Regulations (open access)

Transporting Waste in Texas-- A Guide to Regulations

Document explaining the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's regulations on waste transportation and disposal.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Registration Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biodiesel Manufacturing: Rules For Operating In Texas (open access)

Biodiesel Manufacturing: Rules For Operating In Texas

Document explaining the regulations governing the manufacture of biodiesel in Texas.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Rights in Texas: How to Report a Change of Ownership (open access)

Water Rights in Texas: How to Report a Change of Ownership

Guide to updating ownership records for water rights with the TCEQ and relevant requirements.
Date: January 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Public Water Systems: Part B, Source Assessment and Planning (open access)

Managing Small Public Water Systems: Part B, Source Assessment and Planning

Guide to identifying water sources, measuring water levels, and developing best management practices to manage your source.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wastewater Treatment Plants: Responding to Disasters (open access)

Wastewater Treatment Plants: Responding to Disasters

A guide for wastewater treatment plants on what to do if a natural disaster occurs.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary and Secondary Operators under the Construction General Permit Stormwater Discharges (TXR150000) (open access)

Primary and Secondary Operators under the Construction General Permit Stormwater Discharges (TXR150000)

"This document is intended to help individuals, businesses, and governments determined if they are a primary or a secondary operator under the construction stormwater general permit" (lines 1-2)
Date: January 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Common Environmental Requirements for Regulated Oil and Gas Operations (open access)

Common Environmental Requirements for Regulated Oil and Gas Operations

This document is published by the Texas Commission in Environmental Quality to provide information on requirements for regulated oil and gas operations in relation to air and water quality.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waste Management For Authorized Facilities: Responding To Hurricanes (open access)

Waste Management For Authorized Facilities: Responding To Hurricanes

Information sheet for pollutant producing facilities on what do about waste management after a hurricane.
Date: 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Critial Infrastructure Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
You're A Public Water System...Now What? (open access)

You're A Public Water System...Now What?

Guide to help public water system (PWS) owners and operators understand and comply with PWS rules and regulations.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conditional No-Exposure Exclusion from Stormwater Permit Requirements (open access)

Conditional No-Exposure Exclusion from Stormwater Permit Requirements

"This document is meant to help the operators of industrial facilities that are subject to TPEDS Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for stormwater discharges determine if they can qualify for the conditional no-exposure exclusion."
Date: October 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
2011 Emissions Inventory Guidelines (open access)

2011 Emissions Inventory Guidelines

Book discussing emission inventories, including the applicable government policies and laws, a guide to producing an emission inventory, and the types of sites which require emission inventories.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Air Quality Division.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants (open access)

Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants

TCEQ regulatory guide describing "Information and tools to help wastewater system operators and utility managers minimize bacteria in effluent" (p. 1).
Date: March 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing Small Public Water Systems: Introduction (open access)

Managing Small Public Water Systems: Introduction

Guide describing regulations for managing a small public water system.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History