The Analytical Method Modification Program-How to Apply (open access)

The Analytical Method Modification Program-How to Apply

This document describes how to apply to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Analytical Method Modification Program, in order to obtain approval to modify analytical reference methods used to generate data for regulatory purposes.
Date: October 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure of Waste-Management Units Subject to TRRP (open access)

Closure of Waste-Management Units Subject to TRRP

"This document expand upon the discussion of closure in TRRP Applicability and Grandfathering (TCEQ publication no. RG-366/TRRP-2), discussing its administrative and regulatory aspects, with emphasis on the categories of waste-management units that can be subject to the Texas Risk Reduction Program rule, 300 TAC 350, at time of closure. This document does not apply to underground or above-ground storage tanks regulated by 30 TAC 334."
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure of Wate-Management Units Subject to TRRP (open access)

Closure of Wate-Management Units Subject to TRRP

"This document expands upon the discussion of closure in TRRP Applicability and Grandfathering (TCEQ publication no. RG-366/TRRP-2), discussing its administrative and regulatory aspects, with emphasis on the categories of waste-management units that can be subject to the Texas Risk Reduction Program rule, 30 TAC 350, at time of closure."
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Feasibility of Regionalizing Water and Wastewater Utitlies: A TCEQ Policy Statement (open access)

The Feasibility of Regionalizing Water and Wastewater Utitlies: A TCEQ Policy Statement

This document states the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) policy for evaluating applications for new systems to determine whether regionalization - the consolidation of the operations, physical systems, or both of two or more existing proposed water or domestic wastewater systems - is a viable option for the proposed new system.
Date: January 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Innocent Owner/Operator Program Fee (open access)

Innocent Owner/Operator Program Fee

This document provides an overview of the Innocent Owner/Operator Program (IOP) fee, which covers the costs of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for oversight, review, and approval of site investigation reports.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Debris from Declared Disasters (open access)

Managing Debris from Declared Disasters

Guide describing regulations for managing different types of debris in declared disaster areas.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Outdoor Burning in Texas August 2007 (open access)

Outdoor Burning in Texas August 2007

A document helping to "interpret the revised Outdoor Burning Rule, Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Sections 111.201-221 for the general public, the regulated community, and responsible state and local officials."
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Outdoor Burning in Texas Revised August 2008 (open access)

Outdoor Burning in Texas Revised August 2008

A document helping to "interpret the revised Outdoor Burning Rule, Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Sections 111.201-221 for the general public, the regulated community, and responsible state and local officials."
Date: August 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screening Target COCs from PCL Development (open access)

Screening Target COCs from PCL Development

The purpose of this report to describe a step-wise process to determine if protective concentration levels need to be developed for target chemicals of concern.
Date: January 2019
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
The TCEQ Has Inspected Your Business: What does this mean to you? (open access)

The TCEQ Has Inspected Your Business: What does this mean to you?

Pamphlet detailing information regarding business inspections from the TCEQ including: how to contact the TCEQ, what to do to contest the investigator's findings, fines, hearings, etc.
Date: September 2005
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants (open access)

Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants

Guide describing regulations for...
Date: March 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Universal-Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps and Mercury-Containing Equipment in Texas (open access)

Universal-Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps and Mercury-Containing Equipment in Texas

This document is a guide for the annually-assessed TCEQ, the Universal-Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps and Mercury-Containing Equipment in Texas.
Date: September 2016
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
2015 Emissions Inventory Guidelines (open access)

2015 Emissions Inventory Guidelines

Report on 2015 Emission Inventory Guidelines, including a discussion of the regulations that apply to emission inventories, the emission inventory process, and how to complete an emission inventory.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Air Quality Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidelines for Vehicle Manufacturers under the TERP Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive (open access)

Guidelines for Vehicle Manufacturers under the TERP Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive

This is a guide to compliance requirements for motor vehicle manufacturers under an incentive program of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), called the Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive (LDPLI).
Date: January 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Air Quality Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Beneficiary Mitigation Plan for Texas (open access)

Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Beneficiary Mitigation Plan for Texas

Guide detailing the plan for Texas to receive and use the trust funds that Volkswagen is required to provide to various states as part of a court-ordered settlement.
Date: November 2018
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Air Quality Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Control Tests for Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facilities (open access)

Process Control Tests for Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Guide describing recommended process control tests which should be performed to effectively operate domestic wastewater treatment facilities.
Date: October 2002
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Compliance Support Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Debris from Declared Disasters (open access)

Managing Debris from Declared Disasters

This information is intended to increase understanding of environmental rules surrounding debris from declared disasters and reasonable courses of action to follow.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Critial Infrastructure Division.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Penalty Policy: Effective April 1, 2014 (open access)

Penalty Policy: Effective April 1, 2014

Guide describing regulations for penalties for being out of compliance with TCEQ rules effective April 1, 2014.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Enforcement Division. Office of Compliance and Enforcement.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Introduction (open access)

Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Introduction

Document describing regulations for managing small domestic wastewater systems.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part A, Asset Management (open access)

Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part A, Asset Management

Guide describing methods for asset management for small domestic wastewater systems.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part B, Sustainable Systems (open access)

Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part B, Sustainable Systems

Guide describing regulations and tips for running a sustainable small domestic wastewater system.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part C, Operations and Maintenance (open access)

Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part C, Operations and Maintenance

Guide describing regulations and tips for operating and maintaining small domestic wastewater systems.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part D, Compliance (open access)

Managing Small Domestic Wastewater Systems: Part D, Compliance

Guide describing regulations and tips for keeping small domestic wastewater systems in compliance.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History