Purchase of Facilities by a District (open access)

Purchase of Facilities by a District

This document discusses when a TCEQ pre-purchase inspection is required, and the type of documentation that is required before a district purchases a facility from, or reimburses, a developer; an investor-owned utility; or a water supply corporation.
Date: April 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backflow Protection on Water-Based Fire Protection Systems (open access)

Backflow Protection on Water-Based Fire Protection Systems

This publication provides information and guidelines on backflow protection for water-based fire protection systems.
Date: October 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting for LPST Sites (open access)

Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting for LPST Sites

This document contains guidelines for registered corrective action specialists and licensed corrective action project managers on groundwater monitoring and reporting for for leaking petroleum storage tank (LPST) sites in Texas.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council Fee (open access)

On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council Fee

This document provides information on the on-site wastewater treatment research council fee charged to all property owners in Texas who apply for a permit to construct on-site sewage facilities for treatment and disposal of wastewater, as assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Date: September 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Financial Administration Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Control of Mosquitoes: Texas Requirements (open access)

Emergency Control of Mosquitoes: Texas Requirements

Document explaining the regulations governing emergency mosquito control in Texas. It includes common questions from local governments about the emergency application of pesticides to control health risks and instructions on how to comply with the Pesticides General Permit TXG870000.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tiered Development of Human Health PCLs (open access)

Tiered Development of Human Health PCLs

"This guidance document discusses and illustrates the process of establishing Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) in accordance with the various tiers set forth in §350.75 of the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) rule" (p. 1).
Date: April 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
TRRP Applicability and Grandfathering (open access)

TRRP Applicability and Grandfathering

This document will help the user determine whether the Texas Risk Reduction Plan (TRRP) applies to a situation by describing applicability requirements of various regulatory programs, exclusions, and grandfathering possibilities.
Date: January 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Fee (open access)

Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Fee

This document provides an overview of the Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Fee assessment procedures.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Financial Administration Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Most Frequently Needed Records for Wastewater Investigations (open access)

Most Frequently Needed Records for Wastewater Investigations

The purpose of this regulatory guidance document is to provide owners and operators of wastewater treatment plants with a list of records typically needed during a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality wastewater investigation.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Field Operations Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Facility Fee (open access)

Facility Fee

This document provides information on the annual facility fee assessed to facilities that either hold a Class 1 industrial solid waste or hazardous waste permit, or operate Class 1 industrial solid waste or hazardous waste management units subject to permit the authorization as of September 1.
Date: September 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Financial Administration Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants -- TO BE REPLACED WITH MAY REVISION (open access)

Troubleshooting Bacteria Levels at Wastewater Treatment Plants -- TO BE REPLACED WITH MAY REVISION

"This document contains information and tools to help wastewater system operators and utility managers with minimizing bacteria in effluent" (p. 1).
Date: May 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groundwater Classification (open access)

Groundwater Classification

This document provides recommended procedures for classifying groundwater and documenting the classification under the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP).
Date: March 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Small Public Water Systems: Part D, Compliance (open access)

Managing Small Public Water Systems: Part D, Compliance

Part D of 'Managing Small Public Water Systems' is designed to help you become familiar with the rules for the investigation and enforcement process, and the violations that can lead to fines and enforcement.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
TRRP Compatibility with RCRA (open access)

TRRP Compatibility with RCRA

This document explains the interface of the Texas Risk Reduction Plan (TRRP) rule and with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as it relates to the closure of a hazardous waste management unit.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Drinking Water Systems: Responding to a Disaster (open access)

Public Drinking Water Systems: Responding to a Disaster

This information will help you understand relevant environmental rules and decide on a reasonable course of action to follow when responding to damage from a hurricane, flood, tornado, fire, or other disaster.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rules Protecting the Edwards Aquifer Recharge, Contributing, and Transition Zones (open access)

Rules Protecting the Edwards Aquifer Recharge, Contributing, and Transition Zones

This regulatory guidance pamphlet provides general information about the Edwards Aquifer rules and is not intended to be a substitute for the official Edwards Aquifer rules.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Field Operations Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transporting Waste in Texas--A Guide to Regulations (open access)

Transporting Waste in Texas--A Guide to Regulations

Whether you transport waste in Texas or hire a waste transporter, this publication will help you decide if the waste to be hauled is regulated, who regulates it, how to contact that agency, and what the important requirements are for many of the wastes.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Registration Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Common Questions on Empty Waste Containers (open access)

Common Questions on Empty Waste Containers

Frequently asked questions regarding empty waste containers- definitions, associated laws, and TCEQ regulations.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handling and Disposal of Carcasses from Poultry Operations (open access)

Handling and Disposal of Carcasses from Poultry Operations

Document outlining the proper practices for disposal of poultry carcasses for poultry operations to prevent water quality damage or the spread of disease and the regulations that govern disposal of poultry carcasses.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Permits Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beneficial Land Use and Surface Disposal Fees (open access)

Beneficial Land Use and Surface Disposal Fees

This document provides information on the annual fee assessed by the Sludge Team of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality based on the amount of Class B sewage sludge, domestic septage, and/or water treatment sludge that is applied to land for beneficial use ("land-applied") or disposed of on the surface ("surface-disposed").
Date: September 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Financial Administration Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Affected Property Assessment Requirements under TRRP (open access)

Affected Property Assessment Requirements under TRRP

This document outlines the requirements for defining the three-dimensional extent of the affected property and protective concentration level exceedance zone pursuant to the Texas Risk Reduction Plan (TRRP).
Date: May 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison of 30 TAC 335 and 30 TAC 350: Points to Consider in Making the Shift (open access)

Comparison of 30 TAC 335 and 30 TAC 350: Points to Consider in Making the Shift

This guidance document summarizes the primary differences between the Risk Reduction Rule and the Texas Risk Reduction Plan (TRRP) Rule.
Date: October 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
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 discusses some common TCEQ environmental requirements that apply to upstream oil and gas (O&G) operations.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors for Waste Handlers (open access)

Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors for Waste Handlers

Document explaining three methods by which a waste handler may determine the weight of a waste, other than weighing its entire volume.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History