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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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disinfectant Residual Reporting for Public Water Systems (open access)

Disinfectant Residual Reporting for Public Water Systems

This guide is intended for public water systems (PWSs) that use only purchased water or groundwater; it explains how to comply how with the Texas requirements for monitoring, maintaining, and reporting disinfectant levels.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
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.
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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Used Oil Recycling Handbook: Guidance for Used Oil Handlers (open access)

The Used Oil Recycling Handbook: Guidance for Used Oil Handlers

Document discussing responsible handling and disposal of used oil. Index starts on page 47.
Date: November 2005
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Remediation Support Division.
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.
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.
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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toxicity Factors and Chemical/Physical Parameters (open access)

Toxicity Factors and Chemical/Physical Parameters

This guidance document addresses how changes in human toxicity factors will be handled, establishes a schedule for updating the human toxicity factors table, and describes the procedure for requesting toxicity factors and chemical/physical parameters for chemicals of concern (COC) not listed on the Tier 1 Protective Concentration Limit tables.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disposal of Special Wastes Associated with the Development of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (open access)

Disposal of Special Wastes Associated with the Development of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources

Recommendations for the management of special wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or geothermal resources that are regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas and that are being disposed of in landfills permitted by the Municipal Solid Waste Permits Section of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Date: September 2006
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Waste Permits Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permanently Removing Petroleum Storage Tanks from Service (open access)

Permanently Removing Petroleum Storage Tanks from Service

Document explaining laws and regulations relating to removing underground storage tanks and an aid in minimizing potential risks.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Facts FY 2009 (open access)

Bridge Facts FY 2009

Fact sheet providing statistics about bridges in the state of Texas as of FY 2009.
Date: 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Camino Real de los Tejas: National Historic Trail (open access)

El Camino Real de los Tejas: National Historic Trail

This publication is over the historical El Camino Real de los Tejas (royal road). The publication provides the some historical information of the road and locations along its route. It provides maps showing the routes through Texas, pictures from sites, and period artwork. There is an index at the end of the publication with the contact information of all the states sites associated with the road.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toll Road Finance (open access)

Toll Road Finance

Pamphlet answering basic questions about toll roads and toll revenue bonds with included vocabulary definitions of common terms.
Date: 2005
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Facts (FY 2008) (open access)

Bridge Facts (FY 2008)

Fact sheet providing statistics about bridges in the state of Texas as of FY 2008.
Date: 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Los Derechos, Remedios Legales y las Responsabilidades de los Contribuyentes de Impuestos (open access)

Los Derechos, Remedios Legales y las Responsabilidades de los Contribuyentes de Impuestos

A pamphlet detailing the rights, responsibilities, and the legal remedies of property tax payers in Texas.
Date: February 2008
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treasures of the Tran-Pecos: Backyard Hummingbird Survey 2008 (open access)

Treasures of the Tran-Pecos: Backyard Hummingbird Survey 2008

This is a pamphlet published by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Hummingbirds in the Trans-Pecos region.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Pirámide de Actividades Para Niños (open access)

La Pirámide de Actividades Para Niños

Spanish language information sheet about children's need for different activities made into a food pyramid style chart.
Date: 2004
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Special Medicaid Bulletin: Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services (open access)

Special Medicaid Bulletin: Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

This is a pamphlet published by the American Medical Association. The pamphlet provides information to Texan on Medicaid and patient behavioral health.
Date: 2008
Creator: American Medical Informatics Association
System: The Portal to Texas History