Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 106 - PERMITS BY RULE
Subchapter X - WASTE PROCESSES AND REMEDIATION
Section 106.532 - Water and Wastewater Treatment
Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 106.532
Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024
Water and wastewater treatment units are permitted by rule, provided the following conditions of this section are met.
(1) The facility performs only the following functions:
(A) disinfection;
(B) softening;
(C) filtration;
(D) flocculation;
(E) stabilization;
(F) taste and odor control;
(G) clarification;
(H) carbonation;
(I) sedimentation;
(J) neutralization;
(K) chlorine removal;
(L) activated sludge treatment, anaerobic
treatment, and associated control of gases from these treatments;
(M) aerobic oxidation/biodegration using
oxygen or peroxide in the absence of nitrogen or other gas that would cause
stripping of volaltile organic compounds (VOC) from the water;
(N) stripping VOC, ammonia, or other air
contaminants from the water with air or other gas, provided the stripped gases
are controlled with an abatement system that meets the requirements of §
106.533(5)
of this title (relating to Water and Soil Remediation). For ammonia or hydrogen
chloride (HCl) or other acid gas emissions, abatement may include a water or
caustic scrubbing system as a means of complying with this section. Final
emissions of HCl resulting from combustion of chlorine or chlorine-containing
compounds shall not exceed 0.1 pounds per hour;
(O) liquid phase separation of VOC and water
in which:
(i) the sum of the partial
pressures of all species of VOC in any sample is less than 1.5 psia;
or
(ii) the separator is enclosed
and emissions are vented through an emission abatement system meeting the
requirements specified previously for stripped VOC and ammonia;
(2) Chlorine or sulfur dioxide (SO 2) shall be used only in containers approved by the United States Department of Transportation and emissions of chlorine or SO2 from treatment of water or decontamination of equipment at any water treatment plant shall not exceed ten tons per year.
(3) The following shall not be permitted by rule under this section:
(A)
gas stripping or aeration facilities where VOC or other air contaminants are
stripped from water directly to the atmosphere;
(B) disposal facilities using land surface
treatment;
(C) surface facilities
associated with injection wells;
(D) cooling towers in which VOC or other air
contaminants may be stripped to the atmosphere.
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