Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 222 - SUBSURFACE AREA DRIP DISPERSAL SYSTEMS
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 222.3 - Applicability
Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 222.3
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) This chapter applies to any person who operates a wastewater dispersal system that:
(1) injects processed commercial, industrial, or municipal wastewater effluent into the ground at a depth of not more than 48 inches; and
(2) spreads the wastewater over the area so that the soil hydrologic absorption rate and crop/plant root absorption rate are not exceeded.
(b) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) wastewater disposal systems authorized under Chapter 285 of this title (relating to On-Site Sewage Facilities) and Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), Chapter 366;
(2) disposal systems for oil and gas waste, tar sands, sulfur, brine from desalination plants, and hazardous waste as defined by THSC, §361.003;
(3) drainfields, leaching chambers, or other gravity trench systems;
(4) subsurface drip irrigation systems that do not meet the definition of "Subsurface area drip dispersal systems," as defined in §
222.5 of this title (relating to Definitions); or
(5) systems regulated in §
331.8 of this title (relating to Prohibition of Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Wells and Large Capacity Cesspools).
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