Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 305 - CONSOLIDATED PERMITS
Subchapter K - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PERMITS
Section 305.191 - Applicability and Scope
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
The commission may issue a research, development, and demonstration permit for any hazardous waste treatment facility which proposes to utilize an innovative and experimental hazardous waste treatment technology or process for which permit standards for such experimental activity have not been promulgated under 40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 264 or 266. Any such permit shall include such terms and conditions as will assure protection of human health or safety and the environment. Such permits:
(1) shall provide for the construction of such facilities as necessary, and for operation of the facility for not longer than one year unless renewed as provided in § 305.194 of this title (relating to Renewal);
(2) shall provide for the receipt and treatment by the facility of only those types and quantities of hazardous waste which the commission deems necessary for purposes of determining the efficacy and performance capabilities of the technology or process and the effects of such technology or process on human health and safety and the environment; and
(3) shall include such requirements as the commission deems necessary to protect human health and safety and the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements regarding monitoring, operation, financial responsibility closure, and remedial action, and such other requirements as the commission deems necessary regarding testing with respect to the operation of the facility and providing of information to the executive director.
