Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 321 - CONTROL OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY RULE
Subchapter A - BOAT SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Section 321.3 - Discharge Prohibited

Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 321.3

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) The discharge of sewage which has not been treated in accordance with federal standards specified in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 140 is prohibited into any surface water in the state.

(b) No person may discharge sewage, treated or untreated, from a boat into:

(1) any inland freshwater lake, freshwater reservoir, or other freshwater impoundment whose inlets or outlets are as such to prevent the entry or exit of vessel traffic;

(2) any river not capable of navigation by interstate vessel traffic; or

(3) Clear Lake or any other state designated and federally recognized no discharge zone.

(c) With the exception of those waterbodies identified in subsection (b) of this section, a person may discharge sewage that has been treated in accordance with federal standards specified in 40 CFR Part 140 from a boat into the following areas:

(1) coastal waters that begin from any shore of the state moving seaward to a point three nautical miles into the Gulf of Mexico; and

(2) any river that is accessible from the Gulf of Mexico starting from the mouth of the river moving inland up to the point where navigation by the boat is no longer capable.

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