Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2070
2		-	(Morrison)
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to a prohibition of the land application of grease or grit
8	7		trap waste.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 361.121(a)(2), Health and Safety Code,
11	10		is amended to read as follows:
12	11		(2) "Land application unit" means an area where wastes
13	12		are applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface for
14	13		agricultural purposes or for treatment and disposal. The term does
15	14		not include manure spreading operations or placement of waste on a
16	15		liner registered or permitted by the commission.
17	16		SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
18	17		Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1215 to read as follows:
19	18		Sec. 361.1215. LAND APPLICATION OF GRIT AND GREASE TRAP
20	19		WASTE PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
21	20		(1) "Grease trap waste" means a material collected in
22	21		and from a grease interceptor in the sanitary sewer line of a
23	22		commercial, institutional, or industrial food service or
24	23		processing facility. The term includes the solids resulting from a
25	24		dewatering process.
26	25		(2) "Grit trap" means a unit or chamber that:
27	26		(A) allows the sedimentation of solids from an
28	27		influent liquid stream by reducing the flow velocity of the stream;
29	28		(B) has an inlet and outlet that are both located
30	29		at the same vertical level at or near the top of the unit or chamber;
31	30		(C) has an outlet that is connected to a sanitary
32	31		sewer system; and
33	32		(D) is not designed to separate oil and water.
34	33		(3) "Grit trap waste" means the waste collected in a
35	34		grit trap. The term includes waste from an interceptor placed in a
36	35		drain at maintenance and repair shops, automobile service stations,
37	36		car washes, laundries, and other similar facilities.
38	37		(b) The commission may not issue a permit, registration, or
39	38		other authorization for land application of grease trap waste or
40	39		grit trap waste, including processed grease trap waste or grit trap
41	40		waste, or sewer sludge mixed with grease trap waste or grit trap
42	41		waste.
43	42		(c) This section does not apply to:
44	43		(1) the disposal of grease trap waste or grit trap
45	44		waste at a municipal solid waste Type I landfill permitted by the
46	45		commission;
47	46		(2) the processing of grease trap waste or grit trap
48	47		waste at a municipal solid waste Type V compost facility permitted
49	48		or registered by the commission; or
50	49		(3) land application of Grade 1 or Grade 2 compost
51	50		generated at a Type V compost facility permitted to compost grease
52	51		trap waste by the commission.
53	52		SECTION 3. A permit, registration, or other authorization
54	53		issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that allows
55	54		the land application of grease trap waste or grit trap waste expires
56	55		on the effective date of this Act. The remainder of a permit,
57	56		registration, or other authorization that contains items in
58	57		addition to an authorization allowing the land application of
59	58		grease trap waste or grit trap waste remains in effect to the extent
60	59		that it does not authorize the land application of grease trap waste
61	60		or grit trap waste.
62	61		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
63	62		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
64	63		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
65	64		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
66	65		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.