By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2070
(Morrison)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition of the land application of grease or grit
trap waste.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.121(a)(2), Health and Safety Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(2) "Land application unit" means an area where wastes
are applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface for
agricultural purposes or for treatment and disposal. The term does
not include manure spreading operations or placement of waste on a
liner registered or permitted by the commission.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1215 to read as follows:
Sec. 361.1215. LAND APPLICATION OF GRIT AND GREASE TRAP
WASTE PROHIBITED. (a) In this section:
(1) "Grease trap waste" means a material collected in
and from a grease interceptor in the sanitary sewer line of a
commercial, institutional, or industrial food service or
processing facility. The term includes the solids resulting from a
dewatering process.
(2) "Grit trap" means a unit or chamber that:
(A) allows the sedimentation of solids from an
influent liquid stream by reducing the flow velocity of the stream;
(B) has an inlet and outlet that are both located
at the same vertical level at or near the top of the unit or chamber;
(C) has an outlet that is connected to a sanitary
sewer system; and
(D) is not designed to separate oil and water.
(3) "Grit trap waste" means the waste collected in a
grit trap. The term includes waste from an interceptor placed in a
drain at maintenance and repair shops, automobile service stations,
car washes, laundries, and other similar facilities.
(b) The commission may not issue a permit, registration, or
other authorization for land application of grease trap waste or
grit trap waste, including processed grease trap waste or grit trap
waste, or sewer sludge mixed with grease trap waste or grit trap
waste.
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) the disposal of grease trap waste or grit trap
waste at a municipal solid waste Type I landfill permitted by the
commission;
(2) the processing of grease trap waste or grit trap
waste at a municipal solid waste Type V compost facility permitted
or registered by the commission; or
(3) land application of Grade 1 or Grade 2 compost
generated at a Type V compost facility permitted to compost grease
trap waste by the commission.
SECTION 3. A permit, registration, or other authorization
issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that allows
the land application of grease trap waste or grit trap waste expires
on the effective date of this Act. The remainder of a permit,
registration, or other authorization that contains items in
addition to an authorization allowing the land application of
grease trap waste or grit trap waste remains in effect to the extent
that it does not authorize the land application of grease trap waste
or grit trap waste.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.