88R26027 MP-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 4819
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of certain solid waste processing facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows:
Sec. 361.127. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SOLID
WASTE PROCESSING FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a
solid waste processing facility that salvages, separates,
dewaters, reclaims, or otherwise processes municipal sludge,
sewage, septage, grease trap waste, or grit trap waste.
(b) An owner or operator of a solid waste processing
facility must have the consent of and authorization from the owner
or operator of:
(1) the wastewater collection system that will receive
the treated wastewater produced by the processing facility; and
(2) any wastewater treatment facility that will
further treat the treated wastewater.
(c) The commission may not issue, amend, or renew a permit
under this chapter for a solid waste processing facility unless the
owner or operator of the processing facility demonstrates to the
commission's satisfaction that the owner or operator has complied
with Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Section 361.127(c), Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a solid waste processing facility
the owner or operator of which files an application with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality for the issuance, amendment, or
renewal of a permit on or after the effective date of this Act. A
solid waste processing facility the owner or operator of which
filed an application with the commission for the issuance,
amendment, or renewal of a permit before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.