SECTION 222.3. Applicability

(a) This chapter applies to any person who operates a wastewater dispersal system that:

(1) injects processed commercial, industrial, or municipal wastewater effluent into the ground at a depth of not more than 48 inches; and

(2) spreads the wastewater over the area so that the soil hydrologic absorption rate and crop/plant root absorption rate are not exceeded.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) wastewater disposal systems authorized under Chapter 285 of this title (relating to On-Site Sewage Facilities) and Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), Chapter 366;

(2) disposal systems for oil and gas waste, tar sands, sulfur, brine from desalination plants, and hazardous waste as defined by THSC, §361.003;

(3) drainfields, leaching chambers, or other gravity trench systems;

(4) subsurface drip irrigation systems that do not meet the definition of "Subsurface area drip dispersal systems," as defined in §222.5 of this title (relating to Definitions); or

(5) systems regulated in §331.8 of this title (relating to Prohibition of Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Wells and Large Capacity Cesspools).

Source Note: The provisions of this §222.3 adopted to be effective July 5, 2006, 31 TexReg 5308; amended to be effective January 9, 2020, 45 TexReg 363