SECTION 312.130. Storage of Water Treatment Residuals

(a) Written authorization from the executive director is required to store water treatment residuals prior to disposal or land application.

(b) The storage area must be operated and maintained to prevent surface water runoff and to prevent a release to groundwater.

(c) Except as authorized by subsection (d) of this section, storage of water treatment residuals must not exceed two years.

(d) Storage may be increased to a period of up to five years with prior approval from the executive director and when the person who stores the water treatment residuals demonstrates that the land on which the water treatment residuals remain is not an active disposal unit. The demonstration shall include the following information, which shall be reviewed and approved by the executive director and retained by the person who stores the water treatment residuals for the period that the water treatment residuals remain on the land:

(1) the name and address of the person who prepared the water treatment residuals;

(2) the name and address of the person who either owns the land or leases the land;

(3) the location of the land, by latitude and longitude, street address if available, and boundary shown on a 7 1/2-minute quadrangle United States Geological Survey map;

(4) an explanation of why water treatment residuals need to be stored for longer than two years; and

(5) the date by which the water treatment residuals will be used or disposed of. This date must correspond to a storage period of less than five years.

Source Note: The provisions of this §312.130 adopted to be effective April 23, 2020, 45 TexReg 2542