Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 30. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
PART 1. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
CHAPTER 335. INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE |
SUBCHAPTER W. MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS |
SECTION 335.761. Prohibition of Sewering Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
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All healthcare facilities--including very small quantity generators operating under 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §262.14 as adopted under §335.53 of this title (relating to General Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste) in lieu of this subchapter--and reverse distributors are prohibited from discharging hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a sewer system that passes through to a publicly-owned treatment works. Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors remain subject to the prohibitions in 40 CFR §403.5(b)(1).
Source Note: The provisions of this §335.761 adopted to be effective February 3, 2022, 47 TexReg 318