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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In this subchapter:
(1) “Captured facility” means a manufacturing or production facility which generates an industrial solid waste or hazardous waste which is routinely stored, processed, or disposed, on a shared basis, in an integrated waste management unit owned and operated by and located within a contiguous manufacturing facility.
(2) “Commercial waste storage, processing, or disposal facility” includes any facility that accepts an industrial solid waste or a hazardous waste for storage, processing, including incineration, or disposal for a charge.
(3) “Dry weight” means the weight of constituents other than water.
(4) “Generator” means a person whose act or process produces industrial solid waste or hazardous waste or whose act first causes an industrial solid waste or a hazardous waste to be regulated by the commission.
(5) “Hazardous waste” means solid waste not otherwise exempt that is identified or listed as hazardous waste by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.).
(6) “Land disposal” does not include the normal application of agricultural chemicals or fertilizers.
(7) “Land disposal facility” includes:
(A) a landfill;
(B) a surface impoundment, excluding an impoundment treating or storing waste that is disposed of under Chapter 26 or 27, Water Code;
(C) a waste pile;
(D) a facility at which land treatment, land farming, or a land application process is used; and
(E) an injection well.
(8) “Noncommercial waste storage, processing, or disposal facility” includes any facility that accepts an industrial solid waste or a hazardous waste for storage, processing, including incineration, or disposal for no charge or that stores, processes, or disposes of waste generated on site.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 361.131. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/health-and-safety-code/health-safety-sect-361-131/
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