11-Waste Acceptance and Analysis.pdf
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- Harris County, Texas
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This is an operational standards document from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) outlining waste acceptance and analysis requirements for municipal solid waste storage and processing units under Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 330. The document establishes mandatory procedures for facility owners and operators to identify waste sources and characteristics, including residential, commercial, industrial, and special wastes, while prohibiting the receipt of regulated hazardous waste unless specifically authorized. Operators must establish parameter limitations for waste constituents such as pH, fats, oils, grease concentrations, total suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, and metal concentrations. The facility must document daily waste receipt quantities, maximum storage amounts, storage duration, processing times, and the intended destination of solids and liquids generated by operations. For facilities engaged in solid waste processing and experimental activities, a sampling and analysis plan is required that specifies sampling methods, frequency, and testing protocols in compliance with EPA-approved methodologies.
The operational standards mandate that waste processing facilities establish comprehensive monitoring and record-keeping procedures maintained for a minimum of three years. At minimum, analyses for received wastes must include testing for benzene, lead, and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), with additional requirements for grit trap wastes to include annual testing for biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids. Sludges disposed of at municipal solid waste landfills require annual analysis for benzene, lead, and TPH, while facility effluent must be analyzed annually for TPH, fats, oils and grease, and pH. All sampling and analysis must comply with EPA-approved methods, and facilities must maintain complete records of each analysis on-site for minimum three-year retention periods to ensure compliance with environmental quality standards.
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TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE: As in effect on 2/18/2026.
TITLE 30. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 330. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
SUBCHAPTER E. OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
STORAGE AND PROCESSING UNITS
§330.203. Waste Acceptance and Analysis.
(a) The owner or operator shall identify the sources and characteristics of wastes
(e.g., residential, commercial, grease trap, grit trap, sludges, septage, special wastes, Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 industrial solid wastes, compost feedstocks) proposed to be received for storage or processing. Municipal solid waste facilities may not receive regulated hazardous waste, unless authorized in accordance with
Chapter 335 of this title (relating to Industrial Solid Waste and Municipal Hazardous
Waste). If a waste constituent or characteristic could be a limiting parameter that may impact or influence the design and operation of the facility, the owner or operator shall specify parameter limitations of each type of waste to be managed by the facility that may include constituent concentrations and characteristics such as pH, fats, oil and grease concentrations, total suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, organic and metal constituent concentrations, water content, or other constituents.
(b) The owner or operator shall determine types and an estimate of the amount of each waste to be received daily; the maximum amount of waste to be stored at any one point in time; the maximum and average lengths of time that waste is to remain at the facility; the maximum and average waste processing times; and the intended destination of the solids and liquids generated by a facility. If applicable, a narrative must be included that describes how 10% of the incoming waste will be recovered and its intended use.
(c) For solid waste processing and experimental facilities, the following requirements apply.
(1) The owner or operator shall establish the method of sampling and analysis for the effluent discharged to a trap, interceptor, or treatment facility permitted under
Texas Water Code, Chapter 26. At a minimum, the method of sampling, the frequency of sampling, and the tests to be made shall be part of the sampling and analysis plan. All sampling and analysis shall be done according to approved
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) methods. Records shall be maintained for a three-year period.
(2) At a minimum, analyses for wastes received shall be made for benzene, lead, and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). Grit trap wastes must be analyzed annually for biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, benzene, TPH, and lead. Sludges that are disposed of at a municipal solid waste landfill must be analyzed annually for benzene, lead, and TPH. At a minimum, effluent from the facility must be analyzed annually for TPH, fats, oil and grease, and pH. Records of each analysis shall be maintained at the facility for a minimum of three years. All sampling and analysis shall be done according to EPA-approved methods.
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