TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair Austin Convention Center May 6, 2015 Bob Patton, Jr., Manager Waste Permits Division Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits.

TCEQ Environmental Trade FairAustin Convention Center

May 6, 2015

Bob Patton, Jr., ManagerWaste Permits Division

Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section Overview

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Brent Wade

Deputy Director

PERMITTING & REGISTRATION SUPPORT

DIVISION

Jaya Zyman, P.E., Director

REGISTRATION & REPORTING SECTION

Don Kennedy, Manager

OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING SECTION

Russ Gardner, Manager

REMEDIATION DIVISION

Beth Seaton, Director

SUPERFUND SECTION

Monica Harris, Manager

VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM/CORRECTIVE

ACTION SECTION

Anna Brulloths, Manager

PETROLEUM STORAGES TANK/DRY CLEANER

REMEDIATION SECTIONS

Ken Davis, P.G., Manager

DIVISION SUPPORT SECTION

Suzanne Vargas, Manager

WASTE PERMITS DIVISION

Earl Lott, Director

INDUSTRIAL & HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS SECTION

Bob Patton, Manager

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PERMITS

SECTION

Chance Goodin, Manager

BUSINESS & PROGRAM SERVICES SECTION

Brandy Brooks, Manager

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS DIVISION

Charles Maguire, Director

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSING

SECTION

Bobby Janecka, Manager

UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL

PERMITS SECTION

Lorrie Council, P.G., Manager

URANIUM SECTION

Monica Sullivan, Acting Manager

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Waste Permits Division

Earl Lott

Director

INDUSTRIAL & HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS SECTION

Bob Patton, Jr., Manager

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PERMITS SECTION

Chance Goodin, Manager

BUSINESS & PROGRAM SERVICES SECTION

Brandy Brooks, Manager

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Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section

Bob Patton, Jr.

Section Manager

INDUSTRIAL & HAZARDOUS WASTE

PERMITS SECTION TEAM 1

Will Wyman, Team Leader

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GROUP

Scott Green, Work Leader

INDUSTRIAL & HAZARDOUS WASTE

PERMITS SECTION TEAM 2

Vacant, Team Leader

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Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section

• Permits: 180 • 52 Commercial• 128 Non-Commercial

• Post-Closure Orders: 6• Notifications, permit reports, etc.

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Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permitted Facilities & TCEQ Regions

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Permitted Units by Type

Boiler/

In-dus-trial Fur-

naces4.3%

Con-taine

r Storage Ar-eas23.1

%

Containment Buildings0.9%

In-cin-era-tors1.3%

Land-fills

2.2%

Land Treatment Units0.2%

Mis-cel-la-

neous

Units6.0%

Sur-face Im-

poundmen

ts2.8%

Tanks59.2%

Waste

Piles0.1%

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Permitted Hazardous Waste Combustion Units

23 sites have 56 combustion units

• 13 Incinerators

• 34 Liquid-Fired Boilers

• 8 Halogen Acid Furnaces

• 1 Sulfuric Acid Furnace

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FY 2014 Document Reviews

112 Major & Minor applications:• 2 New• 20 Renewal• 5 Class 3• 28 Class 2• 25 Class 1 ED• 32 Class 1

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FY 2014 Reports

• 376 total reports• Combustion Completions: 10

(including plans and results)

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Technical Analysis Group

• 410 audits

• 281 special waste authorizations

• 1 variance - GCMC

• 88 recycling activity notifications

• 16 DSW exclusions

• 30 QA/QC data sets reviewed

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Developing Improvements

• Deficiency study

• Standardized notice of deficiency (NOD) letter

• Guidance and instructional tools in progress (e.g. videos)

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Developing Improvements Cont.

• Application form improvements

• Electronic checklist

• Communication tools

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EPA Coal Combustion Residual Waste Rule

• Federal Rule published in Federal Register April 17, 2015

• States not required to adopt but facilities are required to comply with federal standards

• Congressional legislation introduced advancing HR 1734 (Improving CCR Regulation Act of 2015)

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EPA Definition of Solid Waste

• Revised federal rule will become effective July 13, 2015• Adds new definitions and exclusions• Improves existing definitions and criteria• Minimal impact to existing exclusions

• State will begin adoption process summer 2015

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Solvent Contaminated Wipes

Rule effective January 9, 2015 :• Reusable wipes excluded from

definition of solid waste • Disposable wipes excluded from

definition of hazard waste

(§30 TAC §§335.1(140)(A)(iv) & §335.29 and §335.504)

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How to Contact Us

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section

P. O. Box 13087 MC-130

Austin, TX 78711-3087

Phone: 512-239-2335

Fax: 512-239-2007

E-Mail: [email protected]

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Questions

Bob Patton, Jr.

Industrial & Hazardous Waste

Waste Permits Division

(512) 239-2277

[email protected]