Bill Text: TX HB304 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition of the land application of grease or grit trap waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-02 - Left pending in committee [HB304 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB304-Introduced.html
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| By: Morrison | H.B. No. 304 | |
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| relating to a prohibition of the land application of grease or grit | ||
| trap waste. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 361.121(a)(2), Health and Safety Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (2) "Land application unit" means an area where wastes | ||
| are applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface for | ||
| agricultural purposes or for treatment and disposal. The term does | ||
| not include manure spreading operations or placement of waste on a | ||
| liner registered or permitted by the commission. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1215 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 361.1215. LAND APPLICATION OF GRIT AND GREASE TRAP | ||
| WASTE PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Grease trap waste" means a material collected in | ||
| and from a grease interceptor in the sanitary sewer line of a | ||
| commercial, institutional, or industrial food service or | ||
| processing facility. The term includes the solids resulting from a | ||
| dewatering process. | ||
| (2) "Grit trap" means a unit or chamber that: | ||
| (A) allows the sedimentation of solids from an | ||
| influent liquid stream by reducing the flow velocity of the stream; | ||
| (B) has an inlet and outlet that are both located | ||
| at the same vertical level at or near the top of the unit or chamber; | ||
| (C) has an outlet that is connected to a sanitary | ||
| sewer system; and | ||
| (D) is not designed to separate oil and water. | ||
| (3) "Grit trap waste" means the waste collected in a | ||
| grit trap. The term includes waste from an interceptor placed in a | ||
| drain at maintenance and repair shops, automobile service stations, | ||
| car washes, laundries, and other similar facilities. | ||
| (b) The commission may not issue a permit, registration, or | ||
| other authorization for land application of grease trap waste or | ||
| grit trap waste. | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) the disposal of grease trap waste or grit trap | ||
| waste at a municipal solid waste Type I landfill permitted by the | ||
| commission; | ||
| (2) the processing of grease trap waste or grit trap | ||
| waste at a municipal solid waste Type V compost facility permitted | ||
| or registered by the commission; or | ||
| (3) land application of Grade 1 or Grade 2 compost | ||
| generated at a Type V compost facility permitted to compost grease | ||
| trap waste by the commission. | ||
| SECTION 3. A permit, registration, or other authorization | ||
| issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that allows | ||
| the land application of grease trap waste or grit trap waste expires | ||
| on the effective date of this Act. The remainder of a permit, | ||
| registration, or other authorization that contains items in | ||
| addition to an authorization allowing the land application of | ||
| grease trap waste or grit trap waste remains in effect to the extent | ||
| that it does not authorize the land application of grease trap waste | ||
| or grit trap waste. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
