Bill Text: TX HB3930 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition of the land application of grease trap waste or grit trap waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3930 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3930-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition of the land application of grease trap waste or grit trap waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3930 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3930-Introduced.html
By: Morrison | H.B. No. 3930 |
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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 September 1, 2017. |