Exemptions for Transporters of Hazardous or Industrial Waste
- Less Than 90 Days Storage
- Emergency-Response Cleanup
- Municipal and Solid Waste Management Facilities That Also Manage Hazardous Waste from a CESQG
- Transfer Facilities
- Certain Solid-Waste Disposal Facilities
Less than 90 Days Storage
See Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Section
335.69(a)(1) 
A permit is not required for the storage or processing of
hazardous waste generated on-site if the waste is stored in tanks,
in containers, in containment buildings, or on drip pads, provided
that storage is for less than 90 days, and that the unit meets the
requirements of 30 TAC 335.69.
A storage period of 180 days is allowed without a permit for a
small-quantity generator as defined in 30 TAC 335.2. Where a small-quantity generator must
transport his or her waste more than 200 miles for disposal, a
270-day storage period is allowed without a permit.
The TCEQ may grant a one-time 30-day extension to store hazardous waste without a permit beyond the allowed accumulation time. Such extensions are granted on a case by case basis if hazardous wastes must remain on-site due to unforeseen, temporary, and uncontrollable circumstances.
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Emergency Response Cleanup
See 30 TAC 335.41(d)(2)
A permit is not required for treatment or containment activities during the immediate response to a discharge of a hazardous waste, an imminent and substantial threat of a discharge of hazardous waste, or a discharge of a material that, when discharged, becomes a hazardous waste.
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Municipal Solid Waste Management Facilities That Also Manage Hazardous Waste from a CESQG
See 30 TAC 335.41(e)(2)
A hazardous waste permit is not required for the owner or
operator of a facility permitted, licensed, or registered by the
state to manage municipal or industrial solid waste, if the only
hazardous waste the facility treats, stores, or disposes of is
excluded from regulation under Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section
261.5, Special requirements for hazardous
waste generated by conditionally exempt small quantity
generators.
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Transfer Facilities
See 30 TAC 335.94
A permit is not required for the storage of manifested shipments
of hazardous waste in containers meeting the requirements of 40 CFR 262.30 (packaging requirements), provided storage
is for 10 days or less at a transfer facility that is properly
registered with the TCEQ.
Note: A transfer facility is not a satellite
storage facility. It is only a legitimate transfer facility if it
is used for temporary storage of waste which is in transit. This
exemption also applies to nonhazardous waste as stated in 30 TAC 335.2(d)(5).
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Certain Solid Waste Disposal Facilities
See 30 TAC 335.41(e)(2)
A hazardous waste permit is not required for disposal facilities that handle waste exclusively from conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
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