Marked Agenda
Commissioners' Work Session (Open meeting)
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
9:30 a.m.
Room 201S, Building E
12100 Park 35 Circle
Option 1: Require registration and conduct a technical review of the pre-injection facilities under TWC Chapter 27; or
Option 2: Require owners/operators of pre-injection facilities associated with UIC to obtain a general operating permit under TWC Chapter 26; or
Option 3: Permit pre-injection facilities under TWC Chapter 27; or
Option 4: Do not require registration or technical review of design criteria or permit pre-injection facilities under TWC Chapters 26 or 27.
The Commissioners acknowledged that in view of ongoing rule making within the affected chapter, staff could not propose amendment to that chapter until the current rule making was adopted. As an interim measure, the Commissioners directed staff to follow a policy that would require pre-injection facilities that treat or condition the wastes and are associated with the injection well itself, be either part of a permit or subject to a registration. In addition, whatever information needed to evaluate the adequacy of those facilities needs to be provided through the registration process. The applicant should also be aware that if sufficient design information is not included with the registration, it will be asked for.
Option 2: New and expanding CAFO operations would be authorized only through individual permit with a NUP approved by the Commission and operator removal of 100% collectible manure to a registered composting facility or out of the watershed. Existing waste application fields would only be authorized for wastewater application; or
The Commissioners' approved Option 2 except instead of 100% removal of all collectable manure from the operation, the permit would require the removal of the amount of increased manure from the expansion, as well as enough additional manure to offset the increased amount of wastewater that will be the result of the expansion. This direction will apply to the applications currently pending and future submissions.