Dry Cleaning Drop Stations and Facilities: Am I Regulated?

• State law (30 Texas Administrative Code 337.10) requires all dry cleaning facilities and drop stations to register with TCEQ.
• Find registered dry cleaner facilities and drop stations.
• Distributors of dry cleaning solvents must collect fees on the sale of dry cleaning solvents at certain facilities. 
• When completing the forms listed on this page, you must follow the TCEQ Data Standards.

Registration and Renewal for Facilities and Drop Stations

Dry cleaning facilities and drop stations must renew their registration by August 1st of each year. TCEQ will bill the registration fees after we receive the registration or renewal.

• Submit the Dry Cleaning Facility Registration Form (TCEQ-20092) for each Dry Cleaning Facility you need to register or renew. (Instructions for Form 20092)
• Submit the Dry Cleaning Drop Station Registration Form (TCEQ-20207) for each Dry Cleaning Drop Station you need to register or renew. (Instructions for Form 20207)

Submit forms via:

• Email to dcreg@tceq.texas.gov
• Fax to 512-239-3398 or 512-239-3399
• Postal mail to:
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  Dry Cleaner Registration Team (MC-138)
  P.O. Box 13087
  Austin, TX 78711-3087

We will send you a registration certificate for each facility or drop station after we process the registration or renewal and receive payment for any outstanding fees. Each facility must publicly display their registration certificate.

Registration for Property Owners

House Bill 3220, passed on June 15, 2007, addresses property owner participation in the Dry Cleaner Remediation Fund. The fund provides money for remediation activities associated with dry cleaners. HB 3220 also prohibits the use of perchloroethylene at sites that have used remediation funds.

• Dry Cleaner property owners must register if they currently participate in the Dry Cleaner Remediation Program.
• Dry cleaner property owners who do not currently participate in the Dry Cleaner Remediation Program should register only if they intend, either now or in the future, to apply for Dry Cleaning Facility Release Fund benefits.
• If you register as the owner of a dry cleaning facility or drop station and you also own the property where the dry cleaning site is located, you do not need to register as a property owner to receive fund benefits.

Dry Cleaner Rules and Legislation

• Rules: Title 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 337
• Health and Safety Code, Title 5, Subtitle B, Chapter 374, Dry Cleaner Environmental Response
• Water Code, Title 2 Water Administration, Chapter 7, Subchapter C, §7.0525
• House Bill 3220, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007
• House Bill 2376, 79th Texas Legislature, 2005
• Senate Bill 444, 79th Texas Legislature, 2005
• House Bill 1366, 78th Texas Legislature, 2003

Contact Us

If you have questions about the Dry Cleaner Registration Program, contact us in one of the following ways:

• E-mail: dcreg@tceq.texas.gov
• Phone: 512-239-2160
• Fax: 512-239-3399 or 512-239-3398
• Postal mail:
  Dry Cleaner Registration Program, MC-138
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  PO Box 13087
  Austin TX  78711-3087