Industrial and Hazardous Waste Registration and Reporting Overview
Explains the role of TCEQ staff in the Industrial and Hazardous Waste Registration and Reporting Program. Links to relevant guidance documents.
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TCEQ enters information submitted by industrial and hazardous waste transporters, receivers, and generators into a database that tracks industrial and hazardous waste generation and management activities within the state.
We also convey the data to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Resource Conservation Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo). RCRAInfo is an EPA database designed to track hazardous waste inspections, violations, enforcement actions, permit assignments, and EPA identification numbers.
TCEQ coordinates and manages information obtained through the monthly waste receipt summary (MWRS) and the annual waste summary report (AWS) in order to compile the biennial report to the EPA. The biennial report is based on annual waste summary information from large quantity generators and monthly waste receipt summary information from treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
Staff frequently update and clarify notification and reporting forms to help ensure that TCEQ collects information required by EPA, that our customers understand the requirements, and that we are not regulating companies or facilities not covered by TCEQ rules.
For additional guidance, we offer the following publications:
- Do You Need Industrial or Hazardous Waste Registration Numbers? (RG-222)
- Industrial and Hazardous Waste: Rules and Regulations for Small-Quantity Generators (RG-234)
- Classification & Coding of Industrial & Hazardous Waste: Guidelines for the Classification and Coding of Industrial Wastes and Hazardous Wastes (RG-022)
- Waste Generation Fee (RG-038)
- Can I Recycle Some of My Industrial or Hazardous Waste? (RG-240)
- Managing Paint and Paint-Related Waste under the Universal Waste Rule (RG-370)
- Universal Waste Regulations for Hazardous Lamps in Texas (RG-377)