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Waste Record Keeping

Guidelines and rules for keeping records about industrial and hazardous waste.

Guidelines to follow:

  • You must keep records for at least three (3) years from the due date of the report.
  • You can keep records in any format, including electronic, as long as the records are easy to retrieve and copy.
  • TCEQ's Executive Director may extend the retention period of records for enforcement actions.
  • TCEQ recommends keeping a backup copy of all records, although doing so is not specifically required.

Find the recordkeeping requirements of Title 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 335 in the following sections: