Industrial and Hazardous Waste Forms and Guidance

• Permit Applications
• UPDATE Industrial Waste Classification Audit Forms
• UPDATE Public Notices Guidance
• Instructional Documents and Tools
• UPDATEIHW Management Fees
• Monthly Summary and Payment Report Forms for Waste Management Fees for Facilities
• Exemptions from Industrial and Hazardous Waste Permits

Notice:

To ensure uninterrupted and effective work we ask that in addition to the mailed hardcopy submittals, please also email them to ihwper@tceq.texas.gov online to allow for immediate access to project managers

If your application is larger than 25 MB, you can submit your application via TCEQ’s file transfer protocol server (FTPS) to ihwper@tceq.texas.gov. For instructions on using the agency’s FTPS, please visit the TCEQ FTPS website.

If you have any questions, please email ihwper@tceq.texas.gov and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 

Permit Applications 

NEW All applications submitted on or after October 1, 2022, must include a Core Data Form (TCEQ-10400).

• UPDATE The use of these new modification forms is mandatory.
  • NEW Class 1 Modification Form 
  • NEW Class 1ED Modification Form 
  • NEW Class 2 Modification Form 
•  Pre-application Meeting Checklist (TCEQ-20846) 
  • Complete the checklist prior to meeting with the Industrial and Hazardous Waste permits team.
• Hazardous Waste Storage, Processing, and Disposal Facilities: 
  • RCRA Permit Application Format
  • Part A (TCEQ-0283) :
    •  Form TCEQ-0283 (in Word)
    •  Form TCEQ-0283 (in PDF)

• Part B / Compliance Plan with Screening Tool (TCEQ-00376):
  
  • UPDATE Part B Application with Screening Tool Download File
• Part B Administrative and Technical Evaluation Checklist (TCEQ-00136):
•  Form TCEQ-00136 (in Excel) : Use to select applicable sections of the application
•  Form TCEQ-00136 (in Word) : Use with assistive technology
Complete and submit the checklist for the following application types:
• New / Renewal applications
• Class 3 permit modification or major amendment applications for addition, expansion, or replacement of one or more permitted waste management units
• Partial permit transfer applications to transfer one or more permitted waste management units to another operator or permittee

• Commercial Industrial Nonhazardous Waste Storage or Processing Facility (INS-0024):
  •  Form INS-0024 (in Word)
  •  Form INS-0024 (in PDF)
  • Checklist:
    •  In Word
    •  In PDF
• All Industrial and Hazardous Waste applications and reports must include a Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714).

Industrial Waste Classification Audit Forms

Use these forms to complete the Waste Classification Audit Process.

• NEW TCEQ-20957, Industrial Waste Classification Check Sheet
• NEW TCEQ-20958, Laboratory Data Quality Assurance/Quality Control Report Checklist

Public Notices Guidance

• Mailing List Requirements for Public Notice

Plain Language Summary Form

Use this form to provide a plain-language summary of the applications for a Class 3 permit modification, permit amendment, permit renewals, and for a new permit.

• NEW Plain Language Summary Form - English 
• NEW Plain Language Summary Form - Instructions
• NEW Plain Language Summary Form - Spanish

Verification Forms

Use these forms to verify that you have issued a public notice for each instance below.

•  Class 2 Public Notice Language Example
• Public Notice for Notice of Receipt and Intent (NORI):
  Use this form to verify that you have notified the public of your intent to apply for a permit.
  
  • (Form TCEQ-20244-Waste-NORI)
• Public Notice for Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision (NAPD):
  Use this form to verify that you have notified the public of the application and preliminary decision for a draft permit.
  • (Form TCEQ-20244-Waste-NAPD)
• NORI and NAPD in Spanish for:
  • Class 3 Modification Applications to Industrial and Hazardous Waste Permits
  • New, Renewal, or Major Amendment Hazardous Waste Permit Applications
  • Post-Closure Care Orders

Instructional Documents and Tools

• Classify your solid waste using the Waste Designation Decision Matrix.
• TCEQ New DSW Rule Revision
• "How to Perform a Central Registry Search" - Watch this YouTube video for help finding facility information in the TCEQ's Central Registry database.
• Technical Guidance Document Index
• Quality Assurance Project Plan - Complying with data and groundwater monitoring requirements under the Industrial and Hazardous Waste Underground Injection Control program, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

IHW Management Fees

UPDATE In November 2021, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) adopted regulations to revise the hazardous and Class 1 industrial waste management fees. In accordance with 30 Texas Administrative Code (30 TAC) Section 335.325(j)(3), the executive director has conducted a review of the IHW management fee and will increase the fee rates by 12% for waste managed on or after March 1, 2022. This increase will be reflected in the March monthly report, due by April 25, 2022.

On March 1, 2022, TCEQ will begin assessing fees according to the following schedules:
Commercial Facilities:

Non-Commercial Facilities:

Letters and emails regarding the March 1, 2022, fee increase were sent to facility billing contacts in January 2022. Please contact IHWPER@tceq.texas.gov to update contact information if you did not receive an email or letter.

Monthly Summary and Payment Report Forms for Waste Management Fees for Facilities

As authorized by 30 Texas Administrative Code §335.331(c), operators of waste management facilities submitting late reports concerning the management of waste under the Health and Safety Code, §361.136 are subject to an assessment of late payment penalties and interest in accordance with 30 TAC Chapter 12. 

• UPDATE Commercial Hazardous Waste Management Fees (TCEQ-20543)
• UPDATE Commercial Class 1 Non-Hazardous Waste Management Fees (TCEQ-20542)
• UPDATE Non-Commercial Hazardous Waste Management Fees (TCEQ-20544)