Industrial and Hazardous Waste Forms and Guidance

• Permit Applications
• UPDATE Industrial Waste Classification Audit
• UPDATE Public Notices Guidance
• Recycling Notifications
• 30-Day Extension Request
• UPDATE Hazardous Waste Combustion Plan and Report
• Instructional Documents and Tools
• UPDATE IHW Management Fees
• Monthly Summary and Payment Report Forms for Waste Management Fees for Facilities

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.

IHW Permit recommends submitting all electronic files using TCEQ Send. If your application is larger than 25 MB, you will need to submit your application via TCEQ Send. For instructions on using TCEQ Send, please visit our TCEQ Send Help Site.

If you have any questions, please email IHWper@TCEQ.Texas.Gov and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 

Permit Applications 

Submit the original copy of the permit application in a three-hole punched binder.  

All facilities must use and submit the current Permit Application. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns

• Hazardous Waste Storage, Processing, and Disposal Facilities:
  • RCRA Permit Application Format
  • Part A (TCEQ-0283):
    • Form TCEQ-0283 (Word)
    • Form TCEQ-0283 (PDF)
• Part B / Compliance Plan (TCEQ-00376):
  • Part B Application Download File
• Part B Administrative and Technical Evaluation Checklist (TCEQ-00136):
  • Form TCEQ-00136 (Excel): Use this form to select applicable sections of the application
  • Form TCEQ-00136 (Word): Use this form 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
• Use these forms if you are applying for a Class 1, Class 1ED or Class 2 permit modification:
  
  • Class 1 Modification Form
  • Class 1ED Modification Form
  • Class 2 Modification Form
• Commercial Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Storage or Processing Facility (INS-0024):
  • Form INS-0024 (Word)
  • Form INS-0024 (PDF)
  • Checklist:
    • In Word
    • In PDF
• TCEQ-20846, Pre-Application Meeting Checklist 
  • Complete the checklist prior to meeting with the IHW permits team
• All applications must include a Core Data Form ( TCEQ-10400)
• All IHW applications and reports must include Correspondence Cover Sheet ( TCEQ-20714).

Industrial Waste Classification Audit Forms

Use these forms to complete the Waste Classification Audit Process.

• UPDATE TCEQ-20957, Industrial Waste Classification Check Sheet
• UPDATE 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

Recycling Notification Forms

Use these forms to submit recycling notifications. 

• TCEQ-0524, Notification Form for Receiving and Recycling Hazardous or Industrial Waste 
• TCEQ-0525, Generator Notification Form for Recycling Hazardous or Industrial Waste 

30-Day Extension Request Form

Use this form to submit a 30-day extension request to store hazardous waste beyond your authorized storage time. 

• TCEQ-0319, 30-Day extension request form to store hazardous waste

Hazardous Waste Combustion Program

UPDATE All plans and reports must be submitted using applicable documents listed below.

Comprehensive Performance Test (CPT) Reports 

• REQUIRED CPT Report Forms, all Hazardous Combustion Reports, Field Data and Analytical Data must be submitted using the Combustion Report Forms.
• Example CPT/RCRA Test Report Draft Format 
• REQUIRED Example CPT Laboratory Data Report QA/QC Checklist

CPT Plans

• REQUIRED Example CPT Plan Cover Sheet  
• REQUIRED CPT Plan Review Checklist in Excel: Use to select applicable requirements
• CPT Plan Review Checklist in Word: Use with assistive technology

CfPT Plan Review Checklist

• REQUIRED CfPT Plan Review Checklist in Excel: Use to select applicable requirements

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.
• Construction Certification Report Format
• Closure Certification Report Format
• Groundwater Detection Monitoring Report Format

IHW Management Fees

UPDATE The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will maintain the industrial and hazardous waste (IHW) management fee at the current rates and will not proceed with the increase scheduled for September 1, 2023.

TCEQ notified entities by letter dated June 1, 2023, that the IHW fee would increase for waste managed on or after September 1, 2023. HB 3461 was signed into law (88th legislature) on June 13, 2023. This bill combined the account balances and obligations of two TCEQ dedicated waste management accounts. With the consolidation of these accounts, TCEQ will maintain the IHW fees at current rates as listed in Table 1. The IHW management fee will not increase on September 1, 2023.

TCEQ will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the waste-related fees and revenues and the level of agency workload related to each group of entities paying fees. Using this analysis, the agency, with stakeholder involvement and input, will develop a fee structure at an appropriate level of rates to generate revenue in proportion to agency workload and fee payer benefits to support a long-term, sustainable revenue source for waste programs.

TCEQ will continue to assess fees according to the current schedules, which became effective September 1, 2022:

Commercial Facilities:

Non-Commercial Facilities:

Emails announcing the cancellation of the September 1, 2023, fee increase were sent to facility billing contacts in August 2023. Please contact IHWPER@tceq.texas.gov to update contact information if you did not receive an email.

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