Application Forms and Information for Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
Links to information, forms, and checklists for obtaining a permit, registration, or other authorizaton for managing municipal solid waste.
On this page:
- New Application Checklist NEW
- Classification of Facilities
- Type I, IAE, IV, and IVAE Landfills
- Nuisance and Abandoned Building Landfills ("Monofills")
- Transfer Stations
- Low-Volume Transfer Stations and Citizens' Collection Stations
- Liquid Waste Facilities
- Medical Waste Facilities
- Facilities that Separate Recyclable Materials from a Waste Stream
- Landfill Gas to Energy Facilities
- Modifying an Existing Authorization
- Temporary Authorization
- Transferring a Permit or Registration
- Air Quality Permits
- Contact MSW Permits Section
New MSW Application Checklist
The MSW Permits Section has developed a new checklist to aid persons preparing applications and TCEQ staff during review of applications. The new checklist will replace the existing checklists, and will be required beginning September 1, 2018. Please submit questions or comments regarding the checklist to mswper@tceq.texas.gov (new msw checklist).
Classification of Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
Information and Forms for Type I, IAE, IV, and IVAE Landfills
- Rule – 30 TAC 330.7(a)
- Guidance documents
- Application for new permit or amendment
- Core Data Form
(Form TCEQ-10400) - Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Part I Application Form
- Transportation Data and Coordination Report Form for Type I Landfills
- Closure and Post-Closure Care for Type I Landfills
- Arid exemption for small landfills in arid regions (Types IAE and IVAE)
- MSW Application Checklist
NEW - Public notice and public participation
- Financial assurance requirements
- Air quality permits
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Information and Forms for Nuisance and Abandoned Building Landfills ("Monofills")
- Rule – 30 TAC 330.7(i)
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application for Permit by Rule for Nuisance and Abandoned Building Landfill
Information and Forms for Solid Waste Transfer Stations
- Rules – 30 TAC 330.7 and 30 TAC 330.9(b)
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application for new permit or registration, or amendment
- Public notice and public participation
- Air quality permits
Information and Forms for Low-Volume Transfer Stations and Citizens' Collection Stations
- Rules – 30 TAC 330.11(e)(1) and 30 TAC 330.11(f)
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Notice of Intent to Operate a Low-Volume Transfer Station
- Notice of Intent to Operate a Citizen's Collection Station
Information and Forms for Liquid Waste Transfer Stations and Processing Facilities
- Information about liquid waste management facilities
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application for new permit or registration, or amendment
- Part I Application Form
- MSW Application Checklist NEW
- Part I Application Form
- Public notice and public participation
- Air quality permits
Information and Forms for Medical Waste Transfer Stations and Processing Facilities
Visit our medical waste management web page for forms and information about authorizing a medical waste transfer station or processing facility.
Information and Forms for Facilities that Separate Recyclable Materials from a Waste Stream
- Information about recycling facilities
Facilities that separate recyclable materials from a municipal solid waste stream must be permitted or registered as a municipal solid waste processing facility. - Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application for new permit or registration, or amendment
- Part I Application Form
- MSW Application Checklist NEW
- Part I Application Form
- Public notice and public participation
- Air quality permits
Information and Forms for Landfill Gas to Energy Facilities
- Provisions for registration by rule – 30 TAC 330.9(j)
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application form for Type IX landfill gas to energy facility registration by rule
- Air quality permits
Information and Forms for Modifying an Existing Authorization
- Rules for permit and registration modifications – 30 TAC 305.70
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application form
Information and Forms for Temporary Authorization
- Rules for temporary authorization – 30 TAC 305.62(k)
- Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application form
Information and Forms for Changing Name or Transferring a Permit or Registration
- Procedures for Name Change or Transfer of Municipal Solid Waste Permit or Registration
Apply for a modification, with public notice, to change facility name or owner name, or to transfer a permit or registration - Core Data Form (Form TCEQ-10400)
- Correspondence Cover Sheet (Form TCEQ-20714)
Submit with all applications and reports - Application form for modification
Air Quality Permits
Landfills, transfer facilities, and some other municipal solid waste management facilities need to obtain or register for an air quality permit.
Contact MSW Permits Section
Contact the MSW Permits Section if you have any questions.