Industrial & Hazardous Waste Updates and Emerging Issues TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair Austin Convention Center May 3, 2016 Bob Patton, Jr., Manager Waste Permits Division

Brent Wade Deputy Director Permitting & Registration Support Division Jaya Zyman, P.E., Director Registration & Reporting Section Don Kennedy, Manager Occupational Licensing Section Russ Gardner, Manager Remediation Division Beth Seaton, Director Monica Harris, P.G., Manager Superfund Section Voluntary Cleanup Program/Corrective Action Section Merrie Smith, P.G., Manager Petroleum Storages Tank/Dry Cleaner Remediation Sections Ken Davis, P.G., Manager Division Support Section Suzanne Vargas, Manager Waste Permits Division Earl Lott, Director Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section Bob Patton, Manager Municipal Solid Waste Permits Section Chance Goodin, Manager Business & Program Services Section Charly Fritz, Manager Radioactive Materials Division Charles Maguire, Director Radioactive MaterialS Section Bobby Janecka, Manager Underground Injection Control Permits Section Lorrie Council, P.G., Manager

Waste Permits Division Earl Lott Director Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section Bob Patton, Jr., Manager Municipal solid waste permits section Chance Goodin, Manager Business & Program Services section Charly Fritz, Manager

Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section Bob Patton, Jr. Section Manager Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section Team 1 Will Wyman, Team Leader Technical ASSISTANCE Group Scott Green, Work Leader Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section Team 2 Sarah Schreier, Team Leader

Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section 52 Commercial 127 Non-Commercial Post-Closure Orders: 6 Notifications, permit reports, etc.

Permitted Hazardous Waste Combustion Units 23 sites have 56 combustion units 13 Incinerators 34 Liquid-Fired Boilers 8 Halogen Acid Furnaces 1 Sulfuric Acid Furnace

FY 2015 Document Reviews 105 Major & Minor applications: 0 New 15 Renewal 7 Class 3 modifications 23 Class 2 modifications 19 Class 1 ED modifications 38 Class 1 modifications 3 Revocations

FY 2015 Reports 593 total reports (including Groups 3s and 4s) Combustion Completions: 35 (including plans and results)

Technical Analysis Group 576 audits 84 recycling activity notifications 8 DSW exclusions 30 QA/QC data sets reviewed Special waste authorizations are now being processed by MSW Permits

Developing Improvements Deficiency study in FY 14 helping guide improvements Electronic checklist mandatory as of January 1, 2016 Standardized notice of deficiency (NOD) letter implemented Guidance and instructional tools (e.g. videos) Informal process for minor deficiency items

EPA Coal Combustion Residual Waste Rule Federal Rule effective October 19, 2015 States not required to adopt but facilities are required to comply with federal standards Congressional legislation introduced

EPA Definition of Solid Waste Revised federal rule became effective July 13, 2015 Adds new definitions and exclusions Improves existing definitions and criteria Minimal impact to existing exclusions State rule package scheduled for TCEQ Agenda on May 25, 2016

Hazardous Secondary Materials Recycling Exclusion New notification process for generators and recyclers Three types of exclusions: generator- controlled, verified recycler, and remanufacturing Verified recyclers must have a permit or variance

Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule Date: possibly Fall 2016 Pharmaceutical wastes no longer apply when considering generator status “No sewering” provisions 365-day accumulation period CESQGs can send to Reverse Distributors

Hazardous Waste Generator Rules Rule date: possibly Fall 2016 Overhaul – >60 changes More stringent Hazardous waste determinations SQG re-notification Labeling Requirements When? 2016

Hazardous Waste Generator Rules cont. Less stringent CESQG Consolidation Episodic Generation Waiver from 50’ rule Satellite Accumulation Areas

Import/Export Rule Proposal Revision to the current rules Federal authorization

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How to Contact Us Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section P. O. Box 13087 MC-130 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Phone: 512-239-2335 Fax: 512-239-2007 E-Mail: IHWPER@tceq.state.tx.us

Questions Bob Patton, Jr. Industrial & Hazardous Waste Waste Permits Division (512) 239-2277 Bob.Patton@tceq.texas.gov