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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 79(R)

Senate Bill 1281

Senate Author:  Armbrister

Effective:  9-1-05

House Sponsor:  Bonnen


            Senate Bill 1281 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit a commercial industrial solid waste facility from receiving industrial solid waste for discharge into publicly owned treatment works without first obtaining a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality permit for water quality control. The bill provides that no permit is required for discharging into publicly owned treatment works liquid wastes that are incidental to handling, processing, storing, or disposing of industrial solid waste at a municipal solid waste facility or commercial industrial solid waste landfill facility.