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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a manifest system to record the transportation of |
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certain liquid wastes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.034 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.034. RECORDS AND MANIFESTS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN |
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MUNICIPAL LIQUID WASTES. (a) The commission by rule shall require |
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a person who generates, collects, conveys, transports, processes, |
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stores, or disposes of municipal sewage sludge, grit trap waste, or |
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grease trap waste to keep records and use, as prescribed by |
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commission rule, a sequentially numbered, uniform transportation |
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manifest issued by the commission to ensure that the waste is |
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transported to an appropriate processing, storage, or disposal |
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facility or site permitted or authorized for that purpose. |
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(b) The rules must require the person who generates the |
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waste, the person who transports the waste, and the person who |
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disposes of the waste each to retain, for not less than three years, |
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a copy of the uniform transportation manifest that records the |
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generator, transporter, disposal site, and disposal method. |
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(c) The rules must require that aggregate amounts of waste |
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recorded on the manifests required under this section match the |
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amounts of waste reported to the commission annually. The |
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commission may require copies of uniform transportation manifests |
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to be submitted with reports to the commission or at other times. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall adopt rules under Section 361.034, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, as soon as practicable so that the rules take |
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effect not later than March 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |