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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection of soil monitoring samples from land |
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application units where sewage sludge or domestic septage is |
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applied. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1215 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.1215. SOIL MONITORING SAMPLE COLLECTION FOR LAND |
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APPLICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE OR DOMESTIC SEPTAGE. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Domestic septage" means liquid or solid material |
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removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, marine |
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sanitation device, or similar treatment works that receives only |
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domestic sewage. The term does not include: |
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(A) liquid or solid material removed from a |
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septic tank, cesspool, or similar treatment works that receives |
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commercial wastewater or industrial wastewater; or |
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(B) grease removed from a grease trap. |
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(2) "Land application unit" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 361.121(a). |
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(b) Soil monitoring samples required by the commission for a |
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land application unit at which sewage sludge or domestic septage is |
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applied must be collected by a commission inspector. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |