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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

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

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

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19. How to Contact Us Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits Section
P. O. Box MC-130
Austin, TX
Phone:
Fax:

20. Questions
Bob Patton, Jr. Industrial & Hazardous Waste Waste Permits Division (512)