Wastewater
Permitting
Updates
David W. Galindo
Wastewater Permitting
Water Quality Division
Mission Statement
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Issuing protective permits
Listening to stakeholders input
Considering economic development
Using good science
Office of Water
• L'Oreal Stepney, P.E., Deputy Director
• Water Availability Division
• Water Supply Division
• Water Quality Planning Division
• Water Quality Division
Water Quality Division
David W. Galindo
Division Director
Josalyn McMillon
Assistant Division Director
Mark Palmie
Special Assistant
Wastewater Permitting Section
Chris Linendoll, EIT, Section Manager
Programs:
• Industrial Permits
• Municipal Permits
• Stormwater Permits
• Pretreatment Program
Water Quality Assessments Section
Gregg Easley, Section Manager
• CAFO
• WQ Assessments
• WQ Standards Implementation
Texas is a Delegated NPDES State
EPA and TCEQ
entered into an
MOA that
EPA delegated
establishes
EPA retains
the NPDES
responsibilities
program to TCEQ oversight and
and expectations
ultimate authority
in 1998
for TPDES
permitting under
the CWA
Wastewater Permits
Texas Pollutant Discharge
Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP)
Elimination System (TPDES) Permits Issued to facilities that discharge adjacent
Issued to facilities that discharge directly
to surface water.
Municipal
Industrial
Stormwater
CAFO
to surface water via evaporation or land
application.
Municipal
Industrial
Sludge
Wastewater Permits
Individual Authorizations
General Permits
Site-specific and technical review of the
regulated activity
One state-wide permit for similar types of
activities; operate under terms and conditions
of the general permit
Municipal
Industrial
General
Sludge
Individual
CAFO
Stormwater
Permitting/Rules Updates
Bills from Legislative Session
Rules
HB 3618
Repeals Texas Water Code
Section 26.0285 which
requires permitting to be
conducted on river basin
cycles.
HB 4221
• Requires retail public utilities that provide sewer service to report
to the commission the current condition of the utility’s sewer
system every 10 years.
• The report must rate the condition of collection system
infrastructure components as:
– Functioning and doesn’t require repairs;
– Needing minor repairs for minor damage or fix leaks or cracks;
– Needing rehabilitiation to restore lost structural integrity or fix leaks
causing inflow and outflow; or
– Needing full replacement
HB 3200 and SB 2193
• Requires Aggregate Production Operations to:
– submit a reclamation plan with the registration
required by Texas Water Code Section 28A.152;
and
– provide a performance bond for the faithful
performance of the reclamation plan.
• Increases the maximum registration fee to
$1,400.
HB 2582 and SB 1917
• Exempts Aggregate Production Operations from the registration
requirements in Texas Water Code Chapter 28A if the operation:
— Extracts specialty or terrazzo-type stone used exclusively for
decorative or artistic purposes; and
— The portion of the specialty or terrazzo-type stone horizon that is
exposed for current production does not exceed 5 acres.
HB 2798 and HB 3988
• Allows a county with a population >3.3 million to implement a
pilot program to reuse any form of wastewater at a county
facility for subsurface irrigation and toilet and urinal flushing.
• Requires the wastewater to be treated at the facility before
reuse.
HB 2092
Prohibits the land application of grit or grease trap waste,
including sewage sludge mixed with grit or grease trap
waste.
HB 3036
• Prohibits new permits that authorize direct discharges
into water in the contributing zone of the Edwards Aquifer
that is southwest of the Colorado River.
• Also prohibits permit amendments to increase the amount
of pollutants discharged in these areas.
• Excludes stormwater and certain non-stormwater from
MS4s and general permits.
Rule Petition
Beneficial Reuse of Treated Effluent
Petition to amend 30 TAC Chapters 222 and 309, regarding the
use of treated wastewater
• A permittee could reduce the size of dedicated land application
acreage and required storage pond volume by demonstrating a
“firm reclaimed water demand”.
David Galindo
[email protected]
512-239-0951
www.tceq.texas.gov/about/organization/water.html