WEAT/TACWA comments on 312 Biosolids Rule submitted to TCEQ

Pretreatment Topics & Comments to TCEQ - White Papers

Bullet points on HB 2771 from the Texas Legislature's 86th Session.

WEAT’s position is that the public should be able to exercise due process over the land application of domestic septage. Domestic septage should be required to meet the minimum standards of biosolids for land application, and should be regulated and permitted similarly if not more rigorously, given the lack of treatment afforded to that type of waste.

Rule changes can come from new laws passed by the Texas Legislature or Congress, as well as policy changes from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the TCEQ. WEAT maintains strong relationships with Water Quality Division staff at TCEQ and also works with EPA Region 6, the region that includes Texas.

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