Texas Health and Safety Code 361.506 – Source Reduction and Waste Minimization Annual Report
(a) A person required to develop a source reduction and waste minimization plan for a facility under this subchapter shall submit to the commission an annual report and a current executive summary according to any schedule developed under § 361.504.
(b) The annual report shall comply with rules adopted by the commission. The report shall detail the facility’s progress in implementing the source reduction and waste minimization plan and include:
(1) an assessment of the progress toward the achievement of the facility source reduction goal and the facility waste minimization goal;
(2) a statement to include, for facilities subject to § 361.504(a)(1), the amount of hazardous waste generated and, for facilities subject to § 361.504(a)(3), the amount of the release of pollutants or contaminants designated under § 361.503(b) in the year preceding the report, and a comparison of those amounts with the amounts generated or released in a base year selected by the commission; and
(3) any modification to the plan.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 361.506
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The annual report may include:
(1) a discussion of the person’s previous effort at the facility to reduce hazardous waste or the release of pollutants or contaminants through source reduction or waste minimization;
(2) a discussion of the effect changes in environmental regulations have had on the achievement of the source reduction and waste minimization goals;
(3) the effect that events the person could not control have had on the achievement of the source reduction and waste minimization goals; and
(4) a discussion of the operational decisions the person has made that have affected the achievement of the source reduction and waste minimization goals.
(d) The annual report shall contain a separate component addressing source reduction activities and a separate component addressing waste minimization activities.