TCEQ regional emergency responders and emergency-response staff
in the central office offer technical assistance regarding the
management of spill residues and the provision of generator
identification numbers and waste codes. Consult your regional
on-scene coordinator or call Emergency Response Central at
512/239-2508 for assistance.
Industrial vs. Nonindustrial Spill Waste
Industrial solid waste is defined in
30 TAC 335.1 
as “Solid waste resulting from or
incidental to any process of industry or manufacturing, or mining
or agricultural operation, which may include hazardous waste as
defined in this section.”
Residues of spills that occur during transportation and spills
that are otherwise not resulting from or incidental to an
industrial process and do not generate a hazardous waste (as
defined in 40 CFR 261), do not meet the definition of industrial
solid wastes. However, the disposal facilities authorized to
receive contaminated media by the TCEQ may require that spill
wastes be classified, documented, and transported like industrial
wastes prior to acceptance.
Nonindustrial Spill Waste
Options available for nonindustrial spill waste (other than
disposal) include treatment at a facility registered by the TCEQ
Petroleum Storage Tank Program to receive contaminated media,
onsite treatment, reuse, reclamation, and recycling. Proposals for
the appropriate management of spill residues, which are not
industrial wastes, must receive the approval of the TCEQ regional
office on-scene coordinator or ERU central office staff.
