Industrial Wastewater Discharges: Rules

To better understand the permitting process and how permit requirements are established in wastewater permits, it helps to be familiar with the rules that govern the disposal of wastewater. The following links to the Texas Administrative Code may be helpful:

• Chapter 21 (Water Quality Fees)

• Chapter 39 (Public Notice)

• Chapter 40 (Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure)

• Chapter 50 (Action on Applications and Other Resolutions)

• Chapter 55 (Requests for Reconsideration and Contested Case Hearings; Public Comment)

• Chapter 60 (Compliance History)

• Chapter 80 (Contested Case Hearings)

• Chapter 213 (Edwards Aquifer)

• Chapter 281 (Applications Processing)

• Chapter 305 (Permitting Procedures and Requirements)

• Chapter 307 (Surface Water Quality Standards)

• Chapter 308 [Criteria and Standards for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)]
  
  

• Chapter 309 (Land Application Calculations)

• Chapter 311 (Watershed Protection)

• Chapter 319 (General Regulations Incorporated into Permits)
  
  

For more insight into how permit requirements are established to protect surface water quality standards, read Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (RG-194) (PDF). (Help with PDF.)

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