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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.103: OTHER AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER
- CHAPTER 361. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT
- SUBCHAPTER C. PERMITS
The commission by rule shall define the characteristics that make other areas unsuitable for a hazardous waste management facility, including consideration of:
(1) flood hazards;
(2) discharge from or recharge to a groundwater aquifer;
(3) soil conditions;
(4) areas of direct drainage within one mile of a lake used to supply public drinking water;
(5) active geological processes;
(6) coastal high hazard areas, such as areas subject to hurricane storm surge and shoreline erosion; or
(7) critical habitat of endangered species.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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