Section 309.10 - Purpose, Scope, and Applicability(a) This subchapter establishes minimum standards for the location of domestic wastewater treatment facilities. These standards are to be applied in the evaluation of an application for a permit to treat and dispose of domestic wastewater and for obtaining approval of construction plans and specifications. This subchapter applies to domestic wastewater permit applications and construction plans and specifications filed on or after October 8, 1990, for new facilities and substantial changes in the function or use of existing units.(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to condition issuance of a permit and/or approval of construction plans and specifications for new domestic wastewater treatment facilities or the substantial change in the function or use of an existing unit on selection of a site that minimizes possible contamination of water in the state; to define the characteristics that make an area unsuitable or inappropriate for a wastewater treatment facility; to minimize the possibility of exposing the public to nuisance conditions; and to prohibit issuance of a permit for a facility to be located in an area determined to be unsuitable or inappropriate, unless the design, construction, and operational features of the facility will mitigate the unsuitable site characteristics.30 Tex. Admin. Code § 309.10
The provisions of this §309.10 adopted to be effective March 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 1160; amended to be effective June 5, 1998, 23 TexReg 5723; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 02, January 10, 2020, TexReg 378, eff. 1/9/2020