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Medical Waste Management Rulemaking
Open Participation Meeting
Texas Commission on Environmental QualityWaste Permits Division
August 18, 2015, Austin Texas
Our Goal
• Bring representatives from medical waste community together for participation in the rulemaking process.
• What are the requirements of House Bill 2244
• The TCEQ rulemaking process and schedule
• A new medical waste management chapter
• How to provide comments
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House Bill (HB) 2244
• Filed by State Rep. Zerwas - 84th Legislature
• Signed by the Governor -June 10, 2015 and effective immediately
• Section 5 - No later than June 1, 2016, the TCEQ shall adopt rules
to implement the changes made by this Act. The rules must be
adopted in the form of a new chapter of the Texas
Administrative Code that includes all rules of the commission
relating to medical waste regulation.
• Also states that rules adopted to implement the change must
minimize the effect on other rules regulating municipal solid waste
facilities.
Slide #2
Scope of HB 2244
Requires:• Extracting rules from Ch. 330 regarding:
water pollution control and water quality aspects; air pollution control and ambient air quality aspects; and the protection of human health and safety as they relate to
medical waste
• Adopting rules relating to Ch. 330, Subchapter E and other portions that apply to medical waste facilities, such as: buffer zones storage times, and container labeling requirements
Slide #3
Scope of HB 2244 (cont.)
• The new rules must address: procedural requirements for applications site development notice duration and limits for authorizations
• Existing authorizations not required to comply unless they choose to modify and/or seek new authorization
Slide #4
Rule Timeline
Proposal – December 9, 2015
Public Comment Period:
December 25, 2015 thru January 25, 2016
Adoption – April 27, 2016
Effective – May 19, 2016
Slide #5
Current Structure of Medical Waste Rules
Primary Location – 30 TAC Chapter 330, Subchapter Y- Medical Waste (MW) Management
§330.1201 – Purpose
§330.1203 – Applicability
§330.1205 – Definitions
§330.1207 – Generators of MW
§330.1209 – Storage of MW
§330.1211 – Transporters of Untreated MW
§330.1213 – Transfer of Shipments of MW
§330.1215 – Interstate Transportation
§330.1217 – MW Collection Stations
§330.1219 – Treatment & Disposal of MW
§330.1221 – On-site Treatment Services on Mobile Treatment Units
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Current Structure (cont.)
Rules that apply to medical waste facilities are also found in other parts of Ch. 330:
Subchapter A – General Information
Subchapter B – Permit and Registration Application Procedures
Subchapter E – Operational Standards
Subchapter G – Surface Water Drainage
Subchapter L – Closure, Post-Closure, and Corrective Action Cost Estimates
Subchapter M – Location Restrictions
Subchapter P – Fees and Reporting
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Outline of the Proposed New Chapter
• General Information
• Packaging, Labeling, & Shipping
• Exempt Medical Waste Operations
• Operations Requiring a Notification
• Operations Requiring a Registration by Rule
• Operations Requiring a Registration
• Fees and ReportingSlide #8
How to Comment
• Taking Comments - till August 26th (next Wednesday) by:
using “MSW Permits” e-mail [email protected]; or
United States mail to the following address:
Mario Perez, MC 124
TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
“Contact Us” at (512) 239-2335
• Be sure to include “Medical Waste Rule Revisions” in the subject line.
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Open Discussion
• Mario Perez, Project Manager Email: [email protected] Phone: (512) 239-6681
• Gulay Aki, Program Lead Email: [email protected] Phone: (512) 239-2340
• To receive emails or text messages when new information on this project is released “sign up for updates” on “Medical Waste Rule Revisions” webpage.
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/waste_permits/advgroups/med-waste.html
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