Texas Water Code
§ 5.135 — SMALL BUSINESS COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WA § 5.135Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES · Ch. 5. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY · Art. D. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall establish a small business compliance assistance program.
(b)The program shall include:
(1)mechanisms to develop, collect, and coordinate information about compliance methods and technologies for small businesses and to encourage cooperation between those small businesses and other persons to achieve compliance with applicable air quality, water quality, and solid waste laws;
(2)mechanisms to assist small businesses with pollution prevention and the prevention and detection of accidental releases, including information about alternative technologies, process changes, products, and methods of operation to reduce air pollution, water pollution, and improper disposal of solid waste;
(3)an ombudsman to help small businesses meet the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Pub.L. No. 101-549), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.), as amended, and the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), as amended;
(4)a compliance assistance program to help small businesses identify the requirements for and obtain required permits in a timely and efficient manner;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 2.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.156, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 104, Sec. 3, eff. May 17, 1999. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code, Sec. 382.0365 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 81, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.