Texas Water Code

§ 7.176 — VIOLATIONS RELATING TO HANDLING OF USED OIL

WA § 7.176Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES · Ch. 7. ENFORCEMENT · Art. E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES

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(a)A person commits an offense if the person:

(1)intentionally discharges used oil into:

(A)a sewer or septic tank; or

(B)a drainage system, surface water or groundwater, a watercourse, or marine water unless the concentration of used oil in the waste stream resulting from the discharge as it enters water in the state is less than 15 parts per million following the discharge and the person is authorized to discharge storm water under a general permit issued under Section 26.040;

(2)knowingly mixes or commingles used oil with solid waste that is to be disposed of in landfills or directly disposes of used oil on land or in landfills, unless the mixing or commingling of used oil with solid waste that is to be disposed of in landfills is incident to and the unavoidable result of the dismantling or mechanical shredding of motor vehicles, appliances, or other items of scrap, used, or obsolete metals;

(3)knowingly transports, treats, stores, disposes of, recycles, causes to be transported, or otherwise handles any used oil within the state:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 38 (S.B. 1299), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 366 (S.B. 1297), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.