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TCEQ adopts rules allowing emergency land application and retention of dairy waste under HB 692 with protective requirements
Summary
The commission adopted rule amendments to 30 TAC chapters 321 and 335 implementing House Bill 692 to allow dairy operators, under emergency conditions, to land-apply dairy waste or use retention-control structures, with requirements aimed at protecting surface and groundwater and preventing nuisance conditions.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on July 9 adopted rule amendments to 30 Texas Administrative Code chapters 321 and 335 to implement House Bill 692 (88th Legislature). The amendments add new provisions allowing dairy operations to apply dairy waste to land-application areas directly, store dairy waste in retention-control structures (including lagoons or playas) and irrigate land-application areas with dairy waste from…
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