A facility in Houston generates 150 kilograms of non-acute hazardous waste in a calendar month. Under Texas's generator quantity thresholds, which federal-equivalent generator category does this place the facility in?
A. SQG
B. LQG
C. There is no such category under Texas rules
D. VSQG (formerly CESQG)
Source: 30 TAC §335.6(c) generator registration thresholds; TCEQ Generator Status Regulatory Chart; https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/assistance/waste/industrial-hazardous/generator-status-regulatory-chart.pdf
Does the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) apply its own, state-specific pound-based generator category thresholds that differ numerically from the federal EPA VSQG/SQG/LQG kilogram thresholds?
A. Yes — Texas uses a 30-day rolling average instead of a calendar-month period
B. No — Texas's 220 lb/month and 2,200 lb/month thresholds are the pound equivalents of the federal 100 kg/month and 1,000 kg/month thresholds
C. Yes — Texas sets its SQG threshold at 500 lbs/month instead of the federal equivalent
D. Yes — Texas eliminated the SQG category entirely and only recognizes VSQG and LQG
Source: TCEQ Generator Status Regulatory Chart (30 TAC 335.6, 335.69, 335.78, 335.9); https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/assistance/waste/industrial-hazardous/generator-status-regulatory-chart.pdf
Under 30 TAC §335.69(f)(1), what is the maximum quantity of hazardous waste a Small Quantity Generator (SQG) in Texas may accumulate on-site at any time?
A. There is no storage quantity limit for SQGs
B. 1,000 kilograms
C. 6,000 kilograms
D. 2,200 kilograms
Source: 30 TAC §335.69(f)(1) SQG hazardous waste storage limit; https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/30-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-335-69
A Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG, historically called CESQG in Texas guidance) in Amarillo wants to know its maximum on-site hazardous waste accumulation limit under 30 TAC §335.78(g)(2). What is that limit?
A. 6,000 kilograms
B. No limit applies to VSQGs in Texas
C. 500 kilograms
D. 1,000 kilograms
Source: 30 TAC §335.78(g)(2) VSQG/CESQG storage limit; https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/texas/30-Tex-Admin-Code-SS-335-78
An SQG in Texas ships hazardous waste to a TSDF located 240 miles away. Under 30 TAC §335.69(f) (incorporating 40 CFR §262.34(d) and (e)), how long may the SQG accumulate that waste on-site before it must ship off?
A. 270 days
B. 365 days
C. 90 days
D. 180 days
Source: TCEQ Generator Status Regulatory Chart, accumulation time limits row (30 TAC 335.69(f)/40 CFR 262.34(d)&(e)); https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/assistance/waste/industrial-hazardous/generator-status-regulatory-chart.pdf
