30 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.350 - Classification of Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Wastewater Collection Systems, and Licenses Required
(a) Operators of remote or mobile sludge
processing facilities are required to hold a valid Class D or higher
license.
(b) Operators of domestic
wastewater treatment facilities owned and located on industrial sites that are
regulated by industrial-type wastewater disposal permits are required to be
licensed, only if the point of discharge is separate from any other industrial
outfalls and the domestic wastewater is not mixed with other industrial
wastewater before discharge.
(c) An
individual first entering the field of wastewater treatment or collection may
be employed as an operator-in-training for a period up to one year. An
operator-in-training must perform all process control tasks in the presence of
a licensed operator.
(d) Each
holder of a wastewater disposal permit for a wastewater treatment facility
shall employ or contract with one or more licensed wastewater treatment
facility operators holding the appropriate level of license or wastewater
system operations companies holding a valid registration and employing licensed
wastewater treatment facility operators holding the appropriate level of
license.
(e) Domestic wastewater
treatment facilities will be classified in accordance with the following
criteria.
(f) Category D wastewater
treatment facilities shall be reclassified as Category C facilities if any of
the following conditions exist:
(1) a Category
D facility incorporating anaerobic sludge digestion, except Imhoff tanks with
sludge drawn off to drying beds;
(2) a Category D facility whose permit
requires nutrient reduction; or
(3)
a Category D facility whose permit requires the final effluent to meet a daily
average biochemical oxygen demand5 or total suspended
solids concentration less than ten milligrams per liter.
(g) A wastewater treatment facility having a
combination of treatment processes that are in different categories shall be
assigned the higher category.
(h)
The executive director may increase the treatment facility classification for
facilities which include unusually complex processes or present unusual
operation or maintenance conditions.
(i) The chief operator of each wastewater
treatment facility must possess a license equal to or higher than that of the
category of treatment facility.
(j)
Each category of facility must be operated a minimum of five days per week by
the licensed chief operator or an operator holding the required level of
license or higher. The licensed chief operator or operator holding the required
level of license or higher must be available by telephone or pager seven days
per week.
(k) When shift operation
of the wastewater treatment facility is necessary, each shift must be operated
by an operator in charge who is licensed at not less than one level below the
category of the facility.
(l)
Either the licensed chief operator or licensed operator in charge must be
present for scheduled commission inspections.
(m) A licensed wastewater treatment facility
operator may perform all duties relating to the operation and maintenance of
both wastewater treatment facilities and wastewater collection systems. It is
not necessary to hold both types of licenses. A licensed collection system
operator may perform only those duties relating to the operation and
maintenance of wastewater collection systems.
(n) Each classified wastewater collection
system must employ at least one licensed operator who holds a license class
equal to or higher than that category of system. Wastewater collection system
operation and maintenance activities shall be supervised and inspected daily by
an on-site licensed wastewater operator. Wastewater collection systems shall be
classified as follows.
Notes
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