Texas

Waste Reduction Policy Act of 1991





P2 Objective: Establishes source reduction as the primary method of

waste

management, and attempts to achieve it by mandatory reporting requirements.

Numeric Goal: None specified.

Assistance Offered: Establishes an office within the state to offer plan preparation

assistance, technical assistance, on-site consultations, and education and training.

Reporting Requirements: Source Reduction and Waste Minimization Plans, Source

reduction and Waste Minimization Annual Report.

Incentives: None specified.

Funding: None specified.

Contact: Andrew Neblett, Office of Pollution Prevention and Recycling
Texas

Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX

78711-3087
Phone: 512/239-3100



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Definitions


Pollutant or Contaminant -- Any element, substance, compound, disease-causing

agent, or mixture that after release into the environment and on exposure, ingestion, inhalation,

or

assimilation into any organism, either directly from the environment or indirectly by ingestion

through food chains, will or may reasonably be anticipated to cause death, disease, behavioral

abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutation, physiological malfunctions, including malfunctions in

reproduction, or physical deformations in the organism or its offspring.  This does not include

petroleum, crude oil, or any fraction of crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied gas,

synthetic gas of pipeline quality, or mixtures of natural gas and synthetic gas.


Waste Minimization -- Practice that reduces environmental or health hazards associated

with hazardous waste, pollutants, or contaminants, such as reuse, recycling, neutralization, and

detoxification

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