Other Areas Unsuitable For Hazardous Waste Management Facility

Sec. 361.103. OTHER AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY. The commission by rule shall define the characteristics that make other areas unsuitable for a hazardous waste management facility, including consideration of: (1) flood hazards; (2) discharge from or recharge to a groundwater aquifer; (3) soil conditions; (4) areas of direct drainage within one mile of a lake used to supply public drinking water; (5) active geological processes; (6) coastal high hazard areas, such as areas subject to hurricane storm surge and shoreline erosion; or (7) critical habitat of endangered species. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.