Prohibition On Permit For Landfill If Alternative Exists

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.106, under Solid Waste Disposal Act.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.106

Sec. 361.106. PROHIBITION ON PERMIT FOR LANDFILL IF ALTERNATIVE EXISTS. The commission by rule shall prohibit the issuance of a permit for a new hazardous waste landfill or the areal expansion of an existing hazardous waste landfill if there is a practical, economic, and feasible alternative to the landfill that is reasonably available to manage the types and classes of hazardous waste that might be disposed of at the landfill. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.