water quality division updates david w. galindo, director
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Water Quality Division Updates David W. Galindo, Director
• Issuing protective permits• Listening to stakeholders input• Considering economic development• Using good science
Water Quality Division Mission Statement
Office of Water
•L'Oreal Stepney, P.E., Deputy Director
•Water Availability Division•Water Supply Division•Water Quality Planning Division•Water Quality Division
OW Priority Projects• Drought• Legislative Implementation• Federal Issues
• Stakeholder Involvement• Technical Issues/Challenges
Water Quality Division
David W. Galindo Division Director
Josalyn McMillon Assistant Division Director
Mark Palmie Special Assistant
Wastewater Permitting Section
Chris Linendoll, EIT, Section Manager Programs:
• Industrial Permits• Municipal Permits• Stormwater Permits• Pretreatment program
Water Quality Assessments Section
Gregg Easley, Section Manager
• CAFO • WQ Assessments• WQ Standards Implementation• Application Review and Processing
Texas is a Delegated NPDES State
EPA delegated the NPDES program to TCEQ in 1998
EPA retains oversight and ultimate authority
EPA and TCEQ entered into an MOA that establishes responsibilities and expectations for TPDES permitting under the CWA
WQD: PermitsTexas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permits Issued to facilities that discharge directly to surface water.
MunicipalIndustrialStormwa-terCAFO
Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) Authorizes the disposal of wastewater by evaporation, irrigation, and/or land application of sludge.
MunicipalIndustrialSludge
WQD PermitsIndividual AuthorizationsSite-specific and technical review of the regulated activity
General PermitsOne state-wide permit for similar types of activities; operate under terms and conditions of the general permit
MunicipalIndustrialSludgeCAFOStormwater
GeneralIndividual
401 State WQ Certification
•U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 permits must be certified as meeting State Water Quality Standards
•Persons affected: • commercial navigation and transportation • retail or residential land development • private property developers• local and state infrastructure projects
Permitting Updates
TCEQ Evaporation General PermitHydrostatic Test General Permit
TCEQ CAFO ProgramMS4 Phase II
Waters of the US RuleDirect Potable Reuse
Waters of the United States
• Draft rule published May 2011• Comment period closed on July 31, 2011• Expanded definition of navigable waters
Existing exemptions continue• Agriculture• Forestry• Ranching
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations(CAFO)
State regulations at 30 TAC 321 and the CAFO GP were updated to be consistent with 2012 federal CAFO regulations
• Terms of Nutrient Management Plans• Public Notice
Temperature Limits
EPA objecting to permits where temperature limits exceed water quality segment criterion.
TCEQ is working with EPA and stakeholders to develop method for developing/calculating temperature limits.
Power Plants
316(b) Phase II – Existing Cooling Water Intake Structures
40 CFR 423 – Steam Electric ELGs
On The Horizon• Implementation Procedures•Possible 40 CFR 122 updates•316b Cooling Water Intakes Stakeholders Meeting – TBA
•Current Legislative Bills
