Office of Permitting and Registration
The Office of Permitting and Registration is responsible for implementing the federal and state laws and regulations governing all aspects of permitting for the air and waste programs. The office also registers and manages the reporting requirements for certain facilities, and implements the petroleum storage tank reimbursement program.
Richard A. Hyde, P.E., Deputy Director
Staff: Address/Phone/Fax
Air Permits
Permitting and Registration Support
Waste Permits
Radioactive Materials
Air Permits
Steve Hagle, P.E., Director
Staff: Address/Phone/Fax
The Air Permits Division processes air permits and authorizations for facilities that, when operational, would emit contaminants into the atmosphere. The division does this through two major air permitting programs, New Source Review (NSR) Permits and Title V Federal Operating Permits.
New Source Review Permits
There are several potential air authorizations under the category of NSR Permits:
- De Minimis
- Permits by Rule (PBR)
- Standard Permit (SP)
- Construction, Modification
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
- Nonattainment
Title V Federal Operating Permits
There are two kinds of possible permits under the category of Title V Federal Operating Permits:- Site Operating Permit
- General Operating Permit
Permitting and Registration Support
Lynne Haase, Director
Staff: Address/Phone/Fax
The Permitting and Registration Support Division promotes and supports various agency programs. Division responsibilities include the following:
- The State of Texas Environmental Electronic Reporting System (STEERS)
- The Central Registry
- Dry-cleaner registrations and fees
- Industrial and hazardous waste registrations and reports and one-time shipments
- Registrations and reports for medical-waste transporters
- PST facility registrations and notifications and self-certifications of compliance
- Sludge-transportation registration and reports
- Special permits for stationary compactors
- Used-oil and oil-filter registration and reports
- Ten occupational licensing and registration programs for operators and installers
- Six technical program areas that include regulatory and compliance support for the On-Site Sewage Facility (OSSF) program, landscape irrigation, and lab accreditation and drinking-water-lab certification quality assurance. Staffers also conduct audits and complaint investigations in these areas.
In addition, this division supplies a full range of administrative support for the governor-appointed Texas On-Site Treatment Research Council, 
including fee collection and grant awards for applied research.
Waste Permits
Earl Lott, Director
Staff: Address/Phone/Fax
The Waste Permits Division is responsible for permitting and registering facilities involved in one or more of the following: storing, processing, or disposing of hazardous waste, nonhazardous industrial waste, municipal solid waste, special waste, and international waste. The division also:
- performs technical analysis of notifications for waste management, including recycling of industrial and municipal solid waste;
- performs technical analysis related to waste received from international sources;
- performs technical analysis of submissions from regulated entities;
- makes groundwater protection recommendations to the Railroad Commission of Texas and applicants for oil and gas wells, Class II injection wells, cathodic protection wells, and seismic programs;
- administers the assessment and collection of fees for the generation, treatment, storage, or disposal of solid waste or hazardous waste; and
- administers the Regional Solid Waste Grant Program
Radioactive Materials
Susan Jablonski, P.E., Director
Staff: Address/Phone/Fax
The Radioactive Materials Division performs activities associated with the licensing of facilities involved in the storing, processing, or disposing of one or more of the following: uranium ore; by-product radioactive waste; low-level radioactive waste; non-oil and -gas naturally occurring radioactive waste (NORM waste); radioactive waste generated from federal government activities; and activities associated with the permitting, registration, and authorization of Class I, III, and V wells in the undergound injection control program.
The Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 401, authorizes the TCEQ to regulate the disposal of most radioactive substances in Texas. Also, the State of Texas is an “Agreement State” authorized by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to administer a radiation-control program under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
