Liquid Waste Transportation.

Dallas City Code ch. 19, art. X, div. 2

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Dallas City Code § 19-120 PERMIT REQUIRED.

SEC. 19-120. PERMIT REQUIRED. (a) A person commits an offense if he operates or causes to be operated a vehicle for the purpose of transporting liquid waste without a valid liquid waste transport permit issued under this article. A separate permit is required for each vehicle operated. It is a defense to prosecution under this subsection that the vehicle was operated within the city solely for the purpose of transporting liquid waste through the city, and no waste was received, unloaded, stored, or parked within the city. (b) A person who desires to obtain a permit must make application on a form provided by the director. The applicant must be the person who will own, control, or operate the liquid waste transport business. (c) The director shall not issue a permit unless: (1) the applicant submits proof of current registration as a transporter with the TCEQ or submits written documentation from the TCEQ that registration is not required for the type of liquid waste the applicant will be transporting; (2) the applicant submits to the director for inspection each vehicle to be used to transport liquid waste; and (3) each vehicle is found by the director to be constructed, equipped, and identified in accordance with this article and all other applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws. (d) A permit is not transferable. (e) A permit prohibits the commingling of hazardous and nonhazardous materials. (f) Any person transporting hazardous or nonhazardous liquid wastes within the city must comply with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws. (g) Each applicant must specify which disposal site or sites are proposed to be used. (Ord. Nos. 13387; 14218; 15456; 18416; 22927; 26925; 28084)

Dallas City Code § 19-121 FEE AND DISPLAY OF PERMIT.

SEC. 19-121. FEE AND DISPLAY OF PERMIT. (a) The director may not issue a liquid waste transport permit to an applicant until the appropriate fee is paid. The permit fee is $385.53 for each vehicle operated by the applicant. Each permit must be renewed annually. (b) The director shall number permits consecutively. Before operating any vehicle to transport liquid waste, a permit holder shall cause to be displayed on each side of the vehicle, in a color contrasting with the background and in letters at least three inches high, the company name and the following: DAL . The blank space must contain the permit number. Whenever a liquid waste transport permit for a vehicle is revoked or otherwise becomes invalid, the permit holder shall immediately remove the permit number from the vehicle. (c) The permit holder shall keep the permit receipt, or a copy, in the vehicle at all times and shall allow the director to inspect it upon request. (Ord. Nos. 13387; 14218; 15456; 18411; 18416; 18876; 19300; 22927; 27698; 28084; 33232)

Dallas City Code § 19-122 LIQUID WASTE VEHICLES; IMPOUNDMENT.

SEC. 19-122. LIQUID WASTE VEHICLES; IMPOUNDMENT. (a) A liquid waste transporter shall: (1) maintain hoses, tanks, and valves on a vehicle in good repair and free from leaks; (2) provide a safety plug or cap for each valve of a tank; (3) use a vehicle with a single tank capacity of not less than 500 gallons to transport septic tank, grease trap, or sand trap liquid waste, except when operating a vehicle for portable toilet cleaning; and (4) cause a vehicle exterior to be clean and the vehicle odor-free at the beginning of each work day. (b) The director may cause to be impounded any vehicle that is being operated in violation of this article and may authorize the holding of the vehicle until the violation is corrected. The vehicle owner or operator shall pay all towing, storage, and other fees associated with the impoundment of the vehicle. The director may also revoke the liquid waste transport permit for the improperly operated vehicle. If a vehicle is impounded or if a permit is revoked, an appeal may be filed by the transporter pursuant to Section 19-126. (Ord. Nos. 13387; 14218; 15456; 18416; 22927; 28084)

Dallas City Code § 19-123 RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LIQUID WASTE TRANSPORTER.

SEC. 19-123. RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LIQUID WASTE TRANSPORTER. (a) Before accepting a load of liquid waste for transportation, a liquid waste transporter shall determine the nature of the material to be transported and that the equipment is sufficient to properly handle the job without spillage, leaks, or release of toxic or harmful gasses, fumes, liquids, or other substances. Upon delivery of the waste to the disposer, the transporter shall inform the disposer of the nature of the waste. (b) A permit holder may not transport any hazardous waste material in any vehicle permitted by the city for transporting liquid waste. (c) A permit holder must use a disposal site permitted or approved by the State of Texas. (d) A permit holder must ensure that when pumping out a grease trap/interceptor, the grease trap/interceptor is completely emptied within 24 hours. (e) A permit holder shall not store wastes for more than four days in a mobile closed container. An example of a “mobile closed container” is a vehicle’s holding tank. (f) A manifest system, consisting of a five-part trip ticket, is used to control the transporting and disposal of all applicable liquid waste generated in the city and must be used and maintained by the transporter as follows: (1) The trip ticket books, which must be used exclusively for a single vehicle, are purchased by the transporter from the director for an established fee. (2) A transporter must complete one trip ticket for each location serviced, except that a chemical toilet company servicing its own units must complete one trip ticket for each vehicle load transported. (3) The first copy of the manifest form must be signed by the transporter and producer at the time of waste collection and left with the producer for its files. (4) The second copy of the manifest form (which has the transporter and producer’s signatures) must be signed by the disposer at the time of disposal and maintained by the disposer. (5) The third copy of the manifest form (which has the signatures of the transporter, producer, and disposer) must be maintained by the transporter. (6) The fourth copy of the manifest form (which is in a form approved by the director and has the signatures of the transporter, producer, and disposer) must be returned by the transporter to the producer within 15 days after the waste is received by the disposer. (7) The transporter shall deliver to the director all completed trip ticket books containing the original manifest form with all required signatures no later than the 10th day of the month following the month in which the trip ticket books were completed. (8) A copy of all manifests must be maintained by the transporter at its business office for five years. (9) A transporter shall make all records required to be kept available for inspection by the director at any reasonable time. (Ord. Nos. 14218; 15456; 18416; 22026; 22927; 26925; 28084)

Dallas City Code § 19-124 RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SEC. 19-124. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The director may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and protect the public from health and safety hazards. (Ord. Nos. 14218; 15456; 18416; 22927; 28084)

Dallas City Code § 19-125 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT.

SEC. 19-125. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT. (a) The director may suspend or revoke one or more liquid waste transport permits held by a liquid waste transporter if the director determines that the transporter or an employee of the transporter: (1) violated any provision of this article, any rule or regulation promulgated by the director under this article, or any other applicable city ordinance or state or federal law; (2) failed to comply with procedures for developing, maintaining, or delivering manifest records required to be developed, maintained, or delivered pursuant to this article, Chapter 49 of this code, or state or federal laws or regulations for the transfer, transportation, or disposal of industrial waste; or (3) falsified or improperly altered manifest records required to be developed, maintained, or delivered pursuant to this article, Chapter 49 of this code, or state or federal laws or regulations for the transfer, transportation, or disposal of industrial waste. (b) Reinstatement. After suspension under this section, a permit holder may file a request for reinstatement of the permit. The director shall reinstate the permit if the director determines that: (1) the permit holder is again qualified under Section 19-120; (2) all violations of this article, Chapter 49 of this code, and applicable federal pretreatment standards and requirements have been corrected; (3) precautions have been taken by the permit holder to prevent future violations; and (4) all fees required by this article have been paid. (c) New permit after revocation. If the director revokes a permit, the permit holder may not apply for or be issued a new permit for the same vehicle earlier than 180 days after the date of revocation of the old permit, except that, if, subsequent to the revocation, the director determines that all of the conditions prescribed in Section 19-120 are completely satisfied, the permit holder may apply for and the director may issue a new permit before the 180-day period expires. (Ord. Nos. 13387; 14218; 15456; 18416; 22927; 28084)

Dallas City Code § 19-126 APPEAL.

SEC. 19-126. APPEAL. If the director denies the issuance or renewal of a liquid waste transport permit or suspends or revokes a liquid waste transport permit, the director shall send to the applicant or permit holder, by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the action and of the right to an appeal. The applicant or permit holder may appeal the decision of the director to the permit and license appeal board in accordance with Section 2-96 of this code. The filing of a request for an appeal hearing with the permit and license appeal board stays an action of the director revoking a permit until the permit and license appeal board makes a final decision. (Ord. Nos. 14218; 15456; 18200; 18416; 22927; 28084)

Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-144631Fetched: 10/26/2026