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MACHINE SHOPS AND SIMILAR WORK AREAS.

Austin City Code § 6-5-55
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§ 6-5-55 - MACHINE SHOPS AND SIMILAR WORK AREAS. (A) This section applies to drainage from the work area of a machine shop or an industry that manufactures, rebuilds, or overhauls motors, engines, transmissions, hydraulic systems, or similar machinery. (B) A person may not discharge or allow to be discharged the drainage into a storm sewer or watercourse. (C) The person responsible for the drainage shall discharge the drainage into a storage tank that is: (1) designed to hold industrial waste until the waste is transported to a disposal site approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and (2) not connected to a storm sewer or watercourse. Source: 1992 Code Sections 4-1-75 (definition of "hold-haul tank") and 4-1-80; Ord. 031023-10; Ord. 031211-11.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT6ENCOCO_CH6-5WAQU_ART5DIINSTSEWA_S6-5-55MASHSIWOARFetched: 10/27/2026

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