(a) This subchapter establishes minimum standards for the location of facilities used for the storage, processing, and disposal of hazardous waste. These standards are to be applied in the evaluation of an application for a permit to manage hazardous waste. Except as otherwise provided in this section, this subchapter applies to permit applications for new hazardous waste management facilities and areal expansions of existing hazardous waste management facilities, filed on or after September 1, 1984. These sections do not apply to the following:      
        (1) permit applications submitted pursuant to §335.2(c) of this title (relating to Permit Required), §335.43(b) of this title (relating to Permit Required), and §335.45(b) of this title (relating to Effect on Existing Facilities), including any revision submitted pursuant to §305.51 of this title (relating to Revision of Applications for Hazardous Waste Permits);       
        (2) permit applications filed pursuant to §335.2(a) of this title which have been submitted in accordance with Chapter 305 of this title (relating to Consolidated Permits) and which have been declared to be administratively complete pursuant to §281.3 of this title (relating to Initial Review) prior to September 1, 1984; and       
        (3) on-site remedial actions conducted pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 United States Code §§9601 et seq., as amended by the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act of 1986 or Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 361, Subchapter F.       
      (b) The standards contained in §335.204(a)(6) - (9), (b)(7) - (12), (c)(6) - (11), (d)(6) - (11), and (e) (8) - (13) are not applicable to facilities that have submitted a notice of intent to file a permit application pursuant to §335.391 of this title (relating to Pre-Application Review) prior to May 3, 1988, or to facilities that have filed permit applications pursuant to §335.2(a) of this title which were submitted in accordance with Chapter 305 of this title and that were declared to be administratively complete pursuant to §281.3 of this title (relating to Initial Review) prior to May 3, 1988.     
      (c) The purpose of this subchapter is to condition issuance of a permit for a new hazardous waste management facility or the areal expansion of an existing hazardous waste management facility on selection of a site that reasonably minimizes possible contamination of surface water and groundwater; to define the characteristics that make an area unsuitable for a hazardous waste management facility; and to prohibit issuance of a permit for a facility to be located in an area determined to be unsuitable, unless the design, construction and operational features of the facility will prevent adverse effects from unsuitable site characteristics. Nothing herein is intended to restrict or abrogate the commission's general authority under Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 361 to review site suitability for all facilities which manage municipal hazardous waste or industrial solid waste.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §335.201 adopted to be effective May 28, 1986, 11 TexReg 2347; amended to be effective September 1, 1986, 11 TexReg 3696;  amended to be effective May 3, 1988, 13 TexReg 1913; amended to be effective November 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 9135