(a) Except as provided in §335.2 of this title (relating to Permit Required), no person shall store, process, or dispose of hazardous waste without first having obtained a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (commission).
(b) Upon receipt of federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Act (HSWA) authorization for the commission's Hazardous Waste Program, the commission shall be authorized to enforce the HSWA provisions that the United States Environmental Protection Agency imposed in hazardous waste permits that were issued before the HSWA authorization was granted.

Source Note: The provisions of this §335.43 adopted to be effective September 1, 1986, 11 TexReg 3695; amended to be effective July 14, 1987, 12 TexReg 2106; amended to be effective August 14, 1990, 15 TexReg 4397; amended to be effective November 7, 1991, 16 TexReg 6065; amended to be effective November 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 9135; amended to be effective June 11, 2020, 4 TexReg 3780