Sec. 361.0861.  SEPARATE RECYCLING OR RECOVERY PERMIT NOT REQUIRED.  (a)  A permit holder or a municipal solid waste management facility that has or plans to have a recycling, waste separation, energy and material recovery, or gas recovery or transfer facility established in conjunction with the permitted municipal solid waste management facility is not required to obtain for that recycling, waste separation, energy and material recovery, or gas recovery or transfer facility a separate permit from the commission or to apply for an amendment to an existing permit issued by the commission.
(b)  A facility to which this section applies must register with the commission in accordance with commission rules and comply with commission rules adopted under this chapter.
(c)  If a permit is otherwise required, the commission shall expedite the permit proceeding if the applicant is seeking a permit for a solid waste management facility that employs an innovative, high technology method of waste disposition and recycling.
Added by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 6, 1990.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.50, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 987, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.