Sec. 363.068. SCREENING STUDY. (a) A screening study must provide a survey and assessment of the various factors affecting the suitability of resource recovery or other solid waste management systems with the scope and detail needed to make an initial determination of whether those systems are potentially successful alternatives to existing systems.
(b) The survey and assessment must include:
(1) the amount and characteristics of available waste;
(2) the suitability and economics of existing solid waste management systems;
(3) institutional factors affecting potential alternatives;
(4) technologies available;
(5) identification of potential material and energy markets;
(6) economics of alternative systems; and
(7) interest of the local citizenry in available alternatives.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water
Chapter 363 - Municipal Solid Waste
Subchapter D. Regional and Local Solid Waste Management Plans
Section 363.061. Commission Rules; Approval of Regional and Local Solid Waste Management Plans
Section 363.0615. Responsibility for Regional Planning
Section 363.0616. Preparation of Regional Plan by Other Public Agency in Certain Regions
Section 363.062. Regional Solid Waste Management Plan
Section 363.063. Local Solid Waste Management Plan
Section 363.0635. Schedule for Adoption of Plans
Section 363.064. Contents of Regional or Local Solid Waste Management Plan
Section 363.065. Planning Process; Planning Area
Section 363.066. Conformity With Regional or Local Solid Waste Management Plan
Section 363.067. Study Required for Resource Recovery or Other Solid Waste Management Systems
Section 363.068. Screening Study