In this chapter:
Applicationmeans the application submitted to the city for a municipal setting designation ordinance.
Contaminant of concernmeans any contaminant that has the potential to adversely affect ecological or human receptors due to its concentration, distribution, or mode of toxicity.
Designated groundwatermeans groundwater that will be or is prohibited from use as potable water by a municipal setting designation ordinance.
Designated propertymeans the property that will be or is subject to a municipal setting designation ordinance. The designated property may cover several platted lots or tracts of land.
Ingestion protective concentration levelmeans the protective concentration level for human ingestion for contaminants of concern in groundwater established by the TCEQ under the Texas Risk Reduction Program, determined as if there were no municipal setting designation ordinance.
Ingestion protective concentration level exceedence zonemeans the area where concentrations of contaminants of concern from sources on or migrating from or through the designated property are greater than the ingestion protective concentration level in groundwater, determined as if there were no municipal setting designation ordinance.
Non-ingestion protective concentration levelmeans the protective concentration level for dermal contact or inhalation for contaminants of concern in groundwater established by the TCEQ under the Texas Risk Reduction Program.
Potable watermeans water that is used for irrigating crops intended for human consumption, drinking, showering, bathing, or cooking purposes.
Protective concentration levelmeans the non-site-specific concentration of a contaminant of concern that the TCEQ has determined can remain within the source medium and not result in a level that exceeds the applicable human health risk-based exposure limit or ecological protective concentration level at the point of exposure for an exposure pathway.
Response actionmeans the control, decontamination, or removal from the environment of a hazardous substance of contaminant pursuant to Subchapter W, "Municipal Setting Designations," of Chapter 361, "Solid Waste Disposal Act," of the Texas
Health and Safety Code.
TCEQmeans the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
TCEQ applicationmeans the application submitted to the TCEQ for certification of a municipal setting designation.
To the extent knownmeans information known by an applicant or applicant's agent after review of all public and private records and other information sources reasonably available in the exercise of due diligence. For the purposes of this chapter, "the exercise of due diligence" by the applicant does not include groundwater sampling activity not otherwise required by law.
(Ordinance 3173, adopted 10/2/2007; Am. Ordinance 3599, adopted 2/18/2014)