Licenses/Permits

LLRW/ LLMW – TCEQ License #R04100 & Permit #HW-50397
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Toxic Substance Control Act (RCRA/TSCA) Regulated Waste – TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) Authorization
Texas Exempt Waste – TCEQ Permit #HW-50358
Byproduct Material – TCEQ License #R05807
Special Nuclear Material (SNM) disposal limits only restricted by maximum grams allowed above ground
Permit To Discharge Wastes – Byproduct TPDES WQ0004857000 Permit
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- 03-13-2014 CERCLA FWF
Air Permit #72653 – Renewed: June 10, 2016 / Expires: June 10, 2026

LLRW (including sealed sources), GTCC waste, Transuranic waste, and Byproduct Material (TCEQ License #R04100) RCRA/TSCA Waste (TCEQ Permit #HW-50358)

Air Permit #72653

Issued: December 23, 2008 by TCEQ
Authorization: Storage and Disposal of hazardous waste (limited to mixed and Industrial radioactive waste from the federal government in the Federal Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility. This permit will work with the Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal License that WCS is currently pursuing, allowing the LDR-compliant mixed waste to be disposed within the facility.
Allows for bulk and containerized shipments by highway

Issued: August 5, 1994, by the Texas National Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
Renewed: October 5, 2005 by the TCEQ
Authorization: Treatment, storage, and land disposal of over 2,000 RCRA Waste Codes
WCS holds an RCRA Part B equivalent permit to receive ignitable, corrosive, toxic, and select reactive hazardous waste
Liquids, sludge, solids, lab packs in approved containers, and liquid in bulk tankers

Issued: May 29, 2008, by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Authorization: Receipt and disposal of byproduct material as defined in Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code, Section 336. 1105
Containers shall be sealed, flexible, or rigid drums, pails, boxes, sacks or similar containers that do not tear, split, or rupture upon handling, placement, and compaction in the disposal unit, or lose their structural strength and integrity when contacting water. Acceptable containers include (but are not limited to) U.S. DOT containers. Containers shall not contain free liquids or more than 15% void space.

Issued: November 22, 1999
Renewed: March 15, 2016 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Authorization: Treatment, storage, and land disposal of TSCA wastes including Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) and PCB-contaminated materials such as debris, spill solids, transformers (drained and flushed), and transformer carcasses
PCB liquids are acceptable for bulking and off-site treatment