🚧 Fueling Progress, Powering Communities – Built by SSCI’s Engineering Experts 🚧 At Separation Systems Consultants, Inc. (SSCI), we don’t just support fuel infrastructure—we engineer it for performance, safety, and long-term success. Our Engineering Team leads the charge in delivering turnkey fueling solutions that support critical infrastructure across Texas and beyond. Whether it’s installing new Petroleum Storage Tanks (PSTs) or upgrading existing systems, SSCI brings together permitting, design, and compliance into one streamlined process. End-to-end engineering and permitting for fueling infrastructure Construction-ready design plans & compliance verification Construction oversight, project management, and safety monitoring Post-installation restoration, inspections, and maintenance Custom Read More »
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Investigators often observe violations during Industrial and Hazardous Waste (IHW) compliance evaluations and investigations. Here are some Common Issues: Failure to conduct weekly inspections of the container storage area. Failure to properly label containers of paint and paint related waste managed as universal waste. Failure to close containers of of hazardous waste when not adding or removing waste. Failure to properly date universal waste containers/or maintain a correct record of the accumulation date. Failure to have containers clearly marked and visible with accumulation start date. Failure to have containers labeled “Hazardous Waste”. Failure to Read More »
We just received the following update from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). We are pleased to announce the TCEQ updates to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) are now available. You can access these tables using the link: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html. We are releasing the 2016 PCL table update as a single Microsoft Excel workbook with each table on a separate worksheet. We are also releasing the updates as a print only Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF) file. The Excel file and the PDF file each contain PCL tables 1 through 10 and the Read More »
As of January 1, 2016, the use of the USEPA SW846 Method 5035A – which is a purge-and-trap technology – has been deemed mandatory by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Remediation Division for sampling volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soil and waste samples.  After December 31, 2015, the TCEQ Remediation Division will not accept VOC data reported for solid samples that have been collected and prepared using other methods if the data is intended to demonstrate compliance with the rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapters 334, 335, or 350.  The intent of collecting soild/soil samples via a closed-system Read More »
We just received the following from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). We are pleased to announce the TCEQ updates to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) are now available. You can access these tables using the link: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html We are releasing the 2015 PCL table update as a single Microsoft Excel workbook with each table on a separate worksheet. We are also releasing the updates as a print only Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF) file. The Excel file and the PDF file each contain PCL tables 1 through 10 and the Read More »