The commission by rule shall define the characteristics that make other areas unsuitable for a hazardous waste management facility, including consideration of:
- (1) flood hazards;
- (2) discharge from or recharge to a groundwater aquifer;
- (3) soil conditions;
- (4) areas of direct drainage within one mile of a lake used to supply public drinking water;
- (5) active geological processes;
- (6) coastal high hazard areas, such as areas subject to hurricane storm surge and shoreline erosion; or
- (7) critical habitat of endangered species.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.