It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section 7.176 that the person unknowingly disposed of used oil into the environment because the used oil had not been properly segregated or separated by the generator from other solid wastes.
Tex. Water Code § 7.254
DEFENSE TO USED OIL OFFENSES
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff
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