Blood Clean Up
USA Decon Houston manages a service portfolio that includes remediation of environments contaminated by blood and biological fluids or any biohazardous material.

USA Decon Houston can restore affected areas that have been compromised by natural death conditions ,human decomposition, and trauma scenes, such as accidents, homicides, and suicides. 

USA Decon Houston specializes in these cleanup processes and is OSHA, EPA, and Centers for Disease Control compliant.

Our biohazard remediation technicians are fully bonded and insured and our coverage is attested to by Compliance Depot.

Our Legal Environment
In the 1970’s, waste disposal legislation was poor or non-existent.  The 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act encouraged states to develop waste management programs.  The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act had required installation of pollution control devises on smokestacks and pipes.

These acts did not directly dictate where the waste was supposed to go or the processing of the waste prior to disposal.  Landfills at the time were simply holes in the ground that were compacted by bulldozers until full and then covered with topsoil in preparation for commercial development above.

Prior to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), there wasn’t stringent record keeping requirements to identify the origination of the waste.  The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act was enacted in 1976 to address the limitations of the existing legislation.

"A policy success is a government intervention, or the elimination of one, that improves the allocation of resources and reduces the degradation of the environment."

Theodore Panayotou, Green Markets

RCRA was the first environmental law to take a life-cycle approach when it established standards for waste from its generation to its disposal.  One of the best aspects of RCRA was the flexibility it offered private industry in explaining waste classification.

In addition to the list of regulated substances banned from conventional disposal, RCRA uses a characteristic system to explain its scope.  Under this characteristic system, any substance that meets any of the components (ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, or toxicity) is regulated waste.  And this regulated waste has stringent disposal requirements.

The drawback of RCRA was not in its structure or scope but in its implementation.  While RCRA clearly dictated the handling standards in regards to medical waste, state agencies lacked standardized enforcement.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) previously cited exemptions to the medical waste handling standards dictated by RCRA.

Previously, according to the TCEQ, the waste generated from a home or lodging was exempt from special handling requirements.  RCRA did not grant these exemptions.

Evolving Standards
A cornerstone of the EPA’s 2006-2011 Strategic Plan is the Cross-Goal Strategies that focus on reconciling federal direction and state implementation.  State environmental programs conduct a great portion of the day-to-day work involved in compliance and enforcement activities.

The EPA has placed higher priority in joint planning with States and Tribes.  This joint planning is already starting to clarify enforcement on the local level.

In the TCEQ’s Guidelines for the Classification and Coding of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes, the TCEQ is clearly using the RCRA waste classification structure.

Local Enforcement
At USA Decon Houston, we have seen an increase in customers that communicate that they were directed by responding agency personnel to contact a company that specializes in these compliant remediation processes.

The City of Houston’s online hazardous waste disposal recommendations, “How do I dispose of…”, specifically cite medical waste in items restricted from conventional garbage collection.  There is additional information clarifying that private companies are available to dispose of medical wastes.

Industrial waste, radioactive waste, PCB contaminated waste, lead acid batteries, and asbestos are also included in the banned substances.  All of which are banned under the characteristic waste component of RCRA.

Closing the Gap between Federal Direction and State Implementation
When communicating remediation and disposal requirements to the public, city personnel display a consistent approach between federal direction, state implementation, and the local city level enforcement of RCRA standards.

This consistent approach will not only add efficiencies on an organizational level at the EPA but it will also increase the effectiveness in our government agencies and private industry’s protection of public health.

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USA Decon performs remediation services in the following Texas and Oklahoma counties and cities:

Texas Counties
Anderson, Andrews, Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, DeWitt, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis, El Paso, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kayneal, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Rains, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Shelby, Sherman, Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, Young, Zapata, Zavala

Texas Cities
Abbott City, Abilene, Abernathy, Addison, Alamo City, Alamo, Alamo Heights, Albany City, Aldine, Aledo, Alice, Allen, Alpine, Alvarado, Alvin, Amarillo, Anahuac, Anderson Mill, Andrews, Angleton, Aransas Pass, Archer, Argyle, Arlington, Athens, Atlanta, Austin, Austwell, Averytown, Azle, Baird, Balch Springs, Ballinger, Bastrop, Bay City, Baytown, Beaumont, Bedford, Bee Cave, Bellaire, Bellmead, Bellville, Belton, Benbrook, Big Bend, Big Lake, Big Sandy, Big Spring, Blue Ridge, Boerne, Bogata, Bonham, Booker, Borger, Bowie, Brady, Breckenridge, Bremond, Brenham, Bridgeport, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buda, Bulverde, Burkburnett, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calvert, Cameron, Camp Wood, Canadian, Canton, Canyon, Carrollton, Carthage, Castle Hills, Castroville, Cedar Hill, Cedar Park, Centerville, Chappell Hill, Childress, Cibolo, Cisco, Clear Lake, Clear Lake Shores, Cleburne, Cleveland, Clifton, Clint, Clute, Clyde, College Station, Colleyville, Columbus, Comanche, Combine, Comfort, Commerce, Conroe, Converse, Coolidge, Copper Canyon, Coppell, Copperas Cove, Corinth, Corpus Christi, Corsicana, Crandall, Crane, Cross Plains, Crowell, Crowley, Crystal Beach, Cuero, Dalhart, Dalworthington Gardens (DWG), Dallas, Dayton, De Leon, Decatur, Deer Park, Del Rio, Denison, Denton, DeSoto, Detroit, Dickinson, Donna, Double Oak, Dripping Springs, Dumas, Duncanville, Eagle Pass, Early, Eastland, El Campo, El Paso, Eldorado, Elgin, Ennis, Euless, Everman, Fairfield, Fairview, Farmers Branch, Farmersville, Farwell, Flatonia, Flower Mound, Forest Hill, Forney, Fort Davis, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Freeport, Friendswood, Frisco, Fulshear, Gainesville, Gallatin, Galveston, Garden Ridge, Garland, Garrison, Gatesville, Georgetown, Giddings, Gilmer, Gladewater, Glenn Heights, Glen Rose, Goliad, Gonzales, Gordon, Graham, Granbury, Granite Shoals, Grand Prairie, Grapeland, Grapevine, Greenville, Hale Center, Hallettsville, Haltom City, Hamilton, Harker Heights, Harlingen, Haskell, Hearne, Helotes, Hempstead, Henderson, Hereford, Hewitt, Hico, Hidalgo, Highland Park, Highland Village, Hill Country Village, Hillsboro, Hilshire Village, Hitchcock, Houston, Huntsville, Hurst, Hutto, Iowa Park, Independence, Ingleside, Irving, Italy, Jacksonville, Jamaica Beach, Jasper, Jefferson, Jewett, Johnson City, Junction, Katy, Kaufman, Keller, Kemah, Kennedale, Kerens, Kerrville, Kilgore, Killeen, Kingwood, Krum, Kyle, La Marque, La Porte, Lacy Lakeview, LaGrange, Lake Brownwood, Lake Dallas, Lake Jackson, Lakeway, Lake Worth, Lampasas, Lancaster, Laredo, League City, Leander, Leon Valley, Levelland, Lewisville, Liberty, Liberty Hill, Lindale, Little Elm, Littlefield, Live Oak, Livingston, Llano, Lockhart, Longview, Lorenzo, Los Fresnos, Lubbock, Lucas, Lufkin, Lumberton, Magnolia, Manor, Mansfield, Manvel, Marble Falls, Marlin, Marshall, Mason, Mathis, McAllen, McGregor, McKinney, Meadows Place, Melissa, Menard, Merkel, Mesquite, Mexia, Midland, Midlothian, Mineola, Mission, Missouri City, Monahans, Mont Belvieu, Montgomery, Moody, Morgans Point, Moulton, Mount Pleasant, Murphy, Nacogdoches, Nassau Bay, Navasota, Nederland, New Boston, New Braunfels, Niederwald, Nixon, Northlake, North Richland Hills, Oak Point, Odessa, Onalaska, Orange, Overton, Palacios, Palestine, Palmer, Pampa, Pantego, Paris, Pasadena, Pearland, Pecos, Perryton, Pflugerville, Pharr, Pilot Point, Pittsburg, Plainview, Plano, Ponder, Port Aransas, Port Arthur, Port Lavaca, Portland, Possum Kingdom Lake, Post, Post Oak Bend, Pottsboro, Presidio, Prosper, Quanah, Ravenna, Red Oak, Reno, Rhome, Richardson, Richland Hills, Rising Star, River Oaks, Roanoke, Robinson, Rockport, Rockwall, Rosenberg, Round Rock, Round Top, Rowlett, Royse City, Rusk, Sachse, Saginaw, Salado, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Benito, San Marcos, San Saba, Sanctuary, Sanderson, Sanger, Santa Anna, Santa Fe, Savoy, Schertz, Seabrook, Seagoville, Sealy, Seguin, Seymour, Shady Shores, Shamrock, Shavano, Shenandoah, Sherman, Shiner, Shoreacres, Silsbee, Slaton, Smithville, Snyder, Socorro, Somerville, Sonora, Sour Lake, South Padre Island, Southlake, Spearman, Spring Valley, Springtown, Spur, Stephenville, Sugar Land, Sunnyvale, Sweeny, Sweetwater, Tahoka, Taylor, Teague, Temple, Terrell, Texarkana, Texas City, The Colony, Tiki Island, Timpson, Tioga, Toledo Bend Lake, Tom Bean, Tomball, Trophy Club, Troup, Troy, Turkey, Tyler, Uncertain, Universal City, University Park, University Place, Utopia, Van Horn, Venus, Victoria, Vidor, Village of Tiki Island, Vincent, Waco, Watauga, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Webster, Weslaco, West Columbia, West Lake Hills, West Orange, West University Place, Westchase District, Westlake, Wharton, Wheeler, White Oak, White Settlement, Whitehouse, Wichita Falls, Willow Park, Wimberley, Windcrest, Winnie, Woodway, Wortham, Wylie, Yoakum

Oklahoma Counties
Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Johnston, Lincoln, Love, Marshall

Oklahoma Cities
Ada, Ardmore, Chickasha, Duncan, Edmond, Lawton, Midwest City, Moore, Norman, Oklahoma City, Paul's Valley, Shawnee