Texas Dry Cleaner Remediation Program (DCRP)

The Dry Cleaner Remediation Program of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is a state-led cleanup program for sites contaminated by dry cleaning solvents. The Texas Legislature set up the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Fund in 2003 to pay for it. The same law set registration requirements, fees and performance standards for dry cleaning facilities.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 does not name dry cleaner lists among its standard record sources, so no search distance attaches to this list under the standard. A dry cleaner at or next to a property is still one of the first things a Phase I looks for, and Texas keeps two lists that answer different questions.

• The prioritization list is TCEQ's list of dry cleaner sites ranked and prioritized for the fund. TCEQ cannot begin corrective action at a site, emergencies aside, until the site's application has been both ranked and prioritized.
• The closure list holds the program sites that have met TCEQ regulatory standards.

A dry cleaner that never applied to the fund should not be expected on either list. These lists show who asked for a state-led cleanup. They are not a list of every dry cleaner, and they are not a list of every solvent release.

How sites are ordered

TCEQ ranks each site by its potential impact on human health or the environment, under 30 Texas Administrative Code section 337.31(a). It then sets a priority that starts from the ranking and also weighs factors unrelated to risk that promote effective use of the fund, under section 337.30. TCEQ says the prioritization list is updated periodically.

Who can apply

TCEQ lists three kinds of eligible applicant:

• the owner of the dry cleaning facility or drop station;
• the owner of the property where the facility or drop station is or was located;
• a former owner of that property who has agreed with the current owner to be responsible for the cleanup costs.

The applicant on the record may therefore be a landlord or a former owner, not the dry cleaner.

The program's statute is Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 374.

Where to look a site up

• TCEQ links the prioritization list and the closure list from its Dry Cleaner Remediation Program page.
• TCEQ gives 512-239-2206 for dry cleaner remediation questions and 512-239-2628 for dry cleaner registration questions.

Getting the file

TCEQ offers three routes to its records: TCEQ Records Online for records already scanned, an email to the Central File Room (cfrreq@tceq.texas.gov) to view or copy paper and microform records, and a Public Information Request for records that are not available through the file room or that contain confidential information.

Sources

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality pages, read September 30, 2026:

• Dry Cleaner Remediation Program, last modified July 9, 2026.
• Dry Cleaning Remediation Fund: Am I Eligible?, last modified March 11, 2026.
• Dry Cleaning Drop Stations and Facilities: Am I Regulated?, last modified July 20, 2026.
• Remediation Program Descriptions, last modified July 17, 2026.
• Access Records from our Central File Room, last modified July 17, 2026.