Environmental Insider News articles from April 1999

Environmental Insider News archives from April 1999

Border Bills on the Move.
April 14, 1999... Spearheaded by a push from the top, several bills that emerged from Senator Carlos Truan's Senate Interim Committee on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as well as some other bills not directly tied to the NAFTA panel's work,...

Texas' New Frontier?
April 14, 1999... Among Secretary Bomer's recommendations was the need to better coordinate efforts between state agencies working on colonia issues. He noted a database had already been designed to allow individuals and state agencies to access information...

IG Faults EPA Bay Program.
April 14, 1999... EPA's own Inspector General has issued a highly critical audit report that documents serious mismanagement and improper noncompetitive grantmaking in the Chesapeake Bay Program. Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson [April 8] reported that the...

Salutations to Sandow.
April 14, 1999... Alcoa's 81-year-old Sandow Mine in Rockdale is the 1999 winner of the Railroad Commission's Coal Mining Reclamation Award, the RRC announced on April 13. The lignite mine, which could be forced to close if opponents of grandfathered facilities...

Texas Tidbits.
April 14, 1999... *** In a case dating to 1994, Judge Letitia Clark has approved a $240,000 settlement in an environmental enforcement lawsuit filed by Harris County against DSS International, which at the time operated a silver recovery plant in Baytown. The...

Cherry Blossoms.
April 14, 1999... *** Is your child falling asleep in class? According to a new study done for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, drowsiness, headaches, and a lack of concentration by students may be an indicator that the school building has indoor air quality...

Smoke and Broken Mirrors in Seguin.
April 28, 1999... Early on the morning of January 11, 1999, one vehicle crashed into an 18-wheeler in what was described as dense fog over the City of Seguin, and before the smoke (sic) was cleared, 32 vehicles had smashed mirrors, windshields, fenders, and...

Seeing Through the Fog.
April 28, 1999... Ordinarily, such a definitive letter would settle a complaint. After all, TNRCC's own meteorological staff had pronounced the verdict, with corroborating evidence from city officials in Seguin and other agency personnel. What mere citizen could...

Water Fight in San Marcos.
April 28, 1999... Ending Round 1 of what promises to be an ongoing battle, TNRCC's Commissions on April 28 granted the City of San Marcos a permit to use the bed and banks of the San Marcos River, rather than construct a pipeline, to transport 10,081 acre-feet...

Carrizo-Wilcox Water Fight.
April 28, 1999... A study performed by the University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), for the Texas Water Development Board has found that groundwater from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer is sufficient to meet water demands through the year 2050 for six...