Environmental Insider News articles from April 2002

Environmental Insider News archives from April 2002

Water Board Picks Kevin Ward.
April 16, 2002... The Texas Water Development Board looked far and wide for a replacement for departing Executive Administrator Craig Pedersen, but ultimately found their man right at home in the personage of J. Kevin Ward. Ward, a longtime employee who since...

Austin's Downtown Traffic "Plan".
April 16, 2002... Even though Austin is the marijuana capital of Texas, it still seems surprising that city planners have devised a scheme for "revising" downtown traffic patterns that must have been hatched at last year's Eeyore's Birthday Party (with apologies...

Air Fee Increases on the Way.
April 16, 2002... According to TxCEQ's Acting Chief Financial Officer Jan Washburn, the agency needs to raise air-related fees because revenues in fiscal 2003 will not support appropriation levels if fees remain at current levels, because of new requirements...

All Aboard on Stage I, Stage II Changes.
April 16, 2002... The Commission is also planning to revise its rules on Stage I and Stage II vapor recovery [at 30 TAC 115.227 (Stage I) and 115.240-115.249 (Stage II) and has invited the public to attend and provide comments at a meeting in Austin on April 25....

Cherry Blossoms.
April 16, 2002... STAR Fellowship in Jeopardy According to the New York Times, the White House has chosen to end the $10 million annual federal funding of the Science To Achieve Results (STAR) program that has provided fellowships to students pursuing...

Texas Tidbits.
April 16, 2002... ECOS Meeting Delays TxCEQ Agenda Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Presiding Officer Robert Huston and Commissioner R. B. "Ralph" Marquez will be attending the spring 2002 meeting of the Environmental Council of the States in...

Perchlorate Found in Levelland, Midland Water.
April 23, 2002... As if James McMurtry's song was not bad enough, the west Texas city of Levelland, and its larger neighbor Midland, have drinking water well fields contaminated by the chemical perchlorate. Both cities have disconnected the well fields from main...

Lubbock Youth Wins President's Award.
April 23, 2002... A Lubbock sixth grader was the EPA Region 6 winner of the 2001 President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA), which was announced at a White House ceremony on April 18. After suffering an asthma attack at a local bowling alley that allowed...

Cherry Blossoms.
April 23, 2002... Pulp, Paper Mill Discharge Limits Upheld The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has unanimously affirmed updated Clean Water Act discharge limitations for pulp and paper mills that were adopted in 1998 by the U.S....

Texas Tidbits.
April 23, 2002... TXU Touts Wind Power Efforts In an Earth Day statement, TXU noted that it had become the largest purchaser of wind energy in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States. The American Wind Power Association noted that Texas wind power...

Perry Pumps Water Planning.
April 30, 2002... As the guy floating on a raft in the middle of the Pacific once said, "Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink." But if Texas Governor Rick Perry has his way, Texans may one day rely heavily on the salty Gulf of Mexico for their...

Ally McBeal and the Austin Noise Ordinance.
April 30, 2002... How dare Fox cancel my favorite television series about lawyers? Ally McBeal's legal eagles may not delve into environmental matters, but they do sing - and for that reason alone I wish this law firm would migrate to Austin. Maybe they would...

Master Science Teacher Proposal.
April 30, 2002... Texas needs a Master Science Teacher program to complement the existing Master Reading Teacher program created by the Legislature in 1999 and the Master Math Teacher program created in 2001. This latest announcement from Texas Governor Rick...