Environmental Insider News articles from August 2004

Environmental Insider News archives from August 2004

TERP Grants Fund "Green Goats".(Texas Emissions Reduction Program)
August 2, 2004... While his colleagues were sweating bullets at a lengthy agenda in Austin, TCEQ Commissioner R. B. "Ralph" Marquez was sharing a stage in Houston with Governor Rick Perry as he announced the winners of over $80.89 million in grants under the...

New Technology Research Grants.
August 2, 2004... An early clue as to what types of projects may receive Texas Emission Reduction Program (TERP) grants for 2005 may be found by looking at the New Technology Research and Development Program grants for 2004. The NTRD program both supports the...

SuperConference Highlights.(Sixteenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference)
August 9, 2004... The Sixteenth Annual Texas Environmental Superconference is history - and one for the books. Next year, the big question will be who will be playing Spiderman, swinging from the rafters of the Four Seasons Hotel lobby. Yup! Next year's theme...

Bluebonnets.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2004... Permian Basin Still a Rich Vein A new study from the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology says that the Permian Basin is still rich in oil reserves despite eight decades of robust extraction efforts. According to the study, there...

Getting the Whole Picture Tube.
August 12, 2004... New (to us, at least) information has surfaced in the dispute between Texas Disposal Systems Landfill in Buda and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality over the final resting place of waste linked to an October 1997 highway accident in...

Bluebonnets.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2004... Williams Lauds FutureGen Coal, long maligned as a dirty fuel, may soon have a cleaner (well, clean) future. The U.S. Department of Energy is working on FutureGen, a billion-dollar, 10-year project to create the world's first coal-fired...

Vehicle Inspections Will End in El Paso.
August 17, 2004... State regulators on August 16 voted to put an end to motor vehicle inspection in El Paso County effective January 1, 2006. The action, which will have to be implemented through new regulations, came just as the Texas Commission on Environmental...

TPCA Seeks Delay on Texas LED Mandate.(low-emission diesel)(Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience store Association)
August 17, 2004... Back in December 2000, TCEQ adopted rules that created a regional low-emission diesel fuel requirement applicable year-round in 110 central and eastern Texas counties. The rule requires diesel fuel producers and importers to meet "Texas...

Tweaking the TERP.(Texas Emissions Reduction Program)
August 17, 2004... The Texas Emissions Reduction Program was again on the agenda at the August 16 work session for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Commission looked at two options for spreading funds around to different areas of the state, then...

Municipal Setting Designations - Brownfields Development Aid?
August 17, 2004... It was an odd day at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. With the exception of one city of Dallas official, almost no one other than TCEQ's own regulations development team supported publication of rules to implement provisions of...

TCEQ Unveils Draft of Enforcement Review.
August 20, 2004... As promised, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has released a 312-page draft, for public comment through the end of September, that covers all aspects of its Enforcement Process Review effort. The report includes nearly 300 pages of...