Environmental Insider News articles from February 2003

Environmental Insider News archives from February 2003

World's Greatest Environmental Criminal Still Loose.
February 12, 2003... On March 24, 1989, Captain Joseph Hazelwood ran the oil tanker Exxon Valdez aground off the coast of southern Alaska, and the world went crazy against both Hazelwood and his employer, Exxon Corporation (as well as Alyeska Pipeline Service...

Stormwater General Permit Monkey Wrenched.
February 12, 2003... Texas cities and other public entities that operate small municipal separate storm sewer systems (small MS4's) are facing a March 10, 2003, deadline for applying for a general permit, which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality was...

Puente, Dukes, Shapleigh, and Chisum.
February 12, 2003... Four veteran legislators are among those filing environment-related bills in the past few days. State senator Eliot Shapleigh (D, El Paso) expressed his concern over interbasin transfers of water through Senate Bill 326, which applies to the...

Cherry Blossoms.
February 12, 2003... EPA Budget Proposal Boosts Cleanups The Bush Administration has proposed only a $10 million increase in the fiscal 2004 budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - though the amount is $280 million higher than the Administration...

Water Service Public Notice.
February 25, 2003... At the February 7 TCEQ work session, staffer Doug Holcomb outlined some issues raised during recent weeks regarding the proper procedures for a municipality to follow when it seeks to begin providing retail water service within its city limits...

NSR Comment Period Extended.
February 25, 2003... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the comment period on its proposed rule to provide a regulatory definition of "routine maintenance, repair, and replacement" for the New Source Review (NSR) program. EPA says the November...

Desalination, Economic Benefit, and More.
February 25, 2003... State representative Dianne White Delisi has filed House Bill 695, which provides an exemption from the franchise tax for corporations engaged in manufacturing, selling, or installing desalination devices. The bill also allows a corporation to...

Bluebonnets.
February 25, 2003... New Chair at TWDB The Texas Water Development Board has a new chair (or presiding officer, depending on how one read's some 2001 legislation). E. G. Rod Pittman of Lufkin, a former executive with Lufkin Industries, Inc., and current vice...