Environmental Insider News articles from February 2004

Environmental Insider News archives from February 2004

Regional Monitoring and Response: Beyond Compliance?
February 17, 2004... At the February 13 work session (yes, it was a Friday!), TCEQ Commissioner R. B. "Ralph" Marquez laid the groundwork for a new regional environmental monitoring and response program that could bring about a revolution in environmental...

Coastal Bend Brownfields Cleanup.
February 17, 2004... The Railroad Commission on February 4 announced a funding award for its first Targeted Brownfields Assessment, which will evaluate the Compton Docks facility, an abandoned 4.5-acre crude oil gathering facility along State Highway 35 in Fulton....

Cherry Blossoms.
February 17, 2004... EPA's New Research Models Guidance EPA Science Advisor Paul Gilman and Acting Deputy Administrator Steve Johnson have announced a new draft guidance on the use of research models at EPA and a web-accessible database, the Models Knowledge...

Bluebonnets.
February 17, 2004... Energy Council Appointees Texas Governor Rick Perry and Railroad Commission Chairman Victor Carrillo on February 11 announced the appointment of 22 members to the Texas Energy Planning Council, which Carrillo chairs. The Chairman last...

Carrillo Kicks Off Energy Council.
February 26, 2004... Railroad Commission Chairman Victor Carrillo gaveled in the inaugural meeting of the Texas Energy Planning Council at the state capitol extension today, and 20 of the 22 members were on board for the event. Only Land Commissioner Jerry...

TAMU - Commerce Goes Back to Nature.
February 26, 2004... Under a new partnership with The Nature Conservancy of Texas, students and faculty at Texas A & M University - Commerce will soon be conducting studies at TNC's Cowleech Prairie Preserve, an 86-acre bottomland meadow property near Dixon that...

Good Neighbors Targets Children.
February 26, 2004... The Good Neighbor Environmental Board, a federal public advisory committee whose mission is to advise the President and Congress on good neighbor practices along the border between the United States and Mexico, unveiled a new report on...

Cherry Blossoms.
February 26, 2004... Small Electronics Power Packs The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled a new proposal for efficiency specifications and a test procedure for single voltage external AC/DC power supplies, commonly known as "power packs." These...

Bluebonnets.
February 26, 2004... New Technology R&D The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has announced the availability of $8.3 million in new grants for fiscal 2004 as part of the agency's New Technology Research and Development Program, an innovative program...