Environmental Insider News articles from January 2004

Environmental Insider News archives from January 2004

Particulars on Particulate Matter, 8-Hour Ozone.
January 22, 2004... After a lengthy wait for legal issues to be resolved, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is now moving forward on the designation of areas not in attainment with the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate matter (PM...

TCEQ Compliance and Enforcement Issues.
January 22, 2004... At the behest of the Commissioners, staffers from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality offered up a preliminary proposal for a major review of agency compliance and enforcement procedures. Commissioner Larry Soward, a former Texas Water...

EPA Enforcement Chief Heads to Wal-Mart.
January 22, 2004... EPA's Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, John Peter Suarez, turned down an offer to continue in his government job past his resignation date of January 30, 2004, and elected instead to pursue...

Bluebonnets.
January 22, 2004... RRC Picks More Cleanup Sites The Railroad Commission has opened bidding on a $152,100 well plugging contract before authorizing a $272,240 payout from the Oil Field Cleanup Fund to clean up the Texas Tank & Oil Company (TTOC) Snyder Area...

Windy Day at the Railroad Commission.
January 31, 2004... The times they are a changing over at the Railroad Commission of Texas, and just like Bob Dylan said, the answer is blowing in the wind. The 54th Annual State of the Oil and Gas Industry meeting on January 28 started off with (for the first...

Bush: Big Green for Big Green!
January 31, 2004... President George W. Bush has submitted a fiscal 2005 environmental budget that includes $46.9 billion - the highest level of funding ever requested by a President - for high-priority environment and natural resource programs. The White House...