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Environmental Insider News archives from July 2000
Koch Bails Out Austin Again.
July 14, 2000... Just months after introducing low-sulfur diesel fuel to the Austin area [see January 28, 2000, EI NEWS for details], Koch Petroleum Group, LP, on July 10 announced a voluntary commitment to bring a lower sulfur gasoline to the state capital...
Koch Cleans Gas, Tanks.
July 14, 2000... Mueller told EI NEWS that Koch had made a key mistake that they were more than willing to pay for and move on. The company has swapped some tanks to facilities up north (where crude oil vapor pressure gets nowhere near 5.0 psia) and sold others...
Surface Water Standards.
July 14, 2000... Every three years (or so) state environmental regulators have the job of updating the Texas surface water standards. It's a federal requirement under the Clean Water Act that states revise the standards based on new scientific or technical...
Texas Tidbits.
July 14, 2000... *** The General Land Office has announced revised penalty guidelines for oil spills in Texas coastal waters. Beginning August 1, spills less than a gallon will draw fines of $250; larger spills will draw fines of up to $500 plus $250 per barrel...
Water Board Seeks Cash for Water Planning.
July 28, 2000... In its Legislative Appropriations Request for the coming 2002-03 biennium, the Texas Water Development Board is asking for a decrease in pass-through funding and no increase in baseline funding over 2000-01 levels. The Board does want more...
Oil and Gas Day at the RRC.
July 28, 2000... For the 50th year out of the last 51 (he missed once due to an taxi accident), 85-year-old former Commissioner Bill Murray provided his words of wisdom to dozens of assembled oil and gas industry representatives at the Railroad Commission's...
Cherry Blossoms.
July 28, 2000... *** Just one day after the big RRC pow-wow in Austin, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson once again expressed his desire that the U.S. "see a meaningful decline in our future reliance on fossil fuels." In his view, developing alternative energy...