Environmental Insider News articles from March 2001

Environmental Insider News archives from March 2001

EPA Wants Fayette, Milam Counties in Austin Area.
March 14, 2001... Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement its tough National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone (as measured over an 8-hour period), things...

Who Will Win the Nonattainment Designation Battle?
March 14, 2001... The EPA memo did allow as how the agency "may consider a smaller boundary" if Texas provides supporting information that addresses 11 factors outlined in the EPA guidance document which Wegman says the state wholly ignored in its submission...

Court Upholds 8-Hour Ozone, PM 2.5 Standards.
March 14, 2001... By a 9-0 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court shot down arguments by a coalition of industry groups that the EPA's 1997 decision to establish new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter were...

Elsie (x 2) v. Waco v. TNRCC in the Bosque.
March 28, 2001... Fresh from a good day in court on March 22, the Texas Association of Dairymen (TAD) dropped a second bomb on Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) a day later, this time seeking injunctive relief and declaratory relief on...

The Goal: Environmentally Friendly Dairy Farming.
March 28, 2001... There are just too many dairy cattle in the Bosque basin, according to attorneys for the city of Waco, and TNRCC is still allowing the permitting of new dairies with new cows and the water pollution that accompanies dairy farming. It is hurting...

Dallas-Fort Worth Airports Lawsuit Settled.
March 28, 2001... Continuing a march toward creating what may be the cleanest airports in the nation, from an air quality standpoint, TNRCC's Commissioners on March 21 gave final approval to the last of three agreements that prevented regulation of ground...

DPS, TNRCC Plan ASM Timetable.
March 28, 2001... At a special joint work session on March 23, TNRCC and the Texas Department of Public Safety took a look at issues surrounding the startup of the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program that has been incorporated into the State...