Environmental Insider News articles from May 2004

Environmental Insider News archives from May 2004

The Ten Million Dollar Mess: TCEQ's PSTR Fund Program.
May 7, 2004... Yet another crisis of confidence in the state's Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Fund (PSTRF) program surfaced at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) agenda on April 7. At the meeting, storage tank remediation subcontractors,...

Soward Confirmed by Texas Senate.
May 12, 2004... The Texas Senate on May 11 unanimously confirmed the nomination of Larry R. Soward of Austin for a 6-year term as Commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Soward, who has been serving in the office since October 17, 2003,...

Environmental Excellence Awards.
May 12, 2004... The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has announced the winners of the 2004 Environmental Excellence Awards, the state's highest environmental honor. Ten diverse environmental projects representing the state's most outstanding...

Auto Inspections in Central Texas?
May 26, 2004... If you live in Austin or Round Rock, or anywhere in Travis or Williamson Counties, you may not yet realize that local planners (including elected officials) want you to pay $20 more a year at the auto inspection station - that's $32.50...

Municipal Solid Waste Public Meetings.
May 26, 2004... The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is opening and revising the rules that govern the siting, construction, and monitoring of municipal solid waste (MSW) facilities in Texas. The TCEQ is initiating rulemaking to revise all of 30 Texas...

Lost in the Ozone Again.
May 31, 2004... At the May 26 agenda of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, about the only person offering "no comment" was Public Interest Counsel Blas Coy. Guy Donaldson of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Dallas regional office admitted...

Eugene Island and Oil as a Renewable Resource.
May 31, 2004... A recent article by Chris Bennett of WorldNetDaily piqued our interest, so much so that we have opted to summarize the basic information. Bennett explains that the submerged Gulf of Mexico mountain, the top of which is known as Eugene Island...

Bluebonnets.
May 31, 2004... TCEQ Targets Rock Mining Facilities TCEQ investigators have begun an intensive campaign to inspect rock mining facilities through the state. The inspectors are looking for violations at over 300 facilities. The focused inspections began on...