Environmental Insider News articles from September 2002

Environmental Insider News archives from September 2002

NADBank Action Angers South Texas.
September 2, 2002... As anticipated, the North American Development Bank on August 20 authorized the creation of an $80 million Water Conservation Investment Fund for financing of water conservation projects on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. But farmers...

Hoffman To Direct TCEQ.
September 2, 2002... The state of Texas has a brand-new name for its chief environmental regulatory agency - which is now formally known as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - and a brand-new leader as its Executive Director. Come October, Margaret...

Cherry Blossoms.
September 2, 2002... Five Texas Facilities Added to NEPT Program EPA Administrator Christie Whitman has announced the acceptance of 23 new members, including five Texas entities, into the National Environmental Performance Track Program. The voluntary program...

Bluebonnets.
September 2, 2002... Cross-Border Pipeline Permits On-Line Railroad Commissioner Charles Matthews has announced that the Commission's permits needed to construct cross-border pipelines in Texas are now available on-line. An operator can obtain and submit the...

El Paso ETF Strikes ASARCO Again!
September 9, 2002... Not content with charging ASARCO, Inc., with contaminating soils all over town, an ad hoc environmental task force appointed by El Paso Mayor Raymond Caballero has now accused ASARCO of "potentially" poisoning groundwater, some of which is used...

Erickson Case Nears End.
September 9, 2002... The 12-year battle by EPA Region 4 contracting officer Sharyn Erickson is nearing the end of the line. Erickson, you may recall, was targeted by her supervisors who did not appreciate her efforts to address serious deficiencies in EPA's...

TWDB to the Rescue?
September 16, 2002... The Texas Water Development Board has submitted an application to the Border Environment Conservation Commission that would allow the state to apply for the $40 million recently made available by the North American Development Bank to fund U.S....

Four Texas Superfund Sites.
September 16, 2002... EPA has added two final Texas hazardous waste sites - the Brine Service Company and Patrick Bayou sites - and 17 others to the National Priorities List and proposed two other Texas sites - the Gulfco Marine Maintenance, Inc., and Falcon...

Cherry Blossoms.
September 16, 2002... ELF Admits to Arson in Pennsylvania The Washington Times reported on September 10 that the Earth Liberation Front has taken credit for torching a U.S. Forest Service laboratory last month, causing $700,000 in damages and destroying 70...

Bluebonnets.
September 16, 2002... Lester Heads to HARC Dr. Jim Lester, long-time director of the Environmental Institute of Houston and faculty member at the University of Houston - Clear Lake since 1975, has been named director of the Environmental Group at the Houston...

Environmental Education in Texas: Five Years of Progress.
September 19, 2002... A little over five years ago, Duggan Flanakin, Jim Lester, and some other industrious people put together the first state-wide environmental education conference in Texas. Held in Houston, the conference certainly highlighted some of the...

Border 2012 Aims to Please.
September 24, 2002... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Mexico's Secretariat for Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) on September 20 joined 10 U.S.-Mexico border states (including Texas) and 25 U.S. tribes in proposing a new 10-year program...

Erickson Wins Big!
September 27, 2002... Beleaguered EPA whistle-blower Sharyn Erickson [see EI NEWS, September 9 online, September 14 hard copy] won a major victory in court on September 26, as Administrative Law Judge Clement Kennington awarded her back pay, reinstatement, punitive...

Bluebonnets.
September 27, 2002... Derek Seal to TCEQ Derek Seal, longtime Chief of Staff and General Counsel to the House Committee on Environmental Regulation and state representative Warren Chisum, will be the new Executive Assistant to Texas Commission on Environmental...