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Bill would require TCEQ to hold public meetings on composting permits when local legislators request them
Summary
Senators heard House Bill 42,71, a substitute that would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to hold public meetings on certain composting facility permit applications upon formal request from local legislators, after hundreds of public comments in a recent Lee County case were not followed by a meeting.
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources considered a committee substitute to House Bill 42,71 that would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to hold public meetings on certain composting facility permit applications when requested by local legislators.
Senator Kolkhorst’s sponsor, Senator Flores, said the substitute responds to a recent Lee County matter in which TCEQ received more than 1,800 comments and requests for a public meeting but denied a meeting…
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