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TCEQ approves amended TPDES permit for Corex Utilities after contested hearing
Summary
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adopted an administrative law judge's proposed order and issued an amended TPDES permit to Corex Utilities after a contested-case proceeding in which water-quality modeling, nutrients and contaminants of emerging concern were debated.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Aug. 6 voted to adopt the administrative law judge's proposed order and issue an amended Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to Corex Utilities, resolving a contested proceeding that centered on nutrient limits, dissolved-oxygen modeling and emerging contaminants.
The commission's action implemented three corrections recommended by the executive director and added a conclusion of law stating that federal or state law does not currently regulate contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in TPDES permits; commissioners moved to issue amended permit WQ0013977001 in the form submitted by the executive director and to adopt the executive director's response to comments.
The matter reached the commission after contested-case testimony and briefing. Attorney for the applicant, Mr. Tuckfield, argued the discharge at issue is to an unnamed tributary with a minimal aquatic-life use for the first mile and…
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