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TCEQ approves New TPDES permit after ALJ, Executive Director and OPIC support
Summary
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved issuance of a New Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit (WQ0016124001) after the Administrative Law Judge—s proposal for decision and additional modeling were endorsed by the Executive Director and the Public Interest Council (OPIC).
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on June 6 adopted the Administrative Law Judge—s proposed order and issued the New Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit WQ0016124001 for applicants Gildan Blair Blackburn and Timothy Edward Carter.
The decision followed oral presentations from applicant counsel and staff, and endorsements from the Executive Director and the Office of Public Interest Counsel (OPIC). The applicants and the Executive Director had both testified that the approved modeling and revised effluent limits demonstrate the draft permit will be protective of water quality.
The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) had reviewed five issues referred by the Commission and found the draft permit complies with the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards and other…
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