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TCEQ refers four wastewater permit applications to contested-case hearings, grants limited party status to counties and property owners
Summary
At its April agenda the commission referred multiple wastewater permit applications to SOA contested-case hearings (with 180-day durations) and concurrent alternative dispute resolution, granting affected-party status to local counties and property owners in several cases.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on April referred multiple new wastewater discharge permit applications to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOA) for contested-case hearings and concurrent referral to the agencyalternative dispute resolution (ADR) program.
Summary of referrals and affected parties: - Item 2 (WQ001622720001): The commission granted Ellis County affected-person status and denied other individual hearing requests. The matter was referred to SOA on issues including water quality, anti-degradation, notice and application completeness, and operator expertise; the commission set a 180-day maximum hearing duration. - Item 3 (WQ00163...): The commission denied TxDOT's hearing request based on…
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