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TCEQ issues renewal and amendment of Lyondell Chemical’s Channelview permit
Summary
The commission approved a major amendment and renewal of Lyondell Chemical Company’s TPDES permit WQ0002927000 for its Channelview plant, adopting ALJ findings that the draft permit meets anti-degradation and water quality protection standards; an adjacent resident’s concerns did not rebut the record.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality voted to grant Lyondell Chemical Company a major amendment and renewal of its Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit WQ0002927000 for the Channelview South plant.
Applicant counsel Whit Swift told the commission the application does not seek any increase in permitted discharge volume but requests site-specific copper limits tailored to receiving-water characteristics. "The permit at issue in this matter is the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
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