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Coastal advocacy group speaker contrasts groundwater protections with state air permitting
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) · January 15, 2026
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Summary
A public commenter said groundwater extraction is locally regulated and can be denied to protect neighbors, while air permits are often issued cumulatively, allowing multiple nearby facilities to emit pollutants that degrade local air quality.
During the public-comment period on Jan. 14, Errol Sondland (cofounder of CAPE, the Coastal Alliance to Protect our Environment) compared how Texas regulates groundwater and air. He told commissioners that groundwater extraction in counties with groundwater districts is…
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