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TCEQ adopts public‑participation rule changes after one public criticizes package
Summary
The TCEQ adopted amendments to 30 TAC Chapters 39 and 55 to expand and clarify public‑participation procedures required by the Sunset bill; Public Citizen criticized the final package as weakened and insufficiently responsive to community comments, while OPIC and staff defended the adopted changes.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adopted amendments to 30 TAC Chapters 39 (public notice) and 55 (requests for reconsideration and contested‑case hearings) and corresponding State Implementation Plan revisions on Jan. 28, implementing statutory directives from the Sunset bill (SB1397).
Staff said the rule package extends comment and hearing‑request windows in certain air quality applications that include a public meeting, clarifies notice and public‑meeting procedures, and makes other procedural changes intended to improve transparency and accessibility. Staff also noted substantive changes made in response…
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