On January 16, 2019, the commission approved proposal of the El Paso Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the One-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality [...]
Agenda item 1: Discussion regarding outreach efforts and activities by the Board. Each member briefed on their recent outreach activities. Agenda item 2: Consider approving the Texas Water Development [...]
The Texas Water Development Board is inviting entities to submit information on projects to be included in the upcoming fiscal year’s State Revolving Fund programs’ Intended Use Plans. To be [...]
On December 21, 2018, the TCEQ published a Notice of Intention to Review 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 17, Tax Relief for Property Used for Environmental Protection in the Texas [...]
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has released the State Flood Assessment in a report to the 86th Legislature. The report provides an initial assessment of Texas’ flood risks, an [...]
Governor Greg Abbott’s Commission to Rebuild Texas offered to the Texas Legislature wide-ranging recommendations to help Texas better prepare for future catastrophic storms in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. A [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) are proposing a definition of “waters of the United States” that clarifies federal authority under the Clean [...]
The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report focuses on multiple issues, energy restoration post disaster, mortgage requirements in floodplain [...]
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Chairman Jon Niermann has announced that the commission appointed Mary Smith General Counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2019. The announcement came following a closed session [...]
The Texas Water Development Board met on December 13 to take up all full agenda. The Board approved financial assistance totaling $162,994,350 for water and wastewater system projects. Of this [...]