Texas Commission Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has announced the creation of a team to focus solely on expediting air permits.
The new expedited permitting team will be managed by Beryl Thatcher, who currently manages the NSR Permits Section of the Air Permits Division. The team will consist of current staff from all three New Source Review Permits Sections and will have a dedicated modeler on the Air Dispersion Modeling Team (ADMT). The team will be dedicated to working only on expedited projects.
Current staff from the Air Permits Division will continue to process air permits and utilize the existing system of staff overtime and contractors to work on expedited permits.
The new expedited permitting team will begin working on permits on July 1, 2019.