Clock is ticking for TCEQ to get its act together. Lakes and rivers are on the line | Opinion
people boating on Lake Granbury during Memorial Day Weekend. The EPA is looking into TCEQ, the state water quality regulator, permitting practices.Is Texas neglecting the care of water in lakes, rivers and estuaries? A federal inquiry into the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may reach that conclusion and could potentially revoke the agency’s authority to regulate water quality.
“Many property owners along Lake Granbury sought a hearing, but TCEQ said that many of them were too far away because the agency generally assumes that anyone [living] more than a mile away from a discharge will not be impacted,” Allmon said. . And the fixes were within reach: clearer guidelines, a user-friendly website and increased consequences for polluters, as a start.
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