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The Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA-UC) has petitioned the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a revision of administrative rules regarding monitoring and sampling requirements for uranium mining operations, the definition of excursions, restoration sampling, restoration table amendments, fees, and radiation safety officer requirements. For more information go to: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/legal/rules/rule_lib/petitions/17005PET_petition.pdf Henry M. Wise, P.G.

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:35:49-05:00November 4th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

Post-AIPG Texas Section Field Trip Guidebook Now Available & the EMD Uranium Committee Has Released it’s Uranium FAQ

Henry M. Wise, P.G., CPG, President, Texas Section of the AIPG, announced today that the Guidebook accompanying the 2016 Field Trip to Central Texas has been revised to include field-trip photos and expanded coverage of topics. It is available in PDF. A future field trip by bus is being planned for Spring, 2017 to visit uranium mines in South Texas. More information when available. Also just released, Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG, Vice President - Eastern Texas, announced that the Uranium FAQ was produced by the Committee of Uranium, Thorium, and Rare-Earths, Energy Minerals Division (AAPG). Mr. Campbell has been the Chair of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:38:16-05:00October 1st, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) proposes amendments to 22 TAC §§851.29, 851.31, and 851.32, and proposes new rules §§851.35, 851.113, 851.203 and 851.204, concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists. These amendments clarify the requirements regarding Endorsement and Reciprocal Licensure. Proposed amendments amend language to show that a licensing qualification can be endorsed by another licensing board for an applicant for P.G. licensure who is currently or has been licensed in the last ten years to practice a discipline of geoscience in Texas or another U.S. jurisdiction. Proposed amendments also clarify under "Licensure by similar examination" [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:38:43-05:00September 19th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

The Everything Guide to Millennials

The Everything Guide to Millennials is an authoritative assessment of a generation that’s changing the world. Known as Generation Y, the Net Generation and the Me Generation, Millennials have been the subject of intense scrutiny from the moment they arrived on the scene. The increasingly influential offspring of the Baby Boomers were born between the years 1980 to 1995, which means that, today, they fit near-perfectly into the demographic most coveted by marketers: 18 to 35 years old. They number roughly 80 million in the United States. They outnumber Generation X and they outnumber their Boomer parents as well. Both in [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:39:21-05:00September 11th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

2016 Darcy Lecture: “Rethinking the Relationship Between Data, Models, & Decision-Making” to be Presented in Houston & Austin in September

The Groundwater Division of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is pleased to sponsor the 2016 Darcy Lecture, “Rethinking the Relationship Between Data, Models, and Decision-making," presented by Ty Ferré, Ph.D. of the University of Arizona. The lecture will be held on Tuesday evening, September 13, 2016 in Houston and then again on Friday, September 16, 2016, in Austin at the Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Room 170, at 10:00 a.m. Ferré’s lecture will build from the basic concepts of decision science to present concepts and recent developments in optimal design of hydrogeologic monitoring networks. He will also discuss how [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:40:27-05:00August 22nd, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

National AIPG Conference in Santa Fe, NM in Early September

This year the 53rd meeting of the American Institute of Professional Geologists National Conference is being held in the beautiful and historic city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Set aside September 10th to the 13th to attend this years’ conference, “New Mexico: Land of Geologic Confluences and Cultural Crossroads”. The New Mexico section is co-hosting the event and we are delighted to host and show off our enchanting land. It’s an exciting time for geologists as we are continuously challenged to work with economic resources and environmental responsibilities inherent to our profession. As always, our national conferences provide opportunities to learn [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:41:42-05:00August 15th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

On November 21, 2014 the Governor of New York signed Chapter 475 of the Laws of 2014 which provides for the licensure of professional geologists under Title VIII of the Education Law. The Law does not take effect until November 21, 2016. Under the provisions of the new law, Geology has been added to the current State Board for Engineering and Land Surveying (State Board). As of November 21, 2016, the State Board will be known as the State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology. To assist the Board of Regents and the Department in implementing geology licensing provisions, the Board [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:42:11-05:00August 7th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

On July 6, 2016, TCEQ commissioners approved publication of a proposed rule on the use of graywater. The proposed rule implements House Bill 1902, 84th Texas Legislature, which requires the TCEQ to: Develop standards to allow the reuse of graywater for toilet and urinal flushing; Create a new regulatory classification for “alternative onsite water” which the bill defines as “rainwater, air conditioning condensate, foundation drain water, storm water, cooling tower blowdown, swimming pool backwash and drain water, reverse osmosis reject water, or any other source of water considered appropriate by the commission” and develop standards for the reuse of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:42:34-05:00July 24th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

Word Puzzles of Geological Terminology from Geological Society Of London

To sharpen your geological vocabulary of terms, we have been given permission to provide you access to the geological word puzzles from the Geological Society of London's The Geoscientist. The GSL is the world's oldest geological society (more).

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:44:40-05:00July 21st, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG Texas Section Field Trip to Central Texas a Success!

Aside from dodging a few raindrops, the central Texas field trip was enjoyed by all! 25 participants including members of the Premier Silica mining operations near Brady, Texas joined the field party over the 2-day event. Many photos were taken and new information has been uncovered that will be incorporated in a Post-Field Trip Guidebook revision that will be made available to the participants and the geoscience community online via a PDF in the near future. Participation in the Field Trip by Diane Carrico, a geology student attending the University of Texas, Austin, was sponsored by I2M Associates, LLC (May 20th [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:46:42-05:00May 17th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|