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The Wise Report

Effective March 22, 2019, the TCEQ PST Program has revised the Plan A Target Concentrations for Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank (LPST) releases. The new Target Concentrations for soil and groundwater reflect the PAH toxicity parameters, as revised by United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in March 2017 and the chemical/physical factors as posted by the Technical Support Section of the Remediation Division. The seven (7) affected PAH constituents are: Benz(a)anthracene Benzo(a)pyrene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(k)-fluoranthene Chrysene Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Indeno-1,2,3-cd-pyrene The revised Plan A Target Concentrations apply target risk goals as established in the PST rules (Chapter 334, Subchapter G, Section 203.(1) [...]

By admin|2025-08-04T17:49:08-05:00March 24th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

SIPES Field Trip to the Palo Duro Canyon – May 3 to 5, 2019

To All AIPG Members: Here is the announcement on the SIPES Dallas Field Trip to the Palo Duro Canyon. Dr. Holbrook (TCU sedimentology professor) has been instrumental in getting this field trip together. He has a graduate student, Grayson Lamb, who has been studying the Dockum Group in the canyon for his master’s thesis. Apparently Grayson has encountered some really interesting aspects of the Dockum Group. See the flyer for this trip (here) and below: Also click here for PDF of flyer. Please note that there are only a limited number of rooms blocked for us because of another [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T17:49:37-05:00March 22nd, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is now in session and bills are being filed and worked on. New information is listed in bold (34 new bills listed): HB 223, by Reynolds, Relating to the funding through greenhouse gas emissions fees of energy efficiency programs administered by certain utilities; authorizing a fee. Referred to State Affairs, 2/19/2019. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB223 HB 225, by Reynolds, Relating to the analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. Regulates fugitive emissions from all oil field equipment, the use of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T17:51:13-05:00March 11th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

Additional Councilors-at-Large Appointed to the Advisory Board

Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the AIPG Texas Section, announced today that in a move to widen the representation of AIPG in Texas, three additional Councilors-at-Large were just appointed from a field of candidates during and confirmed after deliberations of the February AIPG Texas Section Board Teleconference. These are: G. Boyd Handley, Jr., P.G., JD., C.P.G., Houston.....in District IV Hughbert Collier, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., Stephenville.....in District III Kevin J. Smart, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., San Antonio......in District II On another matter, President Wise announced that Glen Collier, P.G., C.P.G. is retiring from the Advisory Board and will be [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T17:51:43-05:00February 27th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The Texas State Legislature is now in session and bills are being filed and worked on. New information is listed in bold (four new bills listed): HB 223, by Reynolds, Relating to the funding through greenhouse gas emissions fees of energy efficiency programs administered by certain utilities; authorizing a fee. Referred to State Affairs, 2/19/2019. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB223 HB 225, by Reynolds, Relating to the analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. Regulates fugitive emissions from all oil field equipment, the [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T17:52:17-05:00February 25th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The Texas State Legislature is now in session and bills are being filed and worked on. New information is listed in bold (four new bills listed): Texas House Bills: HB 223, by Reynolds, Relating to the funding through greenhouse gas emissions fees of energy efficiency programs administered by certain utilities; authorizing a fee. Filed 11/12/2018. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB223 HB 225, by Reynolds, Relating to the analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain oil and gas facilities. Regulates fugitive emissions from all oil field [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T17:52:43-05:00February 19th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting Held in San Antonio, Texas

The AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting was held on February 2nd in San Antonio, Texas. State hosts for the meeting included: Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President, AIPG Texas Section, who reported on the status of the Sunset Commission's Review; Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., C.P.G., Vice-President - Eastern Texas of the AIPG Texas Section and M. David Campbell, P.G., AIPG-TX.org Webmaster demonstrated the new Texas Section management tool; Wesley McCoy, P.G., Texas Board of Professional Geologists reported on the TBPG view of the Sunset Commission's activities to date; and Dennis Anderson, C.P.G., P.E. discussed ASBOG activities. J. L. [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T17:54:17-05:00February 13th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

Texas AIPG Team Produces Series of Publications over Past Two Years

Michael D. Campbell (AIPG-TX VP-Eastern Texas), Henry M. Wise (AIPG-TX President), Roger W. Lee (AIPG-TX Councilor-at-Large), Glen Collier (AIPG-TX Councilor-at-Large), M. David Campbell (AIPG-TX Webmaster), and others have produced a number of papers over the past two years. Some are chapters/sections in papers and some are stand-alone papers for the Energy Minerals Division (AAPG), while others are papers based on earlier I2M-precursor projects involving: brine contamination of rural groundwater in Ohio; uranium, thorium, and REE in Alaska; siderite in Oklahoma-Arkansas; editorials to encourage professional geologists to publish in the new open-access journals involving: media and academic bias against uranium [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:09:04-05:00January 14th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG Field Trip to Canyon Dam Gorge & San Pedro Springs – February 3, 2019

NOTICE: FIELD TRIP IS NOW BOOKED UP (FULL) and REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Attention all AIPG Texas Members: A field trip is to be held to examine the fascinating structural geology, as well as the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Glen Rose formation, in the Canyon Dam Gorge near New Braunfels. This will be held in connection with the AIPG National Board Meeting to be held in San Antonio. This field trip offers an opportunity for face-time with your National and local section AIPG Board Members. We will also visit historic San Pedro Springs, the original site of the settlement of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:10:24-05:00December 20th, 2018|AIPG-TX News|

Update on SunSet Commission Activities

New Information (November 19, 2018) from TBPG on the Sunset decision: (here). Based on information provided by Henry Wise, AIPG Texas Section President, who was present in Austin for the Sunset decision along with members representing the Texas Geoscience Council and the HGS, and others, the following are the details behind the Sunset Advisory Commission's decision, which also contains 12 recommendations to the TBPG: 1) The first vote, which failed with 8 No to 4 Yes, was to abolish the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) and transfer the regulation of geoscientists to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:16:33-05:00November 8th, 2018|AIPG-TX News|