12 Feb, 2021
By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The Texas Legislature is now in session and bills are being filed and worked on. New information are shown in bold.

HB 632, by Darby, Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee for the TexNet seismic monitoring program. Filed 11/23/2020. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB632

HB 666, by Harris, Companion bills HB 668 (Duplicate) and SB 152 (Identical), Relating to the regulation of groundwater conservation districts. A person with groundwater ownership and rights may petition the district to adopt modify a rule. This bill lists what the petition must contain.  Filed 11/30/2020.  For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB666

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07 Apr, 2017
By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The TCEQ has issued “Supporting Documentation for the TCEQ’s Ecological Benchmark Tables”, RG-263b (new publication). This publication provides supporting documentation for surface water sediment and soil benchmarks part of the ecological risk assessment process. Use in conjunction with RG-263 and other companion documents and Excel file at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/era. The document can be found at:  http://www.tceq.texas.gov/publications/rg/rg-263b.html

The TCEQ has issued “Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments at Remediation Sites in Texas”, RG-263 (revised). This is the agency’s primary guidance on how to conduct ecological risk assessments at remediation sites in Texas. Use in conjunction with RG-263B and other companion documents found at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/era. The document can be found at:  http://www.tceq.texas.gov/publications/rg/rg-263.html

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11 Feb, 2017
By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The Wise Report: 1) The TCEQ Remediation Division has Issued Revised Guidance for Risk-Based Corrective Action for LPST Sites, 2) News of EPA Re-Proposing 40 CFR Part 192 Involving In-Situ Uranium Mining, and 3) The State Legislature Bills of Potential Interest to Professional Geologists

The TCEQ Remediation Division Issued Revised Guidance for Risk-based Corrective Action for LPST Sites.

The guidance document formerly known as RG-36, Risk-based Corrective Action for Leaking Storage Tank Sites has been renamed and is now known as RG-523/PST-03 Risk-based Corrective Action for LPST Sites.  The revised guidance also incorporates components of the 1995 RG-175 “Guidance for Risk-Based Assessments at LPST Sites in Texas.  Emphasizing Initial Investigations and Plan A Evaluation” and the following interoffice memoranda:

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04 Feb, 2017
By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

Risk Assessments at Remediation Sites in Texas and Bills of Interest in the Texas State Legislature Introduced

The 2017 version of Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments at Remediation Sites in Texas (ERAG, RG-263) is now available through TCEQ’s ERA Home Page at: www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/era . Links for the new Supporting Documentation for the TCEQ’s Ecological Benchmark Tables and the accompanying Excel file that houses the numeric screening-level benchmarks – the combination of which comprises RG-263B – are also available through the home page. A case study that will include examples of a Tier 1 Exclusion Criteria Checklist, a Tier 2 Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment, and an Ecological Services Analysis will be RG-263C when it becomes available. TCEQ and its contractor – West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) – have developed an Ecological Protective Concentration Level (PCL) Database that provides default PCLs for soil and sediment for a variety of wildlife receptors and contaminants. A WTAMU link to the database appears on the home page, making it available for public use and citation, as appropriate.

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