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The Wise Report

The TCEQ has made several minor revisions to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentrations Levels (PCLs) which were released in early September 2014. The revised tables, dated November 12, 2014 will replace the September 2014 tables. You can access the revised tables using the link: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html The 2014 PCL tables are a single Microsoft Excel workbook, with each table on a separate worksheet. The tables are also presented as a print only Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF) file. The Excel file and the PDF file each contain PCL tables 1 through 10 and the [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:15:52-05:00November 15th, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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Consistent with changes enacted into state law in 2013, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will return to being the sole preconstruction air-permitting authority in Texas, including for permits that address greenhouse gas emissions. This change marks a departure from the previous two-tiered system in which the TCEQ issued federally required Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permits for “traditional” pollutants and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued PSD permits for greenhouse-gas emissions. To foster continued economic prosperity in Texas, the state has worked diligently to become the greenhouse-gas permitting authority while also vigorously opposing select components of the [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:16:11-05:00November 1st, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ's) publication "Natural Outlook" has an interesting article on the EPA's proposed new ozone standards. It appears that the proposed ozone standard may actually increase the number of potential deaths in some areas, like Houston and Los Angeles. To read the entire article, go to: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/sip/eighthour.html Henry M. Wise, P.G. The Wise Report

By |2025-08-04T20:16:27-05:00October 4th, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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Just a reminder that the public comment period for current proposed changes to the Texas Professional Geoscientist rules ends on October 2, 2014. If you are interested in commenting, submit all comments in writing to Mr. Charles Horton, TBPG, P O Box 13225, Austin, Texas 78711, or by e-mail to chorton@tbpg.state.tx.us. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) proposes amendments to the effluent guidelines and standards for Texas pollutant discharge elimination system (TPDES) permits which is necessary to adopt by reference revisions to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) construction stormwater regulations, which were adopted in 40 Code of [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:16:42-05:00September 29th, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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The TCEQ updates to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) are now available at: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html The 2014 PCL table update is a single Microsoft Excel workbook with each table on a separate worksheet. The updates are also available as a print only Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF) file. The Excel file and the PDF file each contain PCL tables 1 through 10 and the supporting tables in the following order: Summary of Updates Table 1 – Tier 1 Residential Soil PCLs Table 2 – Tier 1 Commercial/Industrial Soil PCLs Table 3 – [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:17:00-05:00September 13th, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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Justin McNamee passed away on April 18, 2014. Mr McNamee was appointed by Governor Perry to the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) to a six year term in a position reserved for the public (someone who is not a Licensed Geoscientist). Mr. McNamee was born on July 31, 1958 in Dallas, Texas. He attended and received his Bachelor's Degree at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mr. McNamee was a community leader who gave to the community his time to numerous charitable and civic groups. Mr. McNamee is survived by his wife and his two children. In lieu [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:18:16-05:00May 18th, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) General Issues Committee (Members are Krenz-Doe, Knobloch, Mathewson, and McNamee) met on February 14, 2014 in Austin. Matt Cowan, President of Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists, and myself, as President of American Institute of Professional Geologists – Texas Section, attended the meeting. The discussion I was most concerned about was the licensure of environmental professionals. As it turns out, the agenda announcement wasn't correct. There was no intent to discuss the licensure of environmental professionals but to discuss the boundaries of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ's) Corrective Action Project Manager [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:19:09-05:00February 16th, 2014|AIPG-TX News|

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Sunset Legislation, House Bill (HB) 2694, Article 2, passed by the 82nd Legislature, 2011, and signed by the governor, transferred from the TCEQ to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) duties relating to the protection of groundwater resources from oil and gas associated activities. Specifically, HB 2694, Article 2, amended the Texas Natural Resources Code to revise §91.011, add §§91.0115, 91.020, and 91.1015, and amended the Texas Water Code, §27.033. On September 1, 2011, the law transferred from the TCEQ to the RRC those duties pertaining to the responsibility of preparing groundwater [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:19:46-05:00February 2nd, 2014|AIPG-TX News|