The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are no new bills of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 Left [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:08:26-05:00May 14th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There is one new bill of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:11:50-05:00May 9th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There is one new bill of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: House Bills: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:13:18-05:00April 29th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There is one new bill of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 Left [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:14:09-05:00April 22nd, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The TCEQ has received a “Petition for Rulemaking to simplify regulatory burdens to the State of Texas and its citizens” from Mr. Jed Anderson. His complaint is, basically, that the TCEQ rules are too complex and need to be simplified. The document can be found at: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/legal/rules/rule_lib/petitions/17023PET_petition.pdf The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are no new bills of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:14:51-05:00April 16th, 2017|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 [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:15:45-05:00April 7th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The TCEQ Remediation Division issued revised guidance and reporting requirements for selecting and developing engineered Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) for LPST sites. The guidance document formerly known as RG-41, Corrective Action Plans for LPST Sites has been reissued as RG-523/PST-10, Corrective Action Plans for LPST Sites. The Remedial Technology Screening Form (RTS) (TCEQ-00695), Notice of Remediation System Installation (NRSI) (TCEQ-00694) and CAP Worksheets (TCEQ-00707) used in conjunction with the guidance have also been revised. The forms and worksheets are required when submitting a CAP for LPST sites. The guidance document is available on the TCEQ webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/publications/rg/rg-523-pst-10 The forms and [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:20:01-05:00March 27th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is now in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are no new bills of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:22:59-05:00March 18th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is now in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are 15 new bills of interest this week. The deadline for the unrestricted filing of bills and joint resolutions other than local bills, emergency appropriations, and bills that have been declared an emergency by the governor was Friday, March 10, 2017. Therefore, few new bills are anticipated this session, but we will continue to look for new bills of interest in case they come up. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:23:22-05:00March 13th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

Bills of Potential Interest to Texas Geologists The State Legislature is now in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There one new bill this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:24:03-05:00March 2nd, 2017|AIPG-TX News|