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The Wise Report

The State Legislature is now in session and bills are being filed and worked on.  New information is listed in bold (0 new bills listed): 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.  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 [...]

By |2025-08-04T17:50:10-05:00March 19th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The TCEQ updates to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) are now available. You can access these tables using the link: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html The 2017 PCL table update has been released as a single Microsoft Excel workbook with each table on a separate worksheet.  We are also releasing the updates 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 – [...]

By |2025-08-04T19:19:25-05:00April 1st, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The TCEQ has announced updates to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) are now available. You can access these tables at: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html […]

By |2025-08-04T19:59:16-05:00December 20th, 2015|AIPG-TX News|

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On Sept. 24, 2015, the EPA signed the final rule which requires NPDES regulated entities to electronically submit specific permit and compliance monitoring information instead of filing paper reports. This rule will be implemented in two phases. Phase I becomes effective on Dec. 21, 2016, and Phase II becomes effective on Dec. 21, 2020. The following is a brief summary of the Phase I and Phase II requirements as they apply to NPDES regulated entities. […]

By |2025-08-04T19:59:41-05:00December 6th, 2015|AIPG-TX News|

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The aquatic life and human health surface water RBEL (risk-based exposure limit) tables have been updated and are available on the TCEQ website. These tables can be found as the second category under the TRRP PCLs at the following link: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html They are also available as companion documents to, “Determining PCLs for Surface Water and Sediment (TRRP-24)” which is available with the TRRP guidance documents at: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/trrp/guidance.html The following changes were made to the aquatic life table The freshwater acute and chronic RBEL values for ammonia (as total ammonia nitrogen) were corrected. The 2014 table revision had a units [...]

By |2025-08-04T20:05:20-05:00October 17th, 2015|AIPG-TX News|

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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|

The Wise Report

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|

The Wise Report

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|