The Wise Report

The Wise Report
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
October 25, 2008
 
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ's) Texas Groundwater Protection Committee has released two reports:

• Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report - 2007, and
• 2008 State of Texas Water Quality Inventory, Groundwater Assessment (305(b)) Report

These reports can be found at:  http://www.tgpc.state.tx.us/

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The TCEQ has adopted new rules for the regulation of petroleum storage tanks.  The purpose of the adopted amendments is to incorporate into agency rules, changes to statute which were effective September 1, 2007, based on language in House Bill (HB) 3554 and HB 1956, 80th Legislature, 2007, to incorporate certain underground storage tank (UST) provisions of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, and to update certain technical requirements pertaining to USTs. Changes include such items as the requirements for: proof of financial assurance to be included with annual tank self-certifications; cessation of annual facility fees; secondary containment for UST systems in accordance with United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Federal Energy Policy Act requirements; and extension of the Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) Reimbursement Program for four years.  For more information goto:  http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/adopted/30.ENVIRONMENTAL%20QUALITY.html#287

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The TCEQ has begun the rule making process to revise 30 TAC Chapter 350, The Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) rules, Section 350.2, and Chapter 334, Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks, Section 334.71. This rulemaking would remove the applicability of Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank sites from the TRRP.   The rules pending proposal were filed on October 17, 2008 and are scheduled for the Commission agenda on November 5, 2008. You may download the pending proposal from the following Web Page: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/rules/pendprop.html#09003

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The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) has issued twonew reports: 

• Legislative Appropriations Request For Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, and

• Agency Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2009 - 2013

These reports can be found at:  http://www.tbpg.state.tx.us/

Henry M. Wise, P.G.

The Wise Report

10/25/2008