by lfpar | Article, Environmental News
What are some of the unique challenges Texans face when opposing industrial projects in their area? Since 2015, the state legislature has worked to make the environmental permitting process faster for applicants, straining the ability of community groups to...
by lfpar | Environmental News
Legislative testimony On April 24th Eric Allmon and Marisa Perales testified at a legislative hearing on behalf of the firm and Texas Center for Policy Studies. Eric spoke about the problems surrounding landfill “placeholder” applications, in which applicants submit...
by lfpar | Environmental News
A collection of landowners and local governments have filed a lawsuit in state district court challenging the failure of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to deny the permit application of Post Oak Clean Green for a new landfill in...
by lfpar | Environmental News
There are three potential stages to TCEQ permit deliberations: (1) an application to draft-permit stage, (2) a hearing stage, and (3) a post-hearing/pre-final-order stage. For the overwhelming majority of permits, there is only stage (1) and a day or so for stage...
by lfpar | Environmental News
Although the TCEQ is the main regulator of polluters and the main enforcer of pollution permits, you might be surprised at the amount of power your local governments have to inspect permitted facilities to check for problems, to initiate enforcement proceedings...
by lfpar | Environmental News
Our firm recently scored a victory for its clients, Ward Timber and a number of landowners in Northeast Texas, in the 11th Circuit Texas Court of Appeals. Texas is divided into a number of water planning regions, and the issue in the case was whether the State had a...
