Following the recommendation of two Administrative Law Judges at the State Office of Administrative Hearings (known as a “Proposal for Decision” or “PFD”), in late …
Judge Recommends Denial of Wichita Falls’ Application for Ringgold Reservoir
After several years, Perales, Allmon & Ice, P.C. scored a major win on behalf of clients in Clay County, Texas when Administrative Law Judge Christiaan …
Application for Georgetown Concrete Batch Plant Withdrawn in the Face of Opposition
In August 2021, Texcrete, Inc. applied to TCEQ for an air quality standard permit to build a concrete batch plant in Georgetown that would have neighbored the Stone Oak Ranch RV Resort. Just over one year later, Texcrete’s application has been fully withdrawn.
Easy Mix Consent Decree Commits to Reduced Operations and $50k toward Aquifer Protection Programs
A consent decree has been entered in a Clean Water Act citizen suit initiated by our firm in 2021 on behalf of Signal Hill Area Alliance, a non-profit alliance of neighbors in the Signal Hill neighborhood of Austin.
Trial Court Rules in Favor of Comal County Neighbors in Rock Crusher Dispute
Comal County, on IH-35 between Austin and San Antonio, is rapidly urbanizing. The County is home to a growing number of families, many of whom …
Altair abandons attempt to reverse denial of its hazardous waste landfill permit
Altair Disposal Services non-suited its appeal of TCEQ’s denial of Altair’s application for a permit to construct and operate a hazardous waste landfill in Colorado …
BSEACD Recommends Limiting Electro-Purification’s Groundwater Pumping
On January 11, 2021, Electro-Purification filed a request to nonsuit the contested case hearing regarding its application to pump 2.5 million gallons of water per …
Hearing Concluded on LCRA’s Groundwater Permit Application
Proposal for decision, announced early in 2020, is a victory for Environmental Stewardship (The following information is shared directly from our clients at Environmental Stewardship.) …
Parties Rest their Cases in Hearing on LCRA’s Application for Groundwater Permit
We are proud to share the following update from Environmental Stewardship: Pictured: FPAR Attorneys Marisa Perales and Eric Allmon presenting at SOAH We finished the …
Typical Schedules for Environmental Permitting at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”)
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 …