EPA Disapproves Texas Flexible Air Permit ProgramEPA is disapproving the permit program after determining that it allows companies to avoid certain federal clean air requirements by lumping emissions from multiple units under a single “cap” rather … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale short-term exposure conversation ends here and now
Texas, the most toxic state, just became a lot more toxic.What is the real, long-term risk of getting cancer from living near gas wells?New analysis highlights toxin findingsState agency looks at risks from compounds found at gas facilities12:21 AM … [Read more...]
EPA: RAM Energy Resources, Inc. Ordered to Stop Discharging drilling waste into Long Creek
EPA Orders RAM Energy Resources, Inc. to Stop Discharging (Dallas, Texas – June 28, 2010) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease and desist administrative order to RAM Energy Resources, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for … [Read more...]
Your Attendance Needed at EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Hearing
EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Public Meetings: July, August 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a series of meetings to obtain public input on EPA's upcoming … [Read more...]
Rep. Burgess and Barton united against clean air for Texas
BP apologist "Smokey" Joe Barton and Michael Burgess co-signed a letter to EPA head Lisa Jackson asking her to let Texas air polluters off the hook and keep Texas Toxic.Excerpts from a Clean Air Watch email:Please note the letter to EPA Administrator … [Read more...]
EPA takes over permitting for 2 more Texas facilites
GO EPA! EPA takes over permitting process for two more plantsBy DAVE MONTGOMERYThe EPA has identified 39 facilities with flaws. Only 39? … [Read more...]
URGENT! Last day to comment on new EPA reporting rules for petroleum and natural gas systems
We simply MUST comment on this! Cherelle Blazer, EDF, has a blog post up about the TCEQ woes. At the end she has information about comments to the EPA and she links to THIS DOCUMENT that will make commenting easy.Do it! Now!Here is a bare-bones … [Read more...]
How dirty is Barnett Shale air?
In 2009, Tarrant County had an 8-hour average ozone reading of 86 ppb at two locations, one in far north Fort Worth near Keller and another at Eagle Mountain Lake. Both were the highest readings in the state and well above the 2008 revised standard … [Read more...]
What TCEQ Executive really thinks and why we need EPA intervention
This is not the first time I've written about Zac Covar but hopefully there will only be one more entry on this blog about him--his firing from his position as deputy executive director for the TCEQ.If you read any of the documents gifted to Texans … [Read more...]
Feds taking over permits for Texas plants
Feds taking over permits for Texas plantsThe list of facilities that could come next the include chemical plants, refineries and other facilities, such as the Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants in Bayport and Houston, the Motiva Enterprises Houston … [Read more...]
EPA Enforcement in Barnett Shale Denton and Wise Counties
As I mentioned yesterday, and as Dr. Armendariz mentioned in DISH, The head of EPA enforcement and some other officials from D.C. took a tour of the Barnett Shale yesterday.They saw some of my favorite places. In addition, they were interested in … [Read more...]
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