How Texas polluters classify big facilities as smaller ones to avoid stricter environmental rules and public input
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Industrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.
Environmental lawyers say TCEQ, the state watchdog agency lets polluters escape regulation through legal loopholes.
Industrial developers describe facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.