The group that reviews the effectiveness of state agencies recommended several changes to how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality operates. Texas EnvironmentalJustice environmental pollution TexasLegislature regulatory
A new report calls for Texas lawmakers to pass new legislation to increase penalties for industrial polluters who don't comply with state regulations.
Those recommendations and findings came from the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, a group of 10 state lawmakers and two members of the public who periodically review all state agencies. It’s been more than a decade since the commission last reviewed how TCEQ operates. The sunset commission called for state lawmakers to pass legislation next session to increase penalty levels for industrial facilities that were not complying with state regulations from $25,000 per day to $40,000. Commission member Nathan Johnson, a Democratic state senator from Dallas, unsuccessfully pushed for that fine to be $50,000 per day.
Sunset commissioners on Thursday also recommended that TCEQ increase the notice it gives the public about its meetings and increase the period during which people can comment on agency matters to 36 hours after the end of a public meeting. by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following allegations by environmental groups that Texas had discriminated on the basis of race in its permitting of industrial pollution. after the Harris County Attorney and a legal aid group alleged TCEQ discriminated against racial and ethnic minorities and those with limited English proficiency.
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