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October 01, 2004
Two Landfill Victories & Two Upcoming Battles
Congratulations to Citizens Against the Dump (Brazoria/Ft. Bend Counties) for defeating a landfill proposal. The three TCEQ Commissioners voted 3 to 0 on September 29 to deny a permit to Juliff Gardens. They went through a Contested Case Hearing and were ably represented by the Houston law firm of Blackburn and Carter. They won a great recommendation from the Adminstrative Law Judges (ALJ) that heard the case. The TCEQ Commissioners went along with most of the major points of the ALJ opinion and denied the permit. For more information on their case Click here
Secondly, the Citizens Against the Montgomery Landfill scored a victory last week. The Houston/Galveston Area Council decided that the proposed landfill is "not consistent or inconsistent" with the regional solid waste plan. This was better than they expected! For more details: Click here
Two Upcoming Battles
Folks fighting an expansion of the Williamson County/Waste Management Landfill won a public meeting on the land use issues of a massive proposed expansion. The meeting was finally scheduled for Monday October 11 at the Hutto Primary School. For details: Click here
Lastly, the trash company IESI is attempting to expand its Weatherford dump through a permit modification rather than amendment - and the TCEQ Executive Director is poised to grant it! Please consider sending comments in opposition to creating an ugly precendent by Oct. 15. For details: Click here
Posted by robin at October 1, 2004 12:55 PM