As many of you know, for over a year the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was reviewing a permit that would potentially allow waste water to flow down Honey Creek. Yesterday I received a letter dated December 12, 2019, from TCEQ stating:
"This letter is to inform you that the application by Silesia Properties, LP, for new Texas Pollutant Discharge System Permit No. WQ001568801 was withdrawn by the Applicant on November 6, 2019. Therefore, this application is no longer being considered by the Commission and the agency will not be issuing a response to public comments. The Commission has removed the application from our record of pending applications. The original application will remain a record of the Commission. If you should have any questions, please contact me at (512) 239-4668 or at jose.marti...@tceq.texas.gov<mailto:jose.marti...@tceq.texas.gov>. J. Alfonso Martinez III, Permit Coordinator, Wastewater Permitting Section (MC 148), Water Quality Division." While this is great news, experience has taught me that many withdrawn applications are reworked and then resubmitted, and sometimes without much improvement. I don't know if that will happen here, but recommend everyone to keep a watch on this and other proposed projects that could harm our caves and karst groundwater and ecological resources. George ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) and President, International Union of Speleology (UIS) NCKRI address (primary) 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA Office: +575-887-5517 Mobile: +210-863-5919 Fax: +575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org/> UIS address Titov trg 2 Postojna, 6230 Slovenia
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