Thanks, Kurt. I’m planning to do both: submit written comments to TCEQ and show up on March 19. Even though it’s a 260 mile drive for me, I love and care about Honey Creek Cave enough be there.
Good caving, Bill Steele Irving, Texas speleoste...@aol.com > > On Mar 13, 2020, at 7:14 PM, Kurt Menking <kurt.menk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As many of you know a development is planned at the top of the Honey Creek > watershed. They plan to drip / inject up to 360,000 gallons per day of > treated wastewater into the karst terrain above the nearby Honey Creek Cave. > Their goal is to build 1800 homes which would also create an enormous amount > of storm runoff which would carry many contaminants including much of their > drip wastewater into Honey Creek and ultimately the Guadalupe river. This > would seriously impact TPWD conservation lands and the Guadalupe State Park. > > The owner of Honey Creek Cave is mortified by this issue. She is hopefull > that the cavers who have enjoyed HC Cave in the past, will show up March 19 > to show and voice there concern over this issue. > > If 50 people show up to this meeting, TCEQ will approve the permit and we'll > all have to live with the consequences. If 300 people show up and or > comment, TCEQ will spend months dealing with responses, and other red tape. > That would also prompt the developer to back off his density and negotiate > with the opposition. > > If you can't make the meeting, then please make written comments to TCEQ. > > Details on meeting, and TCEQ comments are below: > > The TCEQ public meeting for the Texas Land Application (TLAP) Permit for > Honey Creek Ranch (Proposed Permit Number WQ0015835001) is scheduled for > March 19th at 7:pm at Rahee Bulverde Elementary School, 1715 East Ammann > Road, Bulverde, Texas. Our baseline water quality studies of Honey Creek > indicate that this is probably one of the cleanest natural streams in the > whole state of Texas. Given that the state has invested substantially in the > Honey Creek State Natural Area to preserve this treasure, as well as in the > Guadalupe State Park - the popular water recreational area immediately > downstream, we feel that the risk of both waste water and stormwater > pollution from a high density subdivision is something we should make every > effort to mitigate. March 19th will be the last day to submit comments on > this project. You may submit your comments on-line by entering WQ0015835001. > Or you can mail comments to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, PO Box > 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 - or in person during the comment period that > follows the Question and Answer session on March 19. For more information > click here and scroll down to Honey Creek. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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