What’s New in TCEQ Rules is a page on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) website where information is posted about new rulemaking items. TCEQ states the items will remain on the page for 30 days. ARCIT has also provided the current TCEQ rulemaking items below.
April 17, 2020
Items Filed with the Chief Clerk for the May 6, 2020 Agenda:
- Pending Adoption, SB 1 (Rider 31) and Registration Program for Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Implementation (Rule Project No. 2017-037-352-WS)
- Pending Adoption, HB 720 and HB 1964: Procedure for Action on Certain Water Right Amendment Applications and Surface Water Appropriations for Aquifer Recharge and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (Rule Project No. 2019-116-297-OW)
- Pending Adoption, SB 483 and SB 520: Permits and the Storage and Recovery of Water in a Portion of the Edwards Aquifer (Rule Project No. 2019-117-331-WS)
- Pending Adoption, SB 698: Amendments to the Expedited Permitting Program (Rule Project No. 2019-127-101-AI)
Items Continued or Remanded for Future Agendas:
- None
New Rule Projects Approved by the Executive Director:
- None
Items Submitted for Texas Register Publication:
- None
Petitions for Rulemaking Received:
- None
More information can be found in the TCEQ Rule Projects database.
April 3, 2020
Items Filed with the Chief Clerk for the April 22, 2020 Agenda:
- Pending Proposal, HB 2386: Amendment to Outdoor Burning Rules (Rule Project No. 2019-124-111-CE)
- Pending Adoption, Diversion and Discharge Zones for Marine Seawater Desalination Plants (Rule Project No. 2019-102-295-OW)
- Pending Adoption, Extensions of Time for the Construction of Certain Water Supply Reservoirs (Rule Project No. 2019-109-295-OW)
- Pending Adoption, Repeal of Obsolete Public Notice and Participation Rules for Certain Permit Applications (Rule Project No. 2019-119-039-LS)
- Pending Adoption, Post Quadrennial Review of Public Notice and Procedural Rules: Amendments and SIP Revisions (Rule Project No. 2019-120-039-LS)
- Pending Adoption, Amendments and New Rules to Implement Quadrennial Review of Public Notice and Procedural Rules (Rule Project No. 2019-121-033-LS)
Items Continued or Remanded for Future Agendas:
- None
New Rule Projects Approved by the Executive Director:
- None
Items Submitted for Texas Register Publication:
- Adoption, Administrative Updates to the Sludge Rule (Rule Project No. 2017-035-312-OW)
Petitions for Rulemaking Received:
- None
More information can be found in the TCEQ Rule Projects database.
March 20, 2020
Items Filed with the Chief Clerk for the April 8, 2020 Agenda:
- Pending Proposal, HBs 1331, 1435, and 1953: Fee Increase, Site Assessments, and Exemption of Plastic Pyrolysis (Rule Project No. 2020-006-305-WS)
- Pending Proposal, SB 1234 (82nd Leg); SB 1987 and SB 2014 (85th Leg); and HB 304, HB 440, HB 2590, HB 2914, SB 239 and SB 911 (86th Leg): Major and Minor Application Processes, Annual Reporting, and General Provisions for Water Districts (Rule Project No. 2020-008-293-OW)
- Pending Proposal, Rate Adjustments – Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste (Rule Project No. 2020-009-336-WS)
Items Continued or Remanded for Future Agendas:
- None
New Rule Projects Approved by the Executive Director:
- None
Items Submitted for Texas Register Publication:
- None
Petitions for Rulemaking Received:
- None
More information can be found in the TCEQ Rule Projects database.
