The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has approved penalties totaling $344,765 against 23 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. The agency announced the enforcement actions following its latest meeting.
According to TCEQ, agreed orders were issued in several categories: two air quality cases, one industrial hazardous waste case, one industrial wastewater discharge case, one municipal wastewater discharge case, two petroleum storage tank cases, six public water system cases, one sludge case, and two water quality cases.
Default orders were also issued in a range of areas. These included one multi-media violation, two municipal solid waste violations, one petroleum storage tank violation, two utilities violations, and one water quality violation.
Additionally, the executive director approved penalties totaling $126,988 against 44 entities on July 29 and August 5.
“Agenda items from today’s meeting can be viewed on the TCEQ website. TCEQ’s next agenda meeting is scheduled for Aug. 20, 2025. Meetings can be viewed live on the Agenda Meeting Webcasts webpage. Archived meetings can be viewed on the TCEQ YouTube channel. Follow us on Twitter: @TCEQ,” according to a statement from the agency.
More information about recent and upcoming meetings is available at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/agendas/comm/commagen.html. Live webcasts of agenda meetings are accessible at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/agendas/comm/commagen-live.html. Archived video content can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/TCEQNews/.
