Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation
Notice of Request for Proposal
Notice is hereby given of Requests for Proposals by the Texas State Affordable
Housing Corporation (the "Corporation") to provide managing underwriter senior
services for the 2005 Professional Educators Home Loan Program's $25,000,000
Mortgage Revenue Bond Program. Proposals will be due by 5:00 P.M. (CDT) on
Friday, May 6, 2005. Please deliver three (3) copies to Cathy Dean, Texas
State Affordable Housing Corporation, 1005 Congress Avenue, Suite 500, Austin
Texas 78701. Please deliver two (2) copies to Robin Miller, First Southwest
Company, 300 West 6th Street, Suite 1940, Austin Texas 78701. The Request
for Proposal can be viewed on the Corporation's website (www.tsahc.org) in
the Professional Educators Home Loan Program section. Any questions about
the Request for Proposal must be E-mailed to Cathy Dean or Robin Miller. Contact
Cathy Dean at cdean@tsahc.org or faxed to (866) 285-7002. Contact Robin Miller
at (214) 953-4174 or fax to (214) 953-8799. All questions and responses will
be posted on the Corporation's website.
TRD-200501595
David Long
President
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation
Filed: April 18, 2005
Texas Health and Safety Code and Texas Water Code Settlement Notice
Notice is hereby given by the State of Texas of the following proposed
resolution of an environmental enforcement lawsuit under the Texas Health
and Safety Code and Texas Water Code. Before the State may settle a judicial
enforcement action under the Texas Water Code, the State shall permit the
public to comment in writing on the proposed judgment. The Attorney General
will consider any written comments and may withdraw or withhold consent to
the proposed agreed judgment if the comments disclose facts or considerations
that indicate that the consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or
inconsistent with the requirements of the Code.
Case Title and Court:
Harris County, Texas and
the State of Texas by and through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
and Texas Department of Health, now Department of State Health Services v.
Joseph L. Davis
, Cause No. 2004-16498; in the 55th Judicial District
Court, Harris County, Texas.
Nature of Defendant's Operations: Defendant was the owner of property that
contains apartments, a mobile home, and three single family homes in Harris
County. Defendant was cited for allowing the ongoing discharge of sewage from
the septic systems associated with those buildings. Defendant died and his
heir at law agreed to this judgment.
Proposed Agreed Judgment: The Agreed Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction
permanently enjoins Defendant to comply with all of the provisions of the
environmental rules and regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality. Defendant has agreed to pay Plaintiffs $5,500.00, with $2,500.00
deferred, consisting of $2,500.00 in civil penalties to be divided equally
between Harris County and the State of Texas, and $500.00 in attorney's fees,
allocating $250.00 to Harris County, and $250.00 to the State of Texas, plus
all court costs.
For a complete description of the proposed settlement, the complete proposed
Agreed Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction should be reviewed. Requests
for copies of the judgment, and written comments on the proposed settlement,
should be directed to Lisa Sanders Richardson, Assistant Attorney General,
Office of the Texas Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711-2548,
(512) 463-2012, facsimile (512) 320-0911. Written comments must be received
within 30 days of publication of this notice to be considered.
For information regarding this publication you
may contact A.G. Younger, Agency Liaison at (512) 463-2110.
TRD-200501636
Nancy S. Fuller
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: April 20, 2005
Request for Proposals
The Texas Building and Procurement Commission (TBPC), on behalf of the
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), announces the issuance of
The deadline for questions is April 22, 2005, and the deadline for proposals
is April 29, 2005 at 3:00 P.M. The award date is May 15, 2005. TBPC reserves
the right to accept or reject any or all proposals submitted. TBPC is under
no legal or other obligation to execute a lease on the basis of this notice
or the distribution of a RFP. Neither this notice nor the RFP commits TBPC
to pay for any costs incurred prior to the award of a grant.
Parties interested in submitting a proposal may obtain information by contacting
TBPC Purchaser Kenneth Ming at (512) 463-2743. A copy of the revised RFP may
be downloaded from the Electronic State Business Daily at http://esbd.tbpc.state.tx.us/1380/bid_show.cfm?bidid=58408.
TRD-200501534
Kenneth Ming
Purchaser
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
Filed: April 13, 2005
The Texas Building and Procurement Commission (TBPC), on behalf of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), announces the issuance of
The deadline for questions is May 3, 2005, and the deadline for proposals
is May 10, 2005 at 3:00 P.M. The award date is July 1, 2005. TBPC reserves
the right to accept or reject any or all proposals submitted. TBPC is under
no legal or other obligation to execute a lease on the basis of this notice
or the distribution of a RFP. Neither this notice nor the RFP commits TBPC
to pay for any costs incurred prior to the award of a grant.
Parties interested in submitting a proposal may obtain information by contacting
TBPC Purchaser Kenneth Ming at (512) 463-2743. A copy of the revised RFP may
be downloaded from the Electronic State Business Daily at http://esbd.tbpc.state.tx.us/1380/bid_show.cfm?bidid=58461.
TRD-200501535
Kenneth Ming
Purchaser
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
Filed: April 13, 2005
The Texas Building and Procurement Commission (TBPC), on behalf of the
Office of Attorney General (OAG), announces the issuance of a
Request for Proposals (RFP) #303-5-10980
. TBPC seeks a five (5) year
lease of approximately 7,246 sq. ft. of office space in Houston, Harris County,
Texas.
The deadline for questions is May 3, 2005 and the deadline for proposals
is May 10, 2005 at 3:00 P.M. The award date is May 20, 2005. TBPC reserves
the right to accept or reject any or all proposals submitted. TBPC is under
no legal or other obligation to execute a lease on the basis of this notice
or the distribution of a RFP. Neither this notice nor the RFP commits TBPC
to pay for any costs incurred prior to the award of a grant.
Parties interested in submitting a proposal may obtain information by contacting
TBPC Purchaser Kenneth Ming at (512) 463-2743. A copy of the RFP may be downloaded
from the Electronic State Business Daily at http://esbd.tbpc.state.tx.us/1380/bid_show.cfm?bidid=58506.
TRD-200501626
Kenneth Ming
Purchaser
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
Filed: April 20, 2005
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency Agreement/Concurrence Under the Texas Coastal Management Program
On January 10, 1997, the State of Texas received federal approval of the
Coastal Management Program (CMP) (62 Federal Register pp. 1439-1440). Under
federal law, federal agency activities and actions affecting the Texas coastal
zone must be consistent with the CMP goals and policies identified in 31 TAC
Chapter 501. Requests for federal consistency review were deemed administratively
complete for the following project(s) during the period of April 8, 2005,
through April 14, 2005. As required by federal law, the public is given an
opportunity to comment on the consistency of proposed activities in the coastal
zone undertaken or authorized by federal agencies. Pursuant to 31 TAC §§506.25,
506.32, and 506.41, the public comment period for these activities extends
30 days from the date published on the Coastal Coordination Council web site.
The notice was published on the web site on April 20, 2005. The public comment
period for these projects will close at 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2005.
FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS:
Applicant: Azimuth Energy
; Location: The
project is located in Galveston Bay, within State Tract 322, approximately
9.6 miles northeasterly of Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. The project
can be located on the U.S.G.S. quadrangle map entitled: Port Bolivar, Texas.
Approximate UTM Coordinates in NAD 27 (meters): Zone 15; Easting: 326040;
Northing: 3256031. Project Description: The applicant proposes to install,
operate, and maintain structures and equipment necessary for oil and gas drilling,
and production. Such activities include installation of a marine barge on
a 64-foot by 210-foot shell pad, and a 10-foot by 20-foot production platform
with attendant facilities. Depth at the project site is -12.3 feet below mean
high water. CCC Project No.: 05-0228-F1; Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit
application #23710 is being evaluated under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors
Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. §403) and §404 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C.A. §1344). Note: The consistency review for this project may be
conducted by the Texas Railroad Commission under §401 of the Clean Water
Act.
Applicant: Lamson Nguyen
; Location: The
project is located along English Bayou, at the southeast corner of 61st Street,
in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. The project can be located on the U.S.G.S.
quadrangle map entitled: Galveston, Texas. Approximate UTM Coordinates in
NAD 27 (meters): Zone 15; Easting: 321626; Northing: 3241037. Project Description:
The applicant proposes to construct a 260-foot-long by 5-foot-wide pier with
a 28-foot-wide by 5-foot-long t-head. This structure will also have attached
three 3-foot-wide by 12-foot-long finger piers and two additional finger piers
that are 4-foot-wide by 50-foot-long piers with 3-footwide by 10-foot-long
finger piers. An additional 6-foot-wide by 420-foot-long pier with five 4-foot-wide
by 120-foot-long finger piers that contain five 3-foot-wide by 12-foot-long
finger piers will be constructed. The applicant also proposes to reclaim a
total of 0.7 acres of land with earthen fill and place 0.37 acre of sand for
a sand beach. To mitigate for the 1.05 acres of impacts to shallow water habitat
from the reclamation of land and sand beach, the applicant proposes to construct
0.62 acres of intertidal marsh containing Spartina alterniflora. CCC Project
No.: 05-0229-F1; Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #23383(Rev.)
is being evaluated under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33
U.S.C.A. §403) and §404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. §1344).
Applicant: General Truck Body
; Location:
The project is located along Buffalo Bayou, at 6901 Avenue V, in Houston,
Harris County, Texas. The project can be located on the U.S.G.S. quadrangle
map entitled: Settegast, Texas. Approximate UTM Coordinates in NAD 27 (meters):
Zone 15; Easting: 278017; Northing: 3293131. Project Description: The applicant
proposes to replace the existing bulkhead and dredge the bayou to -8 feet
mean low tide for barge access. Approximately 4,500 cubic yards of material
will be mechanically excavated impacting 0.36 acre of open water. The excavated
material will be placed in the adjacent uplands. CCC Project No.: 05-0235-F1;
Type of Application: U.S.A.C.E. permit application #23672 is being evaluated
under §10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C.A. §403).
Pursuant to §306(d)(14) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(16 U.S.C.A. §§1451-1464), as amended, interested parties are invited
to submit comments on whether a proposed action is or is not consistent with
the Texas Coastal Management Program goals and policies and whether the action
should be referred to the Coastal Coordination Council for review.
Further information on the applications listed above may be obtained from
Ms. Tammy Brooks, Program Specialist, Coastal Coordination Council, P.O. Box
12873, Austin, Texas 78711-2873, or tammy.brooks@glo.state.tx.us. Comments
should be sent to Ms. Brooks at the above address or by fax at 512/475-0680.
TRD-200501599
Larry L. Laine
Chief Clerk/Deputy Land Commissioner, General Land Office
Coastal Coordination Council
Filed: April 19, 2005
Notice of Contract Awards
The Comptroller of Public Accounts (Comptroller) announces this notice
of contract awards for consulting services under Chapter 2254, Subchapter
B, Texas Government Code, for the reviews of selected county appraisal districts
in the state as required by Section 403.3011, Texas Government Code; and Section
5.102, Texas Tax Code.
The following Contract awards were made to the following individuals and
entities: Jim Yeats, P.O. Box 944, Nemo, Texas, 76070, for reviews of Bosque,
Comanche, Erath and Johnson County Appraisal Districts, for a total aggregate
amount not-to-exceed $32,668.00; Thomas Wade, 341 Jefferson, Cat Spring, Texas,
78933, for reviews of Atascosa, McMullen, Nueces, and Val Verde County Appraisal
Districts, for a total aggregate amount not-to-exceed $29,535.00; Wiley Rudasill,
P.O. Box 1382, Georgetown, Texas, for reviews of Brewster, Mason, Sabine,
and Wharton County Appraisal Districts, for a total aggregate amount not-to-exceed
$26,220.00; Keith Research & Evaluation, P.O. Box 160427, Austin, Texas,
78716, for reviews of Coryell, Hamilton, Archer, and Hansford County Appraisal
Districts, for a total aggregate amount not-to-exceed $53,526.00; and Chuck
Black, at 11911 B Charing Cross Road, Austin, Texas, 78759, for reviews of
Rockwall, Collingsworth, and Kendall County Appraisal Districts, for a total
aggregate amount not-to-exceed $30,226.00. Other contracts were awarded for
under $15,000.00 each. The Contracts became effective on or about March 4,
2005, with terms extending through August 31, 2005, unless otherwise sooner
terminated as provided therein.
The final reports for the reviews are due to be finalized no later than
July 1, 2005.
The notice of the awards was published on Friday, March 11, 2005, in the
State Electronic Business Daily know as the Texas Marketplace.
TRD-200501567
Pamela Smith
Deputy General Counsel for Contracts
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Filed: April 15, 2005
Notice of Rate Ceilings
The Consumer Credit Commissioner of Texas has ascertained the following
rate ceilings by use of the formulas and methods described in 303.003, 303.009,
and 304.003, Tex. Fin. Code.
The weekly ceiling as prescribed by Sec. 303.003 and Sec. 303.009 for the
period of 04/25/05 - 05/01/05 is 18% for Consumer
1
/Agricultural/Commercial
The weekly ceiling as prescribed by Sec. 303.003 and Sec. 303.009 for the
period of 04/25/05 - 05/01/05 is 18% for Commercial over $250,000.
The judgment ceiling as prescribed by Sec. 304.003 for the period of 05/01/05
- 05/31/05 is 5.75% for Consumer/Agricultural/Commercial/credit thru $250,000.
The judgment ceiling as prescribed by Sec. 304.003 for the period of 05/01/05
- 05/31/05 is 5.75% for Commercial over $250,000.
1
Credit for personal, family or household
use.
2
Credit for business, commercial, investment
or other similar purpose.
TRD-200501601
Leslie L. Pettijohn
Commissioner
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
Filed: April 19, 2005
Applications for a Merger or Consolidation
Notice is given that the following applications have been filed with the
Credit Union Department and are under consideration:
An application was received from Neighborhood Credit Union (Dallas) seeking
approval to merge with Tyler Credit Union (Tyler). Neighborhood Credit Union
will be the surviving credit union.
Comments or a request for a meeting by any interested party relating to
an application must be submitted in writing within 30 days from the date of
this publication. Any written comments must provide all information that the
interested party wishes the Department to consider in evaluating the application.
All information received will be weighed during consideration of the merits
of an application. Comments or a request for a meeting should be addressed
to the Texas Credit Union Department, 914 East Anderson Lane, Austin, Texas
78752-1699.
TRD-200501624
Harold E. Feeney
Commissioner
Credit Union Department
Filed: April 20, 2005
Notice is given that the following application has been filed with the
Credit Union Department and is under consideration:
An application for a name change was received from BP Employees Credit
Union, Alvin, Texas. The credit union is proposing to change its name to Brazos
Community Credit Union.
Comments or a request for a meeting by any interested party relating to
an application must be submitted in writing within 30 days from the date of
this publication. Any written comments must provide all information that the
interested party wishes the Department to consider in evaluating the application.
All information received will be weighed during consideration of the merits
of an application. Comments or a request for a meeting should be addressed
to the Texas Credit Union Department, 914 East Anderson Lane, Austin, Texas
78752-1699.
TRD-200501623
Harold E. Feeney
Commissioner
Credit Union Department
Filed: April 20, 2005
Notice is given that the following applications have been filed with the
Credit Union Department and are under consideration:
An application was received from Neighborhood Credit Union, Dallas, Texas
to expand its field of membership. The proposal would permit persons who work,
reside or attend school in Ellis County, Texas, to be eligible for membership
in the credit union.
An application was received from Credit Union of Texas, Dallas, Texas to
expand its field of membership. The proposal would permit members and employees
of Pintail Youth Ranch, Inc. to be eligible for membership in the credit union.
An application was received from Capitol Credit Union, Austin, Texas to
expand its field of membership. The proposal would permit persons who live,
work, attend school, or worship in, and businesses located within Travis County,
Texas, to be eligible for membership in the credit union.
An application was received from National 1st Credit Union, San Ysidro,
California, to expand the field of membership of its branch offices located
in Arlington, Texas. The proposal would permit persons who live, work, worship
or attend school in, businesses and other legal entities located in the following
United States Postal Zip Codes in Tarrant County, Texas: 75603, 76001, 76002,
76014, 76015, 76016, 76017, 76018, to be eligible for membership in the credit
union.
Comments or a request for a meeting by any interested party relating to
an application must be submitted in writing within 30 days from the date of
this publication. Credit unions that wish to comment on any application must
also complete a Notice of Protest form. The form may be obtained by contacting
the Department at (512) 837-9236 or downloading the form at http://www.tcud.state.tx.us/applications.html.
Any written comments must provide all information that the interested party
wishes the Department to consider in evaluating the application. All information
received will be weighed during consideration of the merits of an application.
Comments or a request for a meeting should be addressed to the Texas Credit
Union Department, 914 East Anderson Lane, Austin, Texas 78752-1699.
TRD-200501622
Harold E. Feeney
Commissioner
Credit Union Department
Filed: April 20, 2005
In accordance with the provisions of 7 TAC Section 91.103, the Credit Union
Department provides notice of the final action taken on the following application(s):
Application(s) to Expand Field of Membership - Approved
Texas Trust Credit Union (#1 & #2), Grand Prairie, Texas (Amended)-
Persons who reside, work, worship or attend school in and businesses located
within a 10-mile radius of the offices of Texas Trust Credit Union located
at: 109 West F.M. 1382, Cedar Hill, TX 75104 and 1900 Country Club Drive,
Mansfield, TX 76063.
Scott & White Employees Credit Union, Temple, Texas- See
Texas Register
issue dated January 28, 2005.
Application(s) to Amend Articles of Incorporation- Approved
Coastal Community & Teachers Credit Union, Corpus Christi, Texas- See
Application(s) for a Foreign Branch Office- Approved
National 1st Credit Union (2), Arlington, Texas- Approved pursuant to Texas
Finance Code §122.005(b), which grants the Commissioner the authority
to waive or delay public notice of an action.
TRD-200501625
Harold E. Feeney
Commissioner
Credit Union Department
Filed: April 20, 2005
Request for Proposals for Consultant for Evaluation of Workforce Development Board Staff and Administrative Unit
The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG), as administrative unit for
the East Texas Workforce Development Board, is soliciting proposals to evaluate
the administrative function of Workforce Development Board staff. Activities
solicited include interviews with board members, development of job descriptions
and evaluation criteria as well as development of a request for proposals
(RFP) for Board staffing in the event that it decides to release an RFP.
Proposer must have experience and expertise in management consulting, board
governance issues and personnel management to perform the required tasks.
Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) are encouraged to apply.
The deadline for receipt of proposals will be 5:00 p.m. CDT, May 16, 2005.
Proposals will not be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on this date.
Persons or organizations wishing to obtain a copy of the RFP should request
by letter, fax or email. The fax number is (903) 983-1440 or email at wendell.holcombe@twc.state.tx.us.
Request letters should be addressed to Wendell Holcombe, Director of Workforce
Development Programs, East Texas Council of Governments, 3800 Stone Road,
Kilgore Texas 75662. Questions regarding the receipt of the RFP should be
addressed to Wendell Holcombe at (903) 984-8641.
Proposers requesting additional information or clarification should submit
requests in writing to Tony Martin, Chair, MOU Committee, NK-20 Lake Cherokee,
Longview, Texas 75603 no later than May 9, 2005. Responses will be made in
writing only and furnished to all parties receiving this RFP.
TRD-200501614
Wendell Holcombe
Director, Workforce Development - Programs
East Texas Council of Governments
Filed: April 19, 2005
The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) is a political sub-division
of the State of Texas governing the 14 county Uniform Planning Region 6, is
soliciting proposals for independent audit services for fiscal year 2004-2005.
Audit will cover federal and state grants and all other programs administered
by ETCOG for the twelve-month fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. Audit
must comply with the Single Audit Act and related amendments as well as applicable
Office of Management and Budget Circulars.
Potential respondents may request to obtain a copy of the RFP after April
21, 2005. The deadline for receipt of proposals will be 5:00 p.m. Thursday,
May 12, 2005.
Persons or organizations wishing to obtain a copy of the RFP should request
by letter, email or by phone. Request letters should be addressed to Judy
Durland, CPA, Director of Finance, East Texas Council of Governments, 3800
Stone Road, Kilgore Texas 75662. Phone calls should be made to (903)984-8641
or email at judy.durland@twc.state.tx.us.
TRD-200501553
Glynn Knight
Executive Director
East Texas Council of Governments
Filed: April 15, 2005
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Default Orders of Administrative Enforcement Actions
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) staff
is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Default
Orders (DOs). The commission staff proposes a DO when the staff has sent an
executive director's preliminary report and petition (EDPRP) to an entity
outlining the alleged violations; the proposed penalty; and the proposed technical
requirements necessary to bring the entity back into compliance; and the entity
fails to request a hearing on the matter within 20 days of its receipt of
the EDPRP. Similar to the procedure followed with respect to Agreed Orders
entered into by the executive director of the commission in accordance with
Texas Water Code (TWC), §7.075, this notice of the proposed order and
the opportunity to comment is published in the
Texas
Register
no later than the 30th day before the date on which the public
comment period closes, which in this case is
May 30,
2005
. The commission will consider any written comments received and
the commission may withdraw or withhold approval of a DO if a comment discloses
facts or considerations that indicate a proposed DO is inappropriate, improper,
inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the statutes and rules
within the commission's jurisdiction, or orders and permits issued in accordance
with the commission's regulatory authority. Additional notice of changes to
a proposed DO is not required to be published if those changes are made in
response to written comments.
A copy of each proposed DO is available for public inspection at both the
commission's central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building A,
3rd Floor, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-3400 and at the applicable regional
office listed as follows. Comments about the DO should be sent to the attorney
designated for the DO at the commission's central office at P.O. Box 13087,
MC 175, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 and must be
received
by 5:00 p.m. on May 30, 2005
. Comments may also be sent by facsimile
machine to the attorney at (512) 239-3434. The commission's attorneys are
available to discuss the DOs and/or the comment procedure at the listed phone
numbers; however, comments on the DOs should be submitted to the commission
in
writing
.
(1) COMPANY: Erich A. Norton; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1459-LII-E; TCEQ ID NUMBER:
RN103984068; LOCATION: 201 East Main Street, Brady, McCulloch County, Texas;
TYPE OF FACILITY: landscape irrigation systems; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §30.5(a), §344.4(a),
and Texas Occupational Code, §1903.251, by failing to obtain an irrigator
license from the TCEQ prior to repairing an existing landscape irrigation
system; PENALTY: $250; STAFF ATTORNEY: Mary Clair Lyons, Litigation Division,
MC 175, (512) 239-6996; REGIONAL OFFICE: San Angelo Regional Office, 622 South
Oakes, Suite K, San Angelo, Texas 76903-7013, (915) 655-9479.
(2) COMPANY: Five Star Transportation; DOCKET NUMBER: 2002-1416-PWS-E;
TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 1012510 and RN101179968; LOCATION: 7814 Miller Road, #3,
Houston, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply system;
RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §290.46(e), and Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), §341.033(a),
by failing to continuously operate the facility under the direct supervision
of an adequately trained and appropriately licensed water works operator;
30 TAC §290.41(c)(1)(F), by failing to secure a sanitary control easement
for all property within 150 feet of the well location; 30 TAC §290.46(m),
by failing to properly maintain the facility; 30 TAC §290.41(c)(3)(N),
by failing to provide the well with a flow measuring device; 30 TAC §290.110(c)(5)(A),
by failing to monitor the disinfectant residual at representative locations
in the distribution system at least once every seven days; 30 TAC §290.46(d)(2)(A)
and §290.110(b)(4), by failing to maintain a minimum free chlorine residual
of 0.2 milligrams per liter in the far reaches of the distribution system;
and 30 TAC §290.41(c)(3)(J), by failing to provide a concrete sealing
block with a minimum thickness of six inches around the wellhead; PENALTY:
$5,763; STAFF ATTORNEY: Ann Skowronski, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512)
239-2497; REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite
H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767- 3500.
(3) COMPANY: Hussain Liaqat dba Stop N Drive 33; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1085-PST-E;
TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 54324 and RN101729127; LOCATION: corner of Highway 90 and
Farm-to- Market Road 770, Raywood, Liberty County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY:
convenience store with retail sales of gasoline; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a)
and (b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance for taking
corrective action and for compensating third parties for bodily injury and
property damage caused by accidental releases arising from the operation of
petroleum underground storage tanks (USTs); and 30 TAC §334.22(a), by
failing to pay petroleum storage tank fees; PENALTY: $3,150; STAFF ATTORNEY:
Ann Skowronski, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512) 239-2497; REGIONAL OFFICE:
Austin Regional Office, 1921 Cedar Bend Drive, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78758-5336,
(512) 339-2929.
(4) COMPANY: Khail Enterprises, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2003-0983-PST-E; TCEQ
ID NUMBERS: 42171 and RN101433340; LOCATION: 5304 Highway 3, Dickinson, Galveston
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail sales of gasoline;
RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §115.246(1), (3) - (6), and (7)(A), and THSC, §382.085(b),
by failing to maintain and make available a copy of the California Air Resources
Board Executive Order, a record of any maintenance conducted on the Stage
II equipment, proof of attendance and completion of Stage II training for
all employees, a record of the results of testing conducted at the site, and
a record of the results of daily inspections conducted at the site; PENALTY:
$1,100; STAFF ATTORNEY: Benjamin Joseph de Leon, Litigation Division, MC 175,
(512) 239-6939; REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk Avenue,
Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
(5) COMPANY: Marlin Gruber; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-0679-PST-E; TCEQ ID NUMBERS:
0076375 and RN104137054; LOCATION: 211 Court Street Highway 90, Newton, Newton
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: auto repair; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §334.55(a)(2)
and (3) and §334.401(a) and (b), by failing to obtain a registered and
licensed UST contractor and an on-site supervisor to perform the removal of
the UST system; and 30 TAC §334.6(a)(2), (b)(2), and (c), by failing
to submit to the commission the required notifications before removing the
USTs from the site; PENALTY: $4,500; STAFF ATTORNEY: James Sallans, Litigation
Division, MC 175, (512) 239- 2053; REGIONAL OFFICE: Beaumont Regional Office,
3870 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, Texas 77703-1892, (409) 898-3838.
(6) COMPANY: Mesujo Services dba Mesujo South; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1066-WQ-E;
TCEQ ID NUMBER: RN104316112; LOCATION: 1706 Wald Road, New Braunfels, Guadalupe
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: mine of nonmetallic minerals; RULES VIOLATED:
30 TAC §281.25(a)(4), by failing to obtain authorization to discharge
storm water associated with an industrial activity to water in the state through
an individual permit or the Multi-Sector General Permit; PENALTY: $40,000;
STAFF ATTORNEY: Mary Clair Lyons, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512) 239-
6996; REGIONAL OFFICE: San Antonio Regional Office, 14250 Judson Road, San
Antonio, Texas 78233-4480, (210) 490-3096.
(7) COMPANY: Panama Materials, LLC dba Panama Materials Quarry; DOCKET
NUMBER: 2004-1105-WQ-E; TCEQ ID NUMBER: RN104220793; LOCATION: on the north
service road, west of exit 376 of Interstate Highway 20, Santo, Palo Pinto
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: rock quarry; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §281.25(a)(4)
and 40 Code of Federal Regulations §122.26(a), by failing to obtain authorization
to discharge storm water associated with industrial activity to water in the
state through either an individual permit or the Multi-Sector General Permit;
PENALTY: $21,850; STAFF ATTORNEY: Mary Clair Lyons, Litigation Division, MC
175, (512) 239- 6996; REGIONAL OFFICE: Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Office,
2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, (817) 588-5800.
(8) COMPANY: Ranger Gas Gathering, L.L.C.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2002-1054-AIR-E;
TCEQ ID NUMBERS: EA0042C and RN100219534; LOCATION: County Road 340, approximately
two miles west of Highway 717 North, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas; TYPE
OF FACILITY: natural gas gathering and processing station; RULES VIOLATED:
30 TAC §121.121, and THSC, §382.054, by failing to obtain a Title
V Federal Operating Permit prior to operation of emission sources; and 30
TAC §101.10(a)(2) and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to submit emission
inventories; PENALTY: $7,875; STAFF ATTORNEY: Benjamin Joseph de Leon, Litigation
Division, MC 175, (512) 239-6939; REGIONAL OFFICE: Abilene Regional Office,
1977 Industrial Boulevard, Abilene, Texas 79602-7833, (325) 698-9674.
(9) COMPANY: Rodney Fincher; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1633-MSW-E; TCEQ ID NUMBER:
RN104322318; LOCATION: Willis Point, Van Zandt County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY:
unauthorized scrap tire transporter operation; RULES VIOLATED: THSC, §361.112(c),
by failing to transport used or scrap tires to an authorized facility; and
30 TAC §328.55 and §328.57(c)(1), by failing to register with the
commission before collecting and transporting scrap tires; PENALTY: $2,000;
STAFF ATTORNEY: Jeffrey Huhn, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512) 239-5111;
REGIONAL OFFICE: Tyler Regional Office, 2916 Teague Drive, Tyler, Texas 75701-3756,
(903) 535-5100.
(10) COMPANY: Tres NLSS MG Corp. dba Sam's Food Mart; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1433-
PST-E; TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 75271 and RN102216066; LOCATION: 4130 Allison Road,
Houston, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail
sales of gasoline; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §334.48(c), by failing to conduct
effective manual or automatic inventory control procedures for the UST systems;
and 30 TAC §334.50(b)(1)(A) and (d)(1)(B)(ii), and TWC, §26.3475(c)(1),
by failing to monitor its USTs for releases at a frequency of at least once
per month not to exceed 35 days between each monitoring; PENALTY: $13,500;
STAFF ATTORNEY: Jeffrey Huhn, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512) 239-5111;
REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston,
Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
TRD-200501607
Paul C. Sarahan
Director, Litigation Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 19, 2005
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) staff
is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Agreed
Orders (AOs) in accordance with Texas Water Code (TWC), §7.075. Section
7.075 requires that before the commission may approve the AOs, the commission
shall allow the public an opportunity to submit written comments on the proposed
AOs. Section 7.075 requires that notice of the opportunity to comment must
be published in the
Texas Register
no later
than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period closes,
which in this case is
May 30, 2005
. Section
7.075 also requires that the commission promptly consider any written comments
received and that the commission may withdraw or withhold approval of an AO
if a comment discloses facts or considerations that the consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the statutes
and rules within the commission's orders and permits issued in accordance
with the commission's regulatory authority. Additional notice of changes to
a proposed AO is not required to be published if those changes are made in
response to written comments.
A copy of each proposed AO is available for public inspection at both the
commission's central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building A,
3rd Floor, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-3400 and at the applicable regional
office listed as follows. Comments about an AO should be sent to the attorney
designated for the AO at the commission's central office at P.O. Box 13087,
MC 175, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 and must be
received
by 5:00 p.m. on May 30, 2005
. Comments may also be sent by facsimile
machine to the attorney at (512) 239-3434. The designated attorney is available
to discuss the AO and/or the comment procedure at the listed phone number;
however, §7.075 provides that comments on an AO should be submitted to
the commission in
writing
.
(1) COMPANY: City Wide Properties Windfern, Inc. dba Quik N Easy 3; DOCKET
NUMBER: 2004-1708-PST-E; TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 44588 and RN102358603; LOCATION:
8360 Windfern Road, Houston, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience
store with retail sales of gasoline; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a)
and (b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance for taking
corrective action and for compensating third parties for bodily injury and
property damage caused by accidental releases arising from the operation of
underground storage tanks (USTs); PENALTY: $3,210; STAFF ATTORNEY: Courtney
Hill, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512) 239-2436; REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston
Regional Office, 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713)
767-3500.
(2) COMPANY: Enedina Garza dba G & S Mart; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1298-PST-E;
TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 31104 and RN102424827; LOCATION: 503 South Bridge Street,
Suite A, Hidalgo, Hidalgo County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store
with retail sales of gasoline; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a) and
(b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance for taking corrective
action and for compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage
caused by accidental releases arising from the operation of petroleum USTs;
PENALTY: $800; STAFF ATTORNEY: Barbara J. Watson, Litigation Division, MC
175, (512) 239-2044; REGIONAL OFFICE: Harlingen Regional Office, 1804 West
Jefferson Avenue, Harlingen, Texas 78550-5247, (956) 425-6010.
(3) COMPANY: Lajitas Management, LLC dba Lajitas Utility Co., Inc.; DOCKET
NUMBER: 2001-0901-MLM-E; TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 0220018, 14282-001, 12167-001(exp.),
and RN102079365; LOCATION: on an unnamed road, 1/4 mile south of Highway 170
in the unincorporated community of Lajitas, Brewster County, Texas; TYPE OF
FACILITY: public water supply system; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §305.125(2),
TWC, §26.121, and Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES)
Permit Number 12167-001, Permit Condition 4(c), by failing to renew TPDES
Permit Number 12167-001 prior to the expiration date; 30 TAC §305.125(1), §319.5(b),
and TPDES Permit Number 14282-001, Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements
Number 2, by failing to maintain a chlorine residual of at least 1.0 milligrams
per liter (mg/L) at the wastewater plant and failing to monitor chlorine residual
of the effluent five times per week; 30 TAC §305.125(1) and TPDES Permit
Number 14282-001, Operational Requirement Number 5, and Monitoring and Reporting
Requirement Number 5, by failing to provide the 90 degree v-notch flow measuring
device with a staff gauge and by failing to calibrate the ultrasonic totalizer
measuring device on an annual basis; 30 TAC §319.7(a) and (c), by failing
to maintain pH and dissolved oxygen calibration records; 30 TAC §319.7(a)
and (d), and TPDES Permit Number 14282-001, Operational Requirement Number
1, by failing to submit monthly discharge monitoring reports; 30 TAC §305.62(a), §305.66(a)(1),
and TPDES Permit Number 14282-001, Permit Condition Number 4.a, by failing
to amend the existing water quality permit to authorize the effluent to be
discharged to man-made ponds, commingled with raw well water and applied to
the Lajitas Golf Course; 30 TAC §290.46(d)(2)(A), by failing to maintain
a residual disinfectant concentration of at least 0.2 mg/L free chlorine throughout
the distribution system for the water supply; 30 TAC §290.118(a) and
(b), and Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), §341.031(a) and §341.0315(c),
by failing to provide public drinking water that meets the secondary constituent
levels without written approval from the executive director; 30 TAC §290.44(h)(4),
by failing to have the backflow prevention assembly tested at least annually
by a recognized backflow prevention assembly tester; 30 TAC §290.46(1),
by failing to flush all dead end mains at monthly intervals or more frequently
as required; 30 TAC §290.42(d)(14), by failing to provide sampling taps
for individual filter effluent and clear well discharges; 30 TAC §290.42(d)(11)(E)(i),
by failing to equip each filter with a sampling tap to individually monitor
the effluent turbidity; 30 TAC §290.42(d)(11)(E)(v), by failing to equip
each filter with an operational device to indicate loss of head through the
filter; 30 TAC §290.110(c)(5)(C), by failing to properly monitor the
residual disinfectant concentration in the distribution system at bacteriological
sampling sites; 30 TAC §290.46(m) and (t), by failing to initiate maintenance
and housekeeping practices to ensure the reliability and general appearance
of the system's facilities and equipment; 30 TAC §290.46(s)(2)(B), by
failing to calibrate the on-line and bench top turbidimeters; 30 TAC §290.42(e)(4)(C),
by failing to provide adequate ventilation for all enclosures in which chlorine
gas was being stored or fed; 30 TAC §290.121 and §290.110(f)(1),
by failing to maintain an up-to-date chemical and microbiological monitoring
plan and to conduct chlorine residual tests at bacteriological sampling sites
designated in the monitoring plan; 30 TAC §290.44(h)(1)(A) and §290.47(i),
Appendix i, by failing to establish a cross connection control program to
provide protection against contamination and health hazards; 30 TAC §290.45(a)(2)
and §290.46(r), by failing to design, maintain, and operate the water
supply to provide a minimum pressure of 35 pounds per square inch throughout
the distribution system under normal operating conditions; 30 TAC §290.41(c)(3)(N),
by failing to provide each well with properly operating flow meters to measure
production yields and provide for the accumulation of water production data;
30 TAC §290.43(c)(2) and (3), by failing to have all roof openings and
overflow pipes properly maintained; and 30 TAC §290.42(i), by failing
to obtain from the commission a permit for discharging wastes from the water
treatment process; PENALTY: $12,312; STAFF ATTORNEY: Alfred Okpohworho, Litigation
Division, MC R-12, (713) 422-8918; REGIONAL OFFICE: El Paso Regional Office,
401 East Franklin Avenue, Suite 560, El Paso, Texas 79901-1206, (915) 834-4949.
(4) COMPANY: Mirage Stop, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2003-1443-MWD-E; TCEQ ID
NUMBERS: 003517-000 and RN101520344; LOCATION: 17141 Interstate Highway 10
East, Channelview, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment
plant; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §305.125(1) and §319.5(b), TCEQ Permit
Numbers 003517-001 and 003517-002, Final Effluent Limitations and Monitoring
Requirement Number 1, and TWC, §26.121(e), by failing to monitor flow
when required; 30 TAC §305.125(1) and §317.7(e), TCEQ Permit Number
003517-002, Operational Requirement Number 1, and TWC, §26.121(e), by
failing to repair the fences surrounding the wastewater treatment plant and
the on-site lift station; 30 TAC §305.125(1) and (5), TCEQ Permit Number
003517-002, Operational Requirement Number 1, and TWC, §26.121(e), by
failing to properly operate and maintain the treatment facility; PENALTY:
$10,900; STAFF ATTORNEY: Benjamin Joseph de Leon, Litigation Division, MC
175, (512) 239- 6939; REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk
Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
(5) COMPANY: Naurin, Inc. dba Shell III; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-0922-PST-E;
TCEQ ID NUMBERS: 13710 and RN101563476; LOCATION: 9512 C. F. Hawn Freeway,
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail
sales of gasoline; RULES VIOLATED: 30 TAC §115.246(1) and THSC, §382.085(b),
by failing to maintain at the station a copy of the California Air Resources
Board Executive Order for the Stage II vapor recovery system and any related
components installed at the station; 30 TAC §115.246(3) and THSC, §382.085(b),
by failing to maintain a record of any maintenance conducted on any part of
the Stage II equipment, including a general part description, the date and
time the equipment was taken out of service, the date of repair or replacement,
the replacement part manufacturer's information, and a general description
of the part location in the UST system; 30 TAC §115.246(4) and THSC, §382.085(b),
by failing to provide proof of attendance and completion of the station representative
Stage II training and failing to provide documentation of all Stage II training
for each employee for so long as that employee continues to work at the station;
30 TAC §115.245(2) and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to verify proper
operation of the Stage II equipment at least once every 12 months; and 30
TAC §334.22(a), by failing to pay outstanding UST fees, including penalties
and interest; PENALTY: $2,400; STAFF ATTORNEY: Justin Lannen, Litigation Division,
MC R-4, (817) 588-5927; REGIONAL OFFICE: Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Office,
2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, (817) 588-5800.
(6) COMPANY: Rainbow Materials LP; DOCKET NUMBER: 2001-1170-MLM-E; TCEQ
ID NUMBER: none; LOCATION: 2935 and 2885 Highway 71 East, Travis County, Texas;
TYPE OF FACILITY: ready-mix concrete; RULES VIOLATED: TWC, §26.121, by
discharging or allowing the discharge of concrete, concrete residue, and wash
down to the water at the site; PENALTY: $8,000; STAFF ATTORNEY: Deborah A.
Bynum, Litigation Division, MC 175, (512) 239-1976; REGIONAL OFFICE: Austin
Regional Office, 1921 Cedar Bend Drive, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78758-5336,
(512) 339-2929.
TRD-200501608
Paul C. Sarahan
Director, Litigation Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 19, 2005
Notice of Request for Public Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting for
Total Maximum Daily Loads and Update to the State Water Quality Management
Plan
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) has
made available for public comment a draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
concerning impairments to general water quality uses by addressing elevated
levels of total dissolved solids (TDS) and chlorides in Clear Creek above
Tidal. Clear Creek above Tidal is in the eastern portion of Fort Bend County
and flows east to become the boundary of Harris and Brazoria Counties and
then Harris and Galveston Counties. The cities of Houston, Pearland, Brookside
Village, and Friendswood are located within this watershed. The TCEQ will
conduct a public meeting to receive comments on the draft TMDL. This announcement
also constitutes notice that the TMDL will become part of the State Water
Quality Management Plan upon approval by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
Texas is required to develop TMDLs for impaired water bodies under the
Federal Clean Water Act, §303(d). A TMDL is a detailed water quality
assessment that provides the scientific foundation to allocate pollutant loads
in a certain body of water in order to restore and maintain designated uses.
The TCEQ will conduct a public meeting on the draft TMDL for chloride and
total dissolved solids. The purpose of the public meeting is to provide the
public an opportunity to comment on the draft TMDL. The commission requests
comment on each of the six major components of the TMDL: problem definition;
endpoint identification; source analysis; linkage between sources and receiving
waters; margin of safety; and pollutant loading allocation. After the public
comment period, TCEQ staff may revise the TMDL, if appropriate. The final
TMDL will then be considered by the commission for adoption. Upon adoption
of the TMDL by the commission, the final TMDL and a response to all comments
will be made available on the TCEQ Web site referenced in the following paragraphs.
The TMDL will then be submitted to EPA Region 6 for approval as an update
to the State of Texas Water Quality Management Plan.
A public meeting will be held on May 26, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. at the Pearland
City Hall, Council Chambers, located at 3519 Liberty Drive, Pearland, Texas.
Individuals may present oral statements when called upon in order of registration.
Open discussion will not occur during the meeting; however, a commission staff
member will be available to discuss the matter 30 minutes prior to the meeting
and will answer questions before and after the meeting. Only comments for
the TMDL will be taken, no other TMDL projects will be discussed at the meeting.
Written comments should be submitted to Andrew Sullivan, TCEQ Water Division,
MC 203, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or faxed to (512) 239-1414.
All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., June 3, 2005, and should reference
Persons with disabilities who have special communication or other accommodation
needs who are planning to attend the meeting should contact the Commission
at (512) 239-4900. Requests should be made as far in advance as possible.
TRD-200501628
Stephanie Bergeron Perdue
Director, Environmental Law Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 20, 2005
Notice of Request for Public Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting for
a Total Maximum Daily Load and Update to the State Water Quality Management
Plan
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) has
made available for public comment a draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
concerning polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish tissue in Lake Worth,
a reservoir located in northwest Tarrant County in north central Texas. The
TCEQ will conduct a public meeting to receive comments on the draft TMDL.
This announcement also constitutes notice that the TMDL will become part of
the State Water Quality Management Plan upon approval by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Texas is required to develop TMDLs for impaired water bodies under the
Federal Clean Water Act, §303(d). A TMDL is a detailed water quality
assessment that provides the scientific foundation to allocate pollutant loads
in a certain body of water in order to restore and maintain designated uses.
The TCEQ will conduct a public meeting on the draft TMDL for PCBs in fish
tissue in Lake Worth, Tarrant County. The purpose of the public meeting is
to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the draft TMDL. The commission
requests comment on each of the six major components of the TMDL: problem
definition; endpoint identification; source analysis; linkage between sources
and receiving waters; margin of safety; and pollutant loading allocation.
After the public comment period, TCEQ staff may revise the TMDL, if appropriate.
The final TMDL will then be considered by the commission for adoption. Upon
adoption of the TMDL by the commission, the final TMDL and a response to all
comments will be made available on the TCEQ Web site referenced in the following
paragraphs. The TMDL will then be submitted to EPA Region 6 for approval as
an update to the State of Texas Water Quality Management Plan.
A public meeting will be held on May 12, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., at the Fort
Worth City Hall Building, City Council Chambers, located at 1000 Throckmorton,
Fort Worth. Individuals may present oral statements when called upon in order
of registration. Open discussion will not occur during the meeting; however,
a commission staff member will be available to discuss the matter 30 minutes
prior to the meeting and will answer questions before and after the meeting.
Written comments should be submitted to Roger Miranda, TCEQ Water Division,
MC 203, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or faxed to (512) 239-1414.
All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., May 20, 2005, and should reference
Persons with disabilities who have special communication or other accommodation
needs who are planning to attend the meeting should contact the commission
at (512) 239-4900. Requests should be made as far in advance as possible.
TRD-200501629
Stephanie Bergeron Perdue
Director, Environmental Law Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 20. 2005
Notice of Request for Public Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting for
a Total Maximum Daily Load and Update to the State Water Quality Management
Plan
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) has
made available for public comment a draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
concerning a nitrate-nitrogen impairment in the Lower Sabinal River in Uvalde,
County, Texas. The TCEQ will conduct a public meeting to receive comments
on the draft TMDL. This announcement also constitutes notice that the TMDL
will become part of the State Water Quality Management Plan upon approval
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Texas is required to develop TMDLs for impaired water bodies under the
Federal Clean Water Act, §303(d). A TMDL is a detailed water quality
assessment that provides the scientific foundation to allocate pollutant loads
in a certain body of water to restore and maintain designated uses.
The TCEQ will conduct a public meeting on the draft TMDL concerning nitrate-nitrogen
pollutants in the Lower Sabinal River. The purpose of the public meeting is
to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the draft TMDL. The commission
requests comment on each of the six major components of the TMDL: problem
definition; endpoint identification; source analysis; linkage between sources
and receiving waters; margin of safety; and loading allocations. After the
public comment period, TCEQ staff may revise the TMDL, if appropriate. The
final TMDL will then be considered by the commission for adoption. Upon adoption
of the TMDL by the commission, the final TMDL and a response to all comments
will be made available on the TCEQ Web site referenced in the following paragraphs.
The TMDL will then be submitted to EPA Region 6 for approval as updates to
the State of Texas Water Quality Management Plan.
A public meeting will be held in Sabinal, Texas, on May 19, 2005, at 7:00
p.m., at the Sabinal City Hall, located at 501 North Center Street, Sabinal.
Individuals may present oral statements when called upon in order of registration.
Open discussion will not occur during the meeting; however, a commission staff
member will be available to discuss the matter 30 minutes prior to the meeting
and will answer questions before and after the meeting.
Written comments should be submitted to Ward Ling, TCEQ Water Division,
MC 203, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or faxed to (512) 239-1414.
All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., May 27, 2005, and should reference
Persons with disabilities who have special communication or other accommodation
needs who are planning to attend the meeting should contact the Commission
at (512) 239-4900. Requests should be made as far in advance as possible.
TRD-200501627
Stephanie Bergeron Perdue
Director, Environmental Law Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 20, 2005
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) is required
under the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act, Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter
361 (the Act) to identify, to the extent feasible, and evaluate facilities
that may constitute an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health
and safety or to the environment due to a release or threatened release of
hazardous substances into the environment. The first identification of these
sites was published in the January 16, 1987 issue of the
Texas Register
(12 TexReg 205). In accordance with the Act, §361.181,
the commission must update the state Superfund registry annually to add new
facilities in accordance with the Act, §361.184(a) and §361.188(a)(1)
(see also 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §335.343) or to delete facilities
in accordance with the Act, §361.189 (see also 30 TAC §335.344).
The current notice also includes facilities where state Superfund action has
ended or where cleanup is being adequately addressed by other means.
In accordance with the Act, §361.188, the state Superfund registry
identifying those facilities that are listed and have been determined to pose
an imminent and substantial endangerment in descending order of hazard ranking
system (HRS) scores are as follows.
1. Col-Tex Refinery. Located on both sides of Business Interstate 20 (U.S.
80) in Colorado City, Mitchell County: tank farm and refinery.
2. J.C. Pennco Waste Oil Service. Located at 4927 Higdon Road, San Antonio,
Bexar County: waste oil and used drum recycling.
3. Precision Machine and Supply. Located at 500 West Olive Street, Odessa,
Ector County: chrome plating and machine shop.
4. Sonics International, Inc. Located north of Farm Road 101, approximately
two miles west of Ranger, Eastland County: industrial waste injection wells.
5. Maintech International. Located at 8300 Old Ferry Road, Port Arthur,
Jefferson County: chemical cleaning and equipment hydroblasting.
6. Federated Metals. Located at 9200 Market Street, Houston, Harris County:
magnesium dross/sludge disposal, inactive landfill.
7. Texas American Oil. Located approximately three miles north of Midlothian
on Old State Highway 67, Ellis County: waste oil recycling.
8. Niagara Chemical. Located west of the intersection of Commerce Street
and Adams Avenue, Harlingen, Cameron County: pesticide formulation.
9. International Creosoting. Located at 1110 Pine Street, Beaumont, Jefferson
County: wood treatment.
10. McBay Oil & Gas. Located approximately three miles northwest of
Grapeland on Farm Road 1272, Houston County: oil refinery and oil reclamation
plant.
11. Materials Recovery Enterprises. Located about four miles southwest
of Ovalo, near U.S. 83 and Farm Road 604, Taylor County: Class I industrial
waste management.
12. Toups. Located on the west side of Texas 326, 2.1 miles north of its
intersection with Texas 105, in Sour Lake, Hardin County: fencepost treating
facility and municipal waste.
13. Harris Sand Pits. Located at 23340 South Texas 16, approximately 10.5
miles south of San Antonio at Von Ormy, Bexar County: commercial sand and
clay pit.
14. JCS Company. Located north of Phalba on County Road 2415, approximately
1.5 miles west of the intersection of County Road 2403 and Texas 198, Van
Zandt County: lead-acid battery recycling.
15. Jerrell B. Thompson Battery. Located north of Phalba on County Road
2410, approximately one mile north of the intersection of County Road 2410
and Texas 198, Van Zandt County: lead-acid battery recycling.
16. Hayes-Sammons Warehouse. Located at Miller Avenue and East Eighth Street,
Mission, Hidalgo County: commercial grade pesticide storage.
17. Jensen Drive Scrap. Located at 3603 Jensen Drive, Houston, Harris County:
scrap salvage.
18. Baldwin Waste Oil Company. Located on County Road 44 approximately
0.1 mile west of its intersection with Farm Road 1889, Robstown, Nueces County:
waste oil processing.
19. Hall Street. Located north of the intersection of 20th Street East
with California Street, north of Dickinson, Galveston County: waste disposal
and landfill/open field dumping.
20. Unnamed Plating. Located at 6816 - 6824 Industrial Avenue, El Paso,
El Paso County: metals processing and recovery.
21. Tricon America, Inc. Located at 101 East Hampton Road, Crowley, Tarrant
County: aluminum and zinc smelting and casting.
In accordance with the Act, §361.184(a), those facilities that may
pose an imminent and substantial endangerment, and that have been proposed
to the state Superfund registry, are set out in descending order of HRS scores
as follows.
1. Kingsland. Located in the vicinity of the 2100 and 2400 blocks of Farm-to-Market
Road 1431, Kingsland, Llano County: two groundwater plumes.
2. First Quality Cylinders. Located at 931 West Laurel Street, San Antonio,
Bexar County: aircraft cylinder rebuilder.
3. ArChem Thames/Chelsea. Located at 13013 Conklin Lane, Houston, Harris
County: chemical manufacturing and recycling.
4. Hicks Field Sewer Corporation. Located approximately 1.8 miles west
of the intersection of U.S. Highway 81/287 and Farm-to-Market Road 156, Tarrant
County: former sewage treatment facility.
5. Industrial Road/Industrial Metals. Located at 3000 Agnes Street in Corpus
Christi, Nueces County: lead-acid battery recycling and copper coil salvage.
6. Poly-Cycle Industries, Inc., Tecula. Located northeast of Tecula on
the southeast corner of the intersection of Farm-to-Market 2064 and County
Road 4216, Cherokee County: lead-acid battery recycling.
7. Phipps Plating. Located at 305 East Grayson Street, San Antonio, Bexar
County: metal plating.
8. James Barr Facility. Located in the 3300 block of Industrial Road, Pearland,
Brazoria County: vacuum truck waste storage facility.
9. Pioneer Oil and Refining Company. Located at 20280 South Payne Road,
outside of Somerset, Bexar County: oil refinery.
10. Voda Petroleum Inc. Located at 211 Duncan Street, Clarksville City,
Gregg County: waste oil recycling facility.
11. Force Road Oil and Vacuum Truck Company. Located at 1722 County Road
573 (Alloy Road), approximately 1,300 feet east of the Brazoria-Fort Bend
County Line, Brazoria County: oily wastewater disposal and oil recovery facility.
12. Marshall Wood Preserving. Located at 2700 West Houston Street, Marshall,
Harrison County: wood treatment.
13. Avinger Development Company (ADCO). Located on the south side of Texas
155, approximately 1/4 mile east of the intersection with Texas 49, Avinger,
Cass County: wood treatment.
14. Harvey Industries, Inc. Located at the southeast corner of Farm Road
2495 and Texas 31 (One Curtis Mathes Drive), Athens, Henderson County: television
cabinets and circuit board manufacturing.
15. Hu-Mar Chemicals. Located north of McGothlin Road, between the old
Southern Pacific Railroad tracks and 12th Street, Palacios, Matagorda County:
pesticide and herbicide formulation.
16. American Zinc. Located approximately 3.5 miles north of Dumas on U.S.
287 and five miles east on Farm Road 119, Moore County: zinc smelter.
17. El Paso Plating Works. Located at 2422 Wyoming Avenue, El Paso, El
Paso County: metal plating.
18. Spector Salvage Yard. Located at Jackson Avenue and Tenth Street, Orange,
Orange County: military surplus and chemical salvage yard.
19. State Highway 123 PCE Plume. Located near the intersection of State
Highway 123 and Interstate Highway 35 in San Marcos, Hays County: contaminated
groundwater plume.
20. Tucker Oil Refinery/Clinton Manges Oil & Refining Company. Located
on the east side of U.S. Highway 79 in the rural community of Tucker, Anderson
County: oil refinery.
21. Rogers Delinted Cottonseed Company. Located at the intersection of
State Highway 380 and Farm-to-Market Road 547, approximately one mile east
of Farmersville, Collin County: former cottonseed delinting processing facility.
22. McNabb Flying Service. Located 1.5 miles northwest of Alvin, approximately
one mile east of State Highway 6, at the intersection of Brazoria County roads
146 and 539, Brazoria County: aerial pesticide applicator.
23. Bailey Metal Processors, Inc. Located one mile northwest of Brady on
Highway 87, McCulloch County: scrap metal dealer, primarily conducting copper
and lead reclamation.
24. Poly-Cycle Industries, Jacksonville. Located on the south side of the
city at 2505 South Jackson Street in Cherokee County: lead acid battery chips
recycler and lead recovery.
Since the last
Texas Register
publication
on September 24, 2004 (29 TexReg 9218), the TCEQ has determined that one facility,
Bailey Metal Processors, Inc., McCulloch County, may pose an imminent and
substantial endangerment to public health and safety or the environment, and
in accordance with the Act, §361.184(a), has been added to the list of
sites proposed to the state Superfund registry. Also, the TCEQ has determined
that one site, Avinger Development Company (ADCO) was not being addressed
adequately under the voluntary cleanup program, and in accordance with the
Act, §361.189(c), was moved back to the state Superfund registry as a
proposed site. No additional sites were proposed to the state Superfund registry.
To date, 34 sites have been deleted from the state Superfund registry in
accordance with the Act, §361.189 (see also the Act, §361.183(a)
and 30 TAC §335.344): Aztec Ceramics, Bexar County; Aztec Mercury, Brazoria
County; Barlow's Wills Point Plating, Van Zandt County; Bestplate, Inc., Dallas
County; Butler Ranch, Karnes County; Crim-Hammett, Rusk County; Double R Plating
Company, Cass County; Gulf Metals Industries, Harris County; Hagerson Road
Drum, Fort Bend County; Harkey Road, Brazoria County; Hart Creosoting, Jasper
County; Hi-Yield, Hunt County; Higgins Wood Preserving, Angelina County; Houston
Lead, Harris County; Houston Scrap, Harris County; Kingsbury Metal Finishing,
Guadalupe County; LaPata Oil Company, Harris County; Lyon Property, Kimble
County; Melton Kelly Property, Navarro County; Munoz Borrow Pits, Hidalgo
County; Newton Wood Preserving, Newton County; Old Lufkin Creosoting, Angelina
County; Permian Chemical, Ector County; PIP Minerals, Liberty County; Poly-Cycle
Industries, Ellis County; Rio Grande Refinery I, Hardin County; Rio Grande
Refinery II, Hardin County; Sampson Horrice, Dallas County; Solvent Recovery
Services, Fort Bend County; South Texas Solvents, Nueces County; State Marine,
Jefferson County; Stoller Chemical Company, Hale County; Thompson Hayward
Chemical, Knox County; Waste Oil Tank Services, Harris County; and Wortham
Lead Salvage, Henderson County.
The public records for each of the sites are available for inspection and
copying during regular TCEQ business hours at the TCEQ Records Management
Center, Building E, North Entrance, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753,
(800) 633-9363 or (512) 239-2920. Handicapped parking is available on the
east side of Building D, convenient to access ramps that are located between
Buildings D and E. There is no charge for viewing the files, however, copying
of file information is subject to payment of a fee.
TRD-200501603
Paul C. Sarahan
Director, Litigation Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 19, 2005
The following notices were issued during the period of April 13, 2005 through
April 20, 2005.
The following require the applicants to publish notice in the newspaper.
The public comment period, requests for public meetings, or requests for a
contested case hearing may be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk,
Mail Code 105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
THE DATE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
AUS-TEX PARTS & SERVICES, LTD. has applied for a renewal of TPDES Permit
No. 14060-001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater
at a daily average flow not to exceed 123,750 gallons per day. The facility
is located approximately 2.6 miles northwest of the intersection of State
Highway 21 and County Road 127 in Hays County, Texas.
CITY OF AUSTIN ELECTRIC UTILITY DBA AUSTIN ENERGY which operates the Sandhill
Energy Center, a gas-fired electric generating station has applied for a renewal
of TPDES Permit No. WQ0004351000, which authorizes the discharge of cooling
tower blowdown and previously monitored effluents (consisting of cooling water
drained from condensers and other cooling equipment during maintenance periods,
metal cleaning wastes, and low volume wastes) at a daily average flow not
to exceed 1,300,000 gallons per day via Outfall 001. The facility is located
at 13005 Fallwell Lane, approximately two miles east of the intersection of
State Highway 71 and Fallwell Lane, Travis County, Texas.
CITY OF CLARKSVILLE CITY has applied for a new permit, proposed Texas Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0014572001, to authorize
the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to
exceed 95,000 gallons per day. The facility will be located 4,050 feet south
of the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Texas Street in Gregg County, Texas.
DEL VALLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has applied for a new permit, Proposed
Permit No. WQ0014567001, to authorize the disposal of treated domestic wastewater
at a daily average flow not to exceed 10,000 gallons per day via non-public
access subsurface drip irrigation with a minimum area of 3.22 acres. This
permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State.
The facility and disposal site will be located at 5604 Farm-to-Market Road
1327, approximately 5,200 feet northeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market
Road 1327 and Farm-to-Market Road 1625 in Travis County, Texas.
FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 142 has applied for a major
amendment to TPDES Permit No. 14408-001 to authorize an increase in the discharge
of treated domestic wastewater from a daily average flow not to exceed 800,000
gallons per day to an annual average flow not to exceed 1,200,000 gallons
per day. The facility is located on Fulshear Gaston Road, approximately 1.15
miles southwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1093 and Farm-to-Market
Road 723, in Fort Bend County, Texas.
FREER WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT has applied for a renewal
of Permit No. 10088-001, which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic
wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 280,000 gallons
per day via surface irrigation of 250 acres of nonpublic access agricultural
land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters
in the State. The facility and disposal site are located adjacent to State
Highway 16 and 0.5 mile north of the Town of Freer in Duval County, Texas.
CITY OF LYTLE has applied for a renewal of TPDES Permit No. 10096-001,
which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average
flow not to exceed 450,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately
2,300 feet southeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 3175 and Interstate
Highway 35 in Atascosa County, Texas.
CITY OF MATHIS has applied for a renewal of TPDES Permit No. 10015-001,
which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average
flow not to exceed 947,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately
1.25 miles northwest of the intersection of State Highway Spur 198 and Farm-to-Market
Road 1068, along the access road northwest extension of San Patricio Avenue
in the City of Mathis in San Patricio County, Texas.
THE CITY OF PERRYTON has applied for a renewal of Permit No. 10248-001,
which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a volume not
to exceed a daily average flow of 1,400,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation
of 570 acres of agricultural land. This permit will not authorize a discharge
of pollutants into waters in the State. The facility and disposal site are
located approximately 0.5 mile south of Perryton City Limits on U. S. Highway
83 and thence east 1.25 miles to the plant site in Ochiltree County, Texas.
SAN ANGELO PACKING COMPANY, INC. AND THE ESTATE OF JIMMY STOKES which operates
a meat packing plant, has applied for a renewal of Permit No. WQ0003901000,
which authorizes the disposal of process wastewater from a slaughterhouse,
utility wastewater, and storm water at a daily average flow not to exceed
150,000 gallons per day via spray irrigation of 208 acres. This permit will
not authorize a discharge of pollutants into water in the State. The facility
and land application site are located on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway, 5,000 feet east and 4,000 feet south of the intersection of Armstrong
Road and 50th Street in the City of San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.
Written comments or requests for a public meeting may be submitted to the
Office of the Chief Clerk, at the address provided above, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
THE ISSUED DATE OF THIS NOTICE
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has initiated a minor
amendment of the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit
issued to CITY OF AMARILLO, P.O. Box 1971, Amarillo, Texas 79105-1971, to
authorize that the chronic and acute biomonitoring requirements apply to Outfall
001/002, instead of Outfall 001 and 002. The existing permit authorizes the
discharge of treated domestic wastewater at an annual average flow not to
exceed 12,000,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately four
miles east-southeast of the intersection of State Highway Spur 335 (Hollywood
Road) and Farm-to-Market Road 1541 (Washington Street) in Randall County,
Texas.
HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 191 has applied for a minor
amendment to the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit
to authorize an additional interim I phase at a daily average flow not to
exceed 336,000 gallons per day and an interim II phase at a daily average
flow not to exceed 476,000 gallons per day. The existing permit authorizes
the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to
exceed 600,000 gallons per day. The facility is located approximately 2,000
feet south of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 and 2,000 feet west of Cutten Road,
adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad in Harris County, Texas.
TRD-200501635
LaDonna Castañuela
Chief Clerk
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 20, 2005
Notices mailed April 14, 2005 through April 18, 2005.
APPLICATION NO. 5850; TXU Mining Company LP (TXU or Applicant), 1601 Bryan
Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-3411, applicant, seeks a term Water Use Permit
pursuant to Texas Water Code §11.121 and Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ) Rules 30 Texas Administrative Code §§295.1, et seq.
Applicant seeks authorization to divert and use not to exceed 100 acre-feet
of water per year within the Tankersley Creek and Hart Creek watersheds for
lignite surface mining purposes (dust suppression and other mining activities)
in the Monticello Lignite Mining Area (LMA) in Titus County, Texas. The Tankersley
Creek watershed includes Dragoo Creek, several unnamed tributaries of Tankersley
Creek and Tankersley Creek. The Hart Creek watershed includes an unnamed tributary
of Hart Creek, Hayes Creek, and Hart Creek. Tankersley Creek and Hart Creek
are both tributaries of Big Cypress Creek in the Cypress Basin. The water
will be diverted from multiple diversion points located in the watersheds
within the boundary of the lignite mine property upstream of thirteen proposed
diversion points. The combined diversion rate will not exceed 13.4 cubic-feet-per-second
(6,000 gallons-per-minute). The proposed diversion points are located in the
Joseph Leech Survey, Abstract No. A-337 approximately three to five miles
southwest of Mount Pleasant in Titus County. For a complete description of
the diversion points, contact the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address
indicated below, or view the full notice at the public notice web site www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/cc/pub_notice.html.
Applicant also seeks authorization to maintain seven existing reservoirs impounding
a combined total of 2,771 acre-feet of water for domestic and livestock purposes
after the cessation of mining activity in the year 2014. The seven on-channel
reservoirs are located approximately three to five miles southwest of Mount
Pleasant in Titus County. For a complete description of the reservoirs, contact
the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address indicated below, or view the
full notice at the public notice web site given above. Approximately 1,200
acre-feet of groundwater per year through the year 2006 and 600 acre-feet
of water per year through the remainder of the life of the mine will be obtained
from de-watering activities during mining operations. This water will be discharged
throughout the Tankersley Creek/Hart Creek watersheds. Ownership of the mining
rights in TXU Mining Company LP's Monticello LMA is held under multiple mining
leases as evidenced by warranty deeds and leases filed in the application
filed with the Texas Railroad Commission and in the Deed Records of Titus
County, Texas. The Commission will review the application as submitted by
the applicant(s) and may or may not grant the application as requested. The
application and required fees were received on June 5, 2004. The application
was declared administratively complete and filed with the Office of the Chief
Clerk on December 31, 2004. Written public comments and requests for a public
meeting should be submitted to the Office of Chief Clerk, at the address provided
in the information section below, within 30 days of the date of newspaper
publication of the notice.
APPLICATION NO. 12-4161C; The City of Abilene, P.O. Box 60, Abilene, Texas
79604, (City or Applicant) seeks an amendment to Certificate of Adjudication
No. 12-4161 pursuant to Texas Water Code §§11.122, 11.042, and 11.046
and TCEQ Rules 30 Texas Administrative Code §§295.1, et seq. Certificate
of Adjudication No. 12-4161 authorizes the owner to maintain an existing dam
and reservoir on Elm Creek (Lake Fort Phantom Hill) and impound therein not
to exceed 73,960 acre-feet of water. Certificate of Adjudication No. 12-4161B
contains a typographical error in the Use Paragraph 1.a. which states the
owner is authorized to divert and use not to exceed 25,650 acre-feet for municipal
purposes. As reflected in the other sections of the certificate, the owner
is actually authorized to divert and use 25,690 acre-feet of water per year
for municipal purposes. The applicant has requested that the diversion amount
be corrected in this certificate under 30 Texas Administrative Code §50.145(b).
The owner is further authorized to divert and use 25,650 acre-feet of water
per year for municipal purposes, 4,000 acre-feet of water per year for industrial
purposes, and 1,000 acre-feet of water per year for agricultural purposes
from the perimeter of the said reservoir at a maximum combined diversion rate
of 69.52 cfs (31,200 gpm). The City seeks to amend Certificate of Adjudication
No.12-4161 to use the bed and banks of several watercourses to transport the
historical and future City return flows, up to 22 MGD (24,640 acre-feet per
year), from two outfalls of the City of Abilene's Hamby Wastewater Treatment
Facility (WWTF), to divert such flows, and to use such flows for agricultural,
industrial, and municipal purposes within the City's corporate boundaries,
extra-territorial jurisdiction, and water Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
service areas, as such areas may be changed or amended from time to time in
the future. The water discharged from the Hamby WWTF, authorized by Texas
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. 10334-004, results
from the City's use of water pursuant to rights it holds in Certificates of
Adjudication Nos. 12-4139, 12-4150, 12-4161, 12-4165, contract water from
the West Central Texas Municipal Water District (WCTMWD or District), and
developed water resulting from the City's use of water purchased from the
Colorado River Municipal Water District out of O.H. Ivie Reservoir in the
Colorado River Basin. The City seeks authorization to divert up to the maximum
amount of the City return flows currently authorized for discharge, at 22
MGD (24,640 acre-feet per year), less the 4,330 acre-feet of water authorized
to be reused by Permit No. 4266 (for a total of 20,310 acre-feet per year);
and at such time as the Water Supply Agreement between the City and the Brazos
River Authority expires and Permit No. 4266 becomes void, the City seeks authorization
to divert up to the maximum amount of the City return flows authorized for
discharge, including the 4,330 acre-feet per annum of return flows contemplated
in Permit No. 4266 (for a total of 24,640 acre-feet per year). Water discharged
at Outfall 001 will be conveyed down the bed and banks of Freewater Creek,
thence to Deadman Creek, and thence to the Clear Fork Brazos River, for approximately
69 river miles to Diversion Point No. 2 and approximately 134 river miles
to Diversion Point No. 3. Water discharged at Outfall 002 will be conveyed
down the bed and banks of Lake Kirby, thence to Cedar Creek, thence to Elm
Creek, and to Lake Fort Phantom Hill for approximately 17 river miles to Diversion
Point No. 1. The applicant indicates the average channel loss from Outfall
002 to Diversion Point No. 1 is 14%, from Outfall 001 to Diversion Point No.
2 is 42%, and from Outfall 001 to Diversion Point No. 3 is 60% of the discharged
amount. The applicant proposes to divert at a rate of 69.52 cfs (31,200 gpm)
from Diversion Point No. 1 and at a combined rate of 37.1 cfs (16,650 gpm),
being the peak 2-hour discharge that is allowed by TPDES Permit No. 10334-004,
from Diversion Point Nos. 2 and 3. The Cedar Ridge Reservoir site, at which
Diversion Point No. 2 would be located, is a proposed reservoir site for which
the City does not yet have storage capacity authorization. If the reservoir
is permitted by a separate application and constructed, City return flows
may be captured in and diverted from the reservoir and returned to the City
for its use. Water diverted from Diversion Point No. 3 will be piped directly
into Hubbard Creek Reservoir, owned and operated by the WCTMWD, thence commingled
with other waters in the reservoir and then diverted and piped to the City
through existing diversion and transmission infrastructure to City-owned water
treatment plant(s) for treatment and subsequent use. The Commission will review
the application as submitted by the applicant and may or may not grant the
application as requested. The application was received on July 15, 2004. Additional
fees and information were received on August 27 and September 30, 2004 and
February 11, 2005. The application was accepted for filing and declared administratively
complete on October 14, 2004. Written public comments and requests for a public
meeting should be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address
provided in the information section below within 30 days of the date of newspaper
publication of the notice. For a complete description of the discharges authorized
under TPDES Permit No. 10334-004 and the diversion locations requested under
this application, contact the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address indicated
below, or view the full notice at the public notice web site www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/cc/pub_notice.html.
APPLICATION NO. 21-3184B; John E. Minne et al. (consisting of Elizabeth
L. Minne) and Elizabeth L. Minne et al. (consisting of ELM Investments, Ltd.),
16127 FM 470, Tarpley, Texas 78883, applicants, seek to amend Certificate
of Adjudication No. 21-3184 pursuant to Texas Water Code §11.122 and
TCEQ Rules 30 Texas Administrative Code §§295.1, et seq. Applicants
own Certificate of Adjudication 21-3184, which authorizes the maintenance
of two existing reservoirs on Spring Creek, tributary of Hondo Creek, tributary
of the Frio River, tributary of the Nueces River, Nueces River Basin, and
the diversion of 160 acre-feet of water per year from two diversion points,
one on each of the reservoirs, at a maximum combined diversion rate of 1.07
cfs (480 gpm) for the irrigation of 750 acres out of a group of tracts of
land totaling 2,076.2 acres in Bandera County, Texas. The Certificate also
authorizes the pumping of private groundwater into the reservoirs for maintenance
and for subsequent irrigation purposes. Applicants seek to maintain an existing
on-channel reservoir (Reservoir No. 3) on Hondo Creek for agricultural (irrigation)
purposes. The reservoir has a surface area of 3.5 acres and impounds 49.5
acre-feet of water. The dam is located in the A. Burnet Original Survey No.
535, Abstract No. 38 in Bandera County, Texas, and Station 0.00 on the centerline
of the dam is located at Latitude 29.650° N, Longitude 99.316° W,
also described as bearing N 42.883° E, 1062.73 feet from the southwest
corner of the A. Burnet Survey, approximately 3.5 miles west of Tarpley and
15 miles southwest of Bandera, Texas. Applicants also seek to add two diversion
points also on Hondo Creek, one upstream of the confluence with Spring Creek
on the aforementioned reservoir, and one downstream. The upstream point (Diversion
Point No. 4) will be on the west bank Reservoir No. 3 at Latitude 29.662°
N and Longitude 99.329° W, also bearing N 42.25° E, 1,090.65 feet
from the southwest corner of the A. Burnet Survey in Bandera County. The downstream
point (Diversion Point No. 3) will be on the west bank of Hondo Creek at Latitude
29.654° N and Longitude 99.315° W, also bearing S 71.150° E, 5,676.00
feet from the northwest corner of the John Littlewood Original Survey No.
532, Abstract No. 249, in Bandera County. Applicants also seek to increase
their maximum diversion rate to 2.228 cfs (1,000 gpm). No changes to diversion
amount are requested. The Commission will review the application as submitted
by the applicant and may or may not grant the application as requested. The
application and partial fees were received on September 21, 2004, and requested
information and fees were received on December 3, 2004 and March 16, 2005.
The application was reviewed, declared to be administratively complete, and
filed with the Office of the Chief Clerk on March 24, 2005. Written public
comments and requests for a public meeting should be submitted to the Office
of Chief Clerk, at the address provided in the information section below,
within 30 days of the date of newspaper publication of the notice.
INFORMATION SECTION
A public meeting is intended for the taking of public comment, and is not
a contested case hearing.
The Executive Director can consider approval of an application unless a
written request for a contested case hearing is filed. To request a contested
case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group
or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone
number, and fax number, if any: (2) applicant's name and permit number; (3)
the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing;" and (4) a brief and
specific description of how you would be affected by the application in a
way not common to the general public. You may also submit any proposed conditions
to the requested application which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for
a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing to the TCEQ Office of
the Chief Clerk at the address provided in the information section below.
If a hearing request is filed, the Executive Director will not issue the
requested permit and may forward the application and hearing request to the
TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.
Written hearing requests, public comments or requests for a public meeting
should be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box
13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. For information concerning the hearing process,
please contact the Public Interest Counsel, MC 103, at the same address. For
additional information, individual members of the general public may contact
the Office of Public Assistance at 1-800-687-4040. General information regarding
the TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.tceq.state.tx.us.
TRD-200501634
LaDonna Castañuela
Chief Clerk
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 20, 2005
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) Staff
is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Agreed
Orders (AOs) in accordance with Texas Water Code (the Code), §7.075,
which requires that the commission may not approve these AOs unless the public
has been provided an opportunity to submit written comments. Section 7.075
requires that notice of the proposed orders and of the opportunity to comment
must be published in the
Texas Register
no
later than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period
closes, which in this case is
June 20, 2005
.
Section 7.075 also requires that the TCEQ promptly consider any written comments
received and that the commission may withhold approval of an AO if a comment
discloses facts or considerations that indicate the proposed AO is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Code, the
Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC), and/or the Texas Clean Air Act (the Act).
Additional notice is not required if changes to an AO are made in response
to written comments.
A copy of each proposed AO is available for public inspection at the commission's
central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building C, 1st Floor, Austin,
Texas 78753, (512) 239-4468 and at the applicable regional office listed as
follows. Written comments about an AO should be sent to the enforcement coordinator
designated for each AO at the commission's central office at P.O. Box 13087,
Austin, Texas 78711-3087, and must be received by
5:00 p.m. on June 20, 2005
. Written comments may also be sent by facsimile
machine to the enforcement coordinator at (512) 239- 2550. The commission
enforcement coordinators are available to discuss the AOs and/or the comment
procedure at the listed phone numbers; however, §7.075 provides that
comments on the AOs should be submitted to the commission in writing.
(1) COMPANY: 7-Eleven, Inc. dba 7-Eleven Store 18765; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1606-
PST-E; IDENTIFIER: Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) Facility Identification Number
9137, Regulated Entity Number (RN) 102013927; LOCATION: Dallas, Dallas County,
Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail sales of gasoline;
RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §115.242(3)(J) and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing
to maintain the Stage II vapor recovery system; PENALTY: $2,425; ENFORCEMENT
COORDINATOR: Chris Friesenhahn, (210) 490-3096; REGIONAL OFFICE: 2301 Gravel
Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, (817) 588-5800.
(2) COMPANY: City of Atlanta; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-0931-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER:
Public Water Supply (PWS) 034001, RN101386399; LOCATION: Atlanta, Cass County,
Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §290.45(b)(1)(D)
and THSC, §341.0315(c), by failing to provide adequate service pump capacity;
and 30 TAC §290.46(e)(3)(C) and (m) and THSC, §341.033(a), by failing
to employ at least two Class C certified operators and by failing to initiate
maintenance and housekeeping practices; PENALTY: $1,260; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR:
Michael Limos, (512) 239-5839; REGIONAL OFFICE: 2916 Teague Drive, Tyler,
Texas 75701-3756, (903) 535-5100.
(3) COMPANY: Naeemuddin Mohammad dba Big Deli Food Mart; DOCKET NUMBER:
2004- 1704-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 4273, RN101543726;
LOCATION: Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience
store with retail sales of gasoline; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a)
and (b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance; PENALTY:
$4,200; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ruben Soto, (512) 239-4571; REGIONAL OFFICE:
2301 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, (817) 588- 5800.
(4) COMPANY: Jack and Rhonda Vanover dba Casey Homes Estates Public Water
Supply; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1984-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: PWS Number 1520188, RN102679305;
LOCATION: Wolfforth, Lubbock County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water
supply; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §290.109(c)(1)(A) and THSC, §341.033(d),
by failing to collect bacteriological samples; 30 TAC §290.122(c)(2),
by failing to issue public notice for failure to collect bacteriological samples;
and 30 TAC §290.51(a)(3) and the Code, §5.702, by failing to pay
public health service fees; PENALTY: $7,290; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Michael
Meyer, (512) 239-4492; REGIONAL OFFICE: 4630 50th Street, Suite 600, Lubbock,
Texas 79414- 3520, (806) 796-7092.
(5) COMPANY: Cemex, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1006-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: Air
Account Number EB0121R, RN100213305; LOCATION: Odessa, Ector County, Texas;
TYPE OF FACILITY: cement manufacturing; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §101.20(2)
and §116.115(c), Air New Source Permit Number 5296, 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) §§63.6(e)(3), 63.1342, 63.1344(a), 63.1350, and
63.1354(b)(4), and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to comply with the dioxin
emission limit, by failing to comply with the permitted opacity limits, by
failing to operate consistently with the requirements of the plant's startup,
shutdown, and malfunction plan, by failing to comply with the established
maximum temperature of 725 degrees Fahrenheit, and by failing to comply with
the monitoring requirements; 30 TAC §122.145(2) and §122.146(2)
and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to submit timely the annual federal
operating compliance certification and associated deviation report and by
failing to complete the deviation report; and 30 TAC §101.201(e) and
THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to adequately notify the TCEQ involving
70-excess emission events; PENALTY: $123,608; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Jill
Reed, (915) 570-1359; REGIONAL OFFICE: 3300 North A Street, Building 4, Suite
107, Midland, Texas 79705-5404, (915) 570-1359.
(6) COMPANY: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP; DOCKET NUMBER: 2003-0646-
AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number JE0508W, RN100209857; LOCATION: Port
Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: industrial organic chemicals
and allied products; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §111.111(a)(4)(A)(ii) and §116.115(b)(2)(F)
(formerly 30 TAC §116.115(b)(2)(G)), Permit Numbers 18568 and 21101,
and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to prevent visible emissions and maintain
emission rates and by failing to comply with the permitted volatile organic
compound (VOC) emission limits and repair/maintain equipment; 30 TAC §116.115(b)(2)(F)
and (c), Permit Number 18568, and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to report
the VOC concentration in the exhaust; 30 TAC §101.20(1) and (2), 40 CFR §60.18
and Subpart FF, §61.355(a)(1)(i), and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing
to operate the cumene unit process flare and by failing to determine the annual
benzene waste; 30 TAC §101.201(a)(2)(C), (H), (b)(3), (8), and (9), §101.211(b)(10),
and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to properly notify the TCEQ of reportable
emission/maintenance events; THSC, §382.085(a), by failing to prevent
unauthorized emissions; and 30 TAC §116.715(a), Permit Number 32713,
and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to submit annual summaries for criteria
pollutants; PENALTY: $51,816; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ronnie Kramer, (806)
353- 9251; REGIONAL OFFICE: 3870 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, Texas 77703-1892,
(409) 898-3838.
(7) COMPANY: Cox Texas Partners, Inc. dba Waco Tribune-Herald; DOCKET NUMBER:
2005-0159-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 25088, RN100577527;
LOCATION: Waco, McLennan County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: private fleet refueling;
RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a) and (b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable
financial assurance; PENALTY: $950; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Lynley Doyen,
(512) 239-1364; REGIONAL OFFICE: 6801 Sanger Avenue, Suite 2500, Waco, Texas
76710-7826, (254) 751-0335.
(8) COMPANY: Jerry Bell dba Crossroads Country Store; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1794-
PST-E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 44509, RN101800142;
LOCATION: Jefferson, Marion County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store
with retail sales of gasoline; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a) and (b),
by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance; PENALTY: $4,280;
ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Kensley Greuter, (512) 239-2520; REGIONAL OFFICE:
2916 Teague Drive, Tyler, Texas 75701-3756, (903) 535-5100.
(9) COMPANY: Desert Eagle Distributing of El Paso, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER:
2004-2003- AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number EE1107R, RN100815208; LOCATION:
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: station that dispenses gasoline;
RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §114.100(a) and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing
to comply with the 2.7% by weight oxygenated fuel requirements; PENALTY: $800;
ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Susan Longenecker, (512) 239-0968; REGIONAL OFFICE:
401 East Franklin Avenue, Suite 560, El Paso, Texas 79901-1206, (915) 834-4949.
(10) COMPANY: Domco Products Texas, L.P. dba Tarkett Texas; DOCKET NUMBER:
2004- 1186-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number HG0772C, RN100896729; LOCATION:
Houston, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: tile manufacturing; RULE
VIOLATED: 30 TAC §101.352(b) and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to
hold adequate quantity of allowances in the compliance account; and 30 TAC §101.359
and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to submit a completed ECT-1 form; PENALTY:
$2,736; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ruben Soto, (512) 239-4571; REGIONAL OFFICE:
5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
(11) COMPANY: ELG Metals, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0096-IWD-E; IDENTIFIER:
Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit Number 0003324000,
RN102185733; LOCATION: Houston, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: scrap
metal processing; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §305.125(1), TPDES Permit Number
0003324000, and the Code, §26.121(a), by failing to comply with oil and
grease, total organic carbon, pH, and total lead daily maximum permit limits;
PENALTY: $2,880; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Catherine Albrecht, (713) 767-3500;
REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023- 1486, (713)
767-3500.
(12) COMPANY: G.M. Brothers, Inc. dba Golden Grocery; DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0312-
PST-E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 75068, RN102220688;
LOCATION: Houston, Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store
with retail sales of gasoline; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a) and (b),
by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance; PENALTY: $640; ENFORCEMENT
COORDINATOR: Deana Holland, (512) 239-2504; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue,
Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
(13) COMPANY: City of Kingsville; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1920-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER:
TPDES Permit Number 10696-004, RN101612877; LOCATION: Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §305.125(1)
and (5) and TPDES Permit Number 10696-004, by failing to comply with permit
effluent limits and by failing to ensure that the facility and all of its
systems of collection, treatment, and disposal are properly operated and maintained;
PENALTY: $9,100; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Mac Vilas, (512) 239-2557; REGIONAL
OFFICE: 6300 Ocean Drive, Suite 1200, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5503, (361)
825-3100.
(14) COMPANY: Jimmy Colter & Jimmy Holt dba Linden Fuel Center; DOCKET
NUMBER: 2004-0578-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 0073859,
RN102255791; LOCATION: Linden, Cass County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience
store with retail sales of gasoline; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §334.51(b)(2)(C)
and the Code, §26.3475(c)(2), by failing to provide proper overfill prevention
equipment; the Code, §26.121(a), by failing to prevent an unauthorized
discharge; and 30 TAC §§334.10(b), 334.49(e)(2), and 334.50(e)(2),
by failing to maintain records adequate to demonstrate compliance with release
detection and corrosion requirements; PENALTY: $6,800; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR:
Sunday Udoetok, (512) 239-0739; REGIONAL OFFICE: 2916 Teague Drive, Tyler,
Texas 75701-3756, (903) 535-5100.
(15) COMPANY: Lyondell Chemical Company; DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0008-AIR-E;
IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number HG0537O, RN102523107; LOCATION: Pasadena, Harris
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: chemical manufacturing plant; RULE VIOLATED:
30 TAC §116.115(b)(2)(F), Air Permit Number 9395, and THSC, §382.085(b),
by failing to limit emissions from the relief valves, fugitive components,
and head gaskets; PENALTY: $7,550; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Terry Murphy,
(512) 239-5025; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas
77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
(16) COMPANY: Mexia Independent School District; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1055-PST-E;
IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 66394; LOCATION: Mexia, Limestone
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: school bus refueling station; RULE VIOLATED:
30 TAC §37.815(a) and (b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial
assurance; PENALTY: $1,900; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Chad Blevins, (512) 239-6017;
REGIONAL OFFICE: 6801 Sanger Avenue, Suite 2500, Waco, Texas 76710-7826, (254)
751-0335.
(17) COMPANY: Moore Wallace North America, Inc. dba Wetmore & Company;
DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0170-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number HG7255B, Operating
Permit Number O-01684, RN100215011; LOCATION: Houston, Harris County, Texas;
TYPE OF FACILITY: commercial lithographic printing plant; RULE VIOLATED: 30
TAC §122.146(2) and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to submit the
annual compliance certification; 30 TAC §122.143(4), Operating Permit
No. O-01684, and THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to conduct annual observations
of stationary vents for visible emissions; and 30 TAC §116.315(a) and
THSC, §382.085(b), by failing to submit a renew application for new source
review permit number 25425; PENALTY: $4,800; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Harvey
Wilson, (512) 239- 0321; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston,
Texas 77023-1486, (713) 767- 3500.
(18) COMPANY: Motiva Enterprises, LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-2026-AIR-E;
IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number JE0095D, RN100209451; LOCATION: Port Arthur,
Jefferson County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: petroleum refinery; RULE VIOLATED:
30 TAC §116.115(b)(2)(F), Air Permit Number 8404, and THSC, §382.085(b),
by exceeding the permitted emissions limit from the emergency flare; PENALTY:
$5,050; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Larry King, (512) 239-7037; REGIONAL OFFICE:
3870 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, Texas 77703-1892, (409) 898-3838.
(19) COMPANY: National-Oil Well, L.P.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0317-IWD-E;
IDENTIFIER: TPDES Permit Number 12314001, RN103886057; LOCATION: Channelview,
Harris County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: domestic wastewater treatment; RULE
VIOLATED: 30 TAC §305.125(1), TPDES Permit Number 12314001, and the Code, §26.121(a),
by failing to maintain daily average total suspended solids within the permitted
limits; and 30 TAC §21.4(e) and §205.6 and the Code, §5.702(a),
by failing to pay outstanding general permits storm water and toxic chemical
release fees; PENALTY: $2,112; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ronnie Kramer, (806)
353-9251; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486,
(713) 767-3500.
(20) COMPANY: Residual Fuels, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1912-PST-E; IDENTIFIER:
PST Facility Identification Number 10730, RN101823300; LOCATION: Graham, Young
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail sales of gasoline;
RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §334.49(c)(2)(C) and (4)(C) and the Code, §26.3475(d),
by failing to inspect the impressed current cathodic protection system and
by failing to permit an operability test on the cathodic protection system;
30 TAC §334.50(a)(1)(A), (b)(1)(A), (2)(A)(i)(III), (ii)(I) and (II),
and the Code, §26.3475(a) and (c)(1), by failing to provide a method
or combination of methods of release detection, by failing to monitor tanks
in a manner which will detect a release, by failing to annually test the line
leak detectors, and by failing to test the piping for releases; and 30 TAC §334.7(e)(2),
by failing to ensure that the underground storage tank registration and self-
certification forms are fully and accurately completed; PENALTY: $4,800; ENFORCEMENT
COORDINATOR: Sandy VanCleave, (512) 239-0667; REGIONAL OFFICE: 1977 Industrial
Boulevard, Abilene, Texas 79602-7833, (915) 698-9674.
(21) COMPANY: Mohammad Jamshidi dba Super Stop; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1531-PST-
E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 35470, RN102264702; LOCATION:
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with
retail sales of gasoline; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a) and (b), by
failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance; PENALTY: $2,520; ENFORCEMENT
COORDINATOR: Ruben Soto, (512) 239-4571; REGIONAL OFFICE: 2301 Gravel Drive,
Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, (817) 588-5800.
(22) COMPANY: Terry L. Leatherwood dba T Woods Grocery & Gas; DOCKET
NUMBER: 2004-1587-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: PST Facility Identification Number 55629,
RN101880540; LOCATION: Odessa, Ector County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience
store with retail sales of gasoline; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §37.815(a)
and (b), by failing to demonstrate acceptable financial assurance; PENALTY:
$3,200; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Michael Limos, (512) 239-5839; REGIONAL OFFICE:
3300 North A Street, Building 4, Suite 107, Midland, Texas 79705- 5404, (915)
570-1359.
(23) COMPANY: Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0171-AIR-E;
IDENTIFIER: Air Account Number HG0036S, RN100212109; LOCATION: La Porte, Harris
County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: chemical manufacturing; RULE VIOLATED: 30
TAC §116.115(c), Permit Number 21538, and THSC, §382.085(b), by
failing to comply with the emissions limits stated in the maximum allowable
emissions rates table; PENALTY: $3,550; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Kensley Greuter,
(512) 239-2520; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas
77023-1486, (713) 767-3500.
(24) COMPANY: Via Bayou Inc. dba Via Bayou RV Resort; DOCKET NUMBER: 2004-1544-
MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: TPDES Permit Number 14326-001, RN102887312; LOCATION: Texas
City, Galveston County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment; RULE
VIOLATED: 30 TAC §305.125(1), TPDES Permit Number 14326-001, and the
Code, §26.121(a), by failing to comply with its permitted effluent limits;
PENALTY: $4,320; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Pamela Campbell, (512) 239-4493;
REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Avenue, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1486, (713)
767-3500.
(25) COMPANY: City of Wichita Falls; DOCKET NUMBER: 2005-0077-MSW-E; IDENTIFIER:
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Permit Number 1429, RN102980687; LOCATION: Wichita
Falls, Wichita County, Texas; TYPE OF FACILITY: municipal solid waste transfer
station; RULE VIOLATED: 30 TAC §328.60(a) and THSC, §361.112(a),
by failing to obtain a scrap tire storage site registration; and 30 TAC §330.150(1)
and MSW Permit Number 1429, by failing to have current, updated site operation
and site development plans; PENALTY: $3,255; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Erika
Fair, (512) 239-6673; REGIONAL OFFICE: 1977 Industrial Boulevard, Abilene,
Texas 79602-7833, (915) 698-9674.
TRD-200501602
Paul C. Sarahan
Director, Litigation Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Filed: April 19, 2005
Licensing Actions for Radioactive Materials
TRD-200501604
Cathy Campbell
Director, Legal Services
Department of State Health Services
Filed: April 19, 2005
On April 18, 2005, the Radiation Program Officer, Department of State Health
Services (department), approved the settlement agreement between the department
and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, dba Hermann Breast Center (registrant-M00528)
of Houston. A total administrative penalty in the amount of $4,000 was assessed
the registrant for violations of 25 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 289.
A copy of all relevant material is available, by appointment, for public
inspection at the Department of State Health Services, Exchange Building,
8407 Wall Street, Austin, Texas, telephone (512) 834-6688, Monday-Friday,
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (except holidays).
TRD-200501606
Cathy Campbell
Director, Legal Services
Department of State Health Services
Filed: April 19, 2005
Notice of Hearing on Proposed Provider Payment Rates
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will conduct a public
hearing on May 16, 2005, to receive public comment on proposed Consumer Directed
Services (CDS) payment rates for respite and adjunct personal assistance services
(PAS) in the Medically Dependent Children Program. This program is operated
by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS). These payment
rates are proposed to be effective June 1, 2005. The hearing will be held
in compliance with Title 1 of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §355.105(g),
which requires public hearings on proposed payment rates. The public hearing
will be held on May 16, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. in the Permian Basin Conference
Room of the Braker Center Building H, at 11209 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas
78758-4021. Written comments regarding payment rates may be submitted in lieu
of testimony until 5:00 p.m. the day of the hearing. Written comments may
be sent by U.S. mail to the attention of Tony Arreola, HHSC Rate Analysis,
MC H-400, P.O. Box 85200, Austin, Texas 78708-5200. Express mail can be sent,
or written comments can be hand delivered, to Mr. Arreola, HHSC Rate Analysis,
MC H-400, Braker Center Building H, 11209 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas
78758-4021. Alternatively, written comments may be sent via facsimile to Mr.
Arreola at (512) 491-1998. Interested parties may request to have mailed to
them or may pick up a briefing package concerning the proposed payment rates
by contacting Tony Arreola, HHSC Rate Analysis, MC H-400, P.O. Box 85200,
Austin, Texas 78708-5200, telephone number (512) 491-1358.
Persons with disabilities who wish to attend the hearing and require auxiliary
aids or services should contact Tony Arreola, HHSC Rate Analysis, MC H-400,
P.O. Box 85200, Austin, Texas 78708-5200, telephone number (512) 491-1358,
by May 11, 2005, so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Methodology and justification. The proposed rates were determined in accordance
with the rate setting methodology codified as 1 Texas Administrative Code §355.456,
relating to Reimbursement Rates.
TRD-200501570
Steve Aragón
Chief Counsel
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Filed: April 15, 2005
Notice of Public Hearing
Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Providence Mockingbird
Apartments) Series 2005
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Issuer") at Onesimo Hernandez Elementary
School, 5555 Maple Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75235, at 6:00 p.m. on May 16, 2005
with respect to an issue of tax-exempt multifamily residential rental development
revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 and
taxable bonds, if necessary, in an amount to be determined, to be issued in
one or more series (the "Bonds"), by the Issuer. The proceeds of the Bonds
will be loaned to Hines 68, LP, a limited partnership, or a related person
or affiliate thereof (the "Borrower") to finance a portion of the costs of
acquiring, constructing, equipping and rehabilitating a multifamily housing
development (the "Development") described as follows: 251-unit multifamily
residential rental development, of which a portion of the units will be for
seniors, to be located at 1893 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas County, Texas.
The Development initially will be owned by the Borrower.
All interested parties are invited to attend such public hearing to express
their views with respect to the Development and the issuance of the Bonds.
Questions or requests for additional information may be directed to Robbye
Meyer at the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 507 Sabine,
Austin, Texas 78701; (512) 475-2213; and/or robbye.meyer@tdhca.state.tx.us.
Persons who intend to appear at the hearing and express their views are
invited to contact Robbye Meyer in writing in advance of the hearing. Any
interested persons unable to attend the hearing may submit their views in
writing to Robbye Meyer prior to the date scheduled for the hearing. Individuals
who require a language interpreter for the hearing should contact Robbye Meyer
at least three days prior to the hearing date. Personas que hablan español
y requieren un intérprete, favor de llamar a Jorge Reyes al siguiente
número (512) 475-4577 por lo menos tres días antes de la junta
para hacer los preparativos apropiados.
Individuals who require auxiliary aids in order to attend this meeting
should contact Gina Esteves, ADA Responsible Employee, at (512) 475-3943 or
Relay Texas at (800) 735-2989 at least two days before the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
TRD-200501637
Edwina P. Carrington
Executive Director
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Filed: April 20, 2005
Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Villas at Henderson
Place) Series 2005
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Issuer") at Cleburne High School, 1501
Harlin Drive, Cleburne, Texas 76033, at 6:00 p.m. on May 18, 2005 with respect
to an issue of tax-exempt multifamily residential rental development revenue
bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $12,000,000 and taxable
bonds, if necessary, in an amount to be determined, to be issued in one or
more series (the "Bonds"), by the Issuer. The proceeds of the Bonds will be
loaned to Cleburne Villas Apartments, L.P., a limited partnership, or a related
person or affiliate thereof (the "Borrower") to finance a portion of the costs
of acquiring, constructing and equipping a multifamily housing development
(the "Development") described as follows: 180-unit multifamily residential
rental development, of which a portion of the units will be for seniors, to
be located at 1648 W. Henderson Street, Johnson County, Texas. The Development
initially will be owned by the Borrower.
All interested parties are invited to attend such public hearing to express
their views with respect to the Development and the issuance of the Bonds.
Questions or requests for additional information may be directed to Robbye
Meyer at the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 507 Sabine,
Austin, Texas 78701; (512) 475-2213; and/or robbye.meyer@tdhca.state.tx.us.
Persons who intend to appear at the hearing and express their views are
invited to contact Robbye Meyer in writing in advance of the hearing. Any
interested persons unable to attend the hearing may submit their views in
writing to Robbye Meyer prior to the date scheduled for the hearing. Individuals
who require a language interpreter for the hearing should contact Robbye Meyer
at least three days prior to the hearing date. Personas que hablan español
y requieren un intérprete, favor de llamar a Jorge Reyes al siguiente
número (512) 475-4577 por lo menos tres días antes de la junta
para hacer los preparativos apropiados.
Individuals who require auxiliary aids in order to attend this meeting
should contact Gina Esteves, ADA Responsible Employee, at (512) 475-3943 or
Relay Texas at (800) 735-2989 at least two days before the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
TRD-200501638
Edwina P. Carrington
Executive Director
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Filed: April 20, 2005
Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Park Manor Senior
Community) Series 2005
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs (the "Issuer") at Wakefield Elementary School,
400 Sunset Boulevard, Sherman, Texas 75092, at 6:00 p.m. on May 26, 2005 with
respect to an issue of tax-exempt multifamily residential rental development
revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,400,000 and
taxable bonds, if necessary, in an amount to be determined, to be issued in
one or more series (the "Bonds"), by the Issuer. The proceeds of the Bonds
will be loaned to OHC/Park Manor Ltd., a limited partnership, or a related
person or affiliate thereof (the "Borrower") to finance a portion of the costs
of acquiring, constructing and equipping a multifamily housing development
(the "Development") described as follows: 196-unit multifamily residential
rental development to be located at approximately the east side of FM 1417,
approximately 640 feet north of Park Avenue, Grayson County, Texas. The Development
initially will be owned by the Borrower.
All interested parties are invited to attend such public hearing to express
their views with respect to the Development and the issuance of the Bonds.
Questions or requests for additional information may be directed to Robbye
Meyer at the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 507 Sabine,
Austin, Texas 78701; (512) 475-2213; and/or robbye.meyer@tdhca.state.tx.us.
Persons who intend to appear at the hearing and express their views are
invited to contact Robbye Meyer in writing in advance of the hearing. Any
interested persons unable to attend the hearing may submit their views in
writing to Robbye Meyer prior to the date scheduled for the hearing. Individuals
who require a language interpreter for the hearing should contact Robbye Meyer
at least three days prior to the hearing date. Personas que hablan español
y requieren un intérprete, favor de llamar a Jorge Reyes al siguiente
número (512) 475-4577 por lo menos tres días antes de la junta
para hacer los preparativos apropiados.
Individuals who require auxiliary aids in order to attend this meeting
should contact Gina Esteves, ADA Responsible Employee, at (512) 475-3943 or
Relay Texas at (800) 735-2989 at least two days before the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
TRD-200501639
Edwina P. Carrington
Executive Director
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Filed: April 20, 2005
Company Licensing
Application for admission to the State of Texas by CATHOLIC KNIGHTS, a
foreign Life, Accident, and/or Health company. The home office is in Milwaukee,
WI.
Any objections must be filed with the Texas Department of Insurance, addressed
to the attention of Godwin Ohaechesi, 333 Guadalupe Street, M/C 305-2C, Austin,
Texas, 78701, within 20 days after this notice is published in the
Texas Register
.
TRD-200501641
Gene C. Jarmon
Chief Clerk and General Counsel
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: April 20, 2005
The following third party administrator (TPA) applications have been filed
with the Texas Department of Insurance and are under consideration.
Application for admission to Texas of INTEGRITY ADMINISTRATORS, INC., a
foreign third party administrator. The home office is LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
Application for admission to Texas of JOHNSTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.,
a foreign third party administrator. The home office is FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.
Application for incorporation in Texas of CBG SERVICES CORPORATION, a domestic
third party administrator. The home office is AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Any objections must be filed within 20 days after this notice is published
in the Texas Register, addressed to the attention of Matt Ray, MC 107-1A,
333 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701.
TRD-200501640
Gene C. Jarmon
Chief Clerk and General Counsel
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: April 20, 2005
Vacancies on Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors Advisory Board
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation announces vacancies on
the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors Advisory Board established
by Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1302. The pertinent rules may be found
in 16 TAC §75.65. The purpose of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Contractors Advisory Board is to advise the Texas Commission of Licensing
and Regulation in adopting rules, administering and enforcing this chapter,
and setting fees.
The Committee is composed of six members appointed by the presiding officer
of the Commission, with the Commission’s approval. The Committee consists
of one official of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000;
one official of a municipality with a population of not more than 250,000;
and four full-time licensed air-conditioning and refrigeration contractors,
as follows: one member who holds a Class A license and practices in a municipality
with a population of more than 250,000; one member who holds a Class B license
and practices in a municipality with a population of more than 250,000; one
member who holds a Class A license and practices in a municipality with a
population of more than 25,000 but not more than 250,000; and one member who
holds a Class B license and practices in a municipality with a population
of not more than 25,000. At least one appointed advisory board member must
be an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor who employs organized
labor and at least two appointed members must be air conditioning and refrigeration
contractors who are licensed engineers. The executive director and the chief
administrator of this chapter serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the
advisory board. Members serve staggered six-year terms. The terms of two appointed
members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. This announcement
is for the positions of one official of a municipality with a population of
more than 250,000, one Class A licensed contractor from a municipality with
a population greater than 250,000, and one Class B licensed contractor from
a municipality with a population of not more than 25,000.
Interested persons should request an application from the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation by telephone (512) 475-4765, FAX (512) 475-2874
or Email jackie.revilla@license.state.tx.us. Applications may also be downloaded
from the Department website at: www.license.state.tx.us. Applicants may be
asked to appear for an interview; however any required travel for an interview
would be at the applicant's expense.
TRD-200501631
William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Filed: April 20, 2005
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation announces vacancies on
the Elevator Advisory Board established by Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter
754, Subchapter B. The pertinent rules may be found in 16 TAC §74.65.
The purpose of the Elevator Advisory Board is to advise the Texas Commission
of Licensing and Regulation on the adoption of appropriate standards for the
installation, alteration, operation and inspection of equipment; the status
of equipment used by the public in this state; sources of information relating
to equipment safety; public awareness programs related to elevator safety,
including programs for sellers and buyers of single-family dwellings with
elevators, chairlifts, or platform lifts; and any other matter considered
relevant by the Commission.
The Board is composed of nine members appointed by the presiding officer
of the Commission, with the Commission’s approval. The Board consists
of a representative of the insurance industry or a certified elevator inspector;
a representative of equipment constructors; a representative of owners or
managers of a building having fewer than six stories and having equipment;
a representative of owners or managers of a building having six stories or
more and having equipment; a representative of independent equipment maintenance
companies; a representative of equipment manufacturers; a licensed or registered
engineer or architect; a public member; and a public member with a physical
disability. Members serve at the will of the Commission. This announcement
is for the positions of one licensed or registered engineer or architect and
one public member.
Interested persons should request an application from the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation by telephone (512) 475-4765, FAX (512) 475-2874
or Email jackie.revilla@license.state.tx.us. Applications may also be downloaded
from the Department website at: www.license.state.tx.us. Applicants may be
asked to appear for an interview, however any required travel for an interview
would be at the applicant's expense.
TRD-200501632
William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Filed: April 20, 2005
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation announces a vacancy on
the Licensed Court Interpreter Advisory Board established by Texas Government
Code, Chapter 57. The purpose of the Licensed Court Interpreter Advisory Board
is to advise the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation in adopting
rules and designing a licensing examination.
The Board is composed of nine members appointed by the presiding officer
of the Commission, with the Commission’s approval. The Board consists
of an active district, county, or statutory county court judge who has been
a judge for at least the three years preceding the date of appointment; an
active court administrator who has been a court administrator for at least
the three years preceding the date of appointment; an active attorney who
has been a practicing member of the state bar for at least the three years
preceding the date of appointment; three active licensed court interpreters;
and three public members who are residents of this state. Members serve staggered
six year terms with the terms of one third of the members expiring on February
1, or each odd numbered year. This announcement is for one position of an
active district, county, or statutory county court judge who has been a judge
for at least the three years preceding the date of appointment.
Interested persons should request an application from the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation by telephone (512) 475-4765, FAX (512) 475-2874
or Email jackie.revilla@license.state.tx.us. Applications may also be downloaded
from the Department website at: www.license.state.tx.us.
Applicants may be asked to appear for an interview; however any required
travel for an interview would be at the applicant's expense.
TRD-200501633
William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Filed: April 20, 2005
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation announces a vacancy on
the Medical Advisory Committee established by Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
2052. The pertinent rules may be found in 16 TAC §61.120. The purpose
of the Medical Advisory Committee is to advise the Texas Commission of Licensing
and Regulation on health issues for boxing event contestants including physical
tests for contestants and registration requirements for ringside physicians.
The Committee is composed of seven members appointed by the presiding officer
of the Commission, with the Commission’s approval. The Committee consists
of one trauma specialist; one ophthalmologist; one sports doctor; one neurologist;
one emergency medical technician; and two public members. Members serve at
the will of the Commission. This announcement is for one position of an emergency
medical technician.
Interested persons should request an application from the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation by telephone (512) 475-4765, FAX (512) 475-2874
or Email jackie.revilla@license.state.tx.us. Applications may also be downloaded
from the Department website at: www.license.state.tx.us.
Applicants may be asked to appear for an interview; however any required
travel for an interview would be at the applicant's expense.
TRD-200501643
William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Filed: April 20, 2005
Correction of Error - Instant Game Number 553 "Fast Cash"
(Editor's Note: Due to a Texas Register error,
language was omitted from Instant Game Number 553 "Fast Cash", which appeared
in the April 15, 2005, issue of the Texas Register (30 TexReg 2304). The notice
is being republished in its entirety. The paragraph omitted references 4.0
and precedes Figure 3. The paragraph should read: "4.0 Number and Value of
Instant Prizes. There will be approximately 15,120,000 tickets in the Instant
Game No. 553. The approximate number and value of prizes in the game are as
follows:")
1.0 Name and Style of Game.
A. The name of Instant Game No. 553 is "FAST CASH". The play style is "key
number match with auto win".
1.1 Price of Instant Ticket.
A. Tickets for Instant Game No. 553 shall be $1.00 per ticket.
1.2 Definitions in Instant Game No. 553.
A. Display Printing - That area of the instant game ticket outside of the
area where the Overprint and Play Symbols appear.
B. Latex Overprint - The removable scratch-off covering over the Play Symbols
on the front of the ticket.
C. Play Symbol - The printed data under the latex on the front of the instant
ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. Each Play Symbol
is printed in Symbol font in black ink in positive except for dual-image games.
The possible black play symbols are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, MONEY BAG SYMBOL, $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $5.00,
$10.00, $20.00, $50.00, $100 or $500.
D. Play Symbol Caption - the printed material appearing below each Play
Symbol which explains the Play Symbol. One caption appears under each Play
Symbol and is printed in caption font in black ink in positive. The Play Symbol
Caption which corresponds with and verifies each Play Symbol is as follows:
E. Retailer Validation Code - Three (3) letters found under the removable
scratch-off covering in the play area, which retailers use to verify and validate
instant winners. These three (3) small letters are for validation purposes
and cannot be used to play the game. The possible validation codes are:
Low-tier winning tickets use the required codes listed in Figure 2:16.
Non-winning tickets and high-tier tickets use a non-required combination of
the required codes listed in Figure 2:16 with the exception of ∅, which
will only appear on low-tier winners and will always have a slash through
it.
F. Serial Number - A unique 13 (thirteen) digit number appearing under
the latex scratch-off covering on the front of the ticket. There is a boxed
four (4) digit Security Number placed randomly within the Serial Number. The
remaining nine (9) digits of the Serial Number are the Validation Number.
The Serial Number is positioned beneath the bottom row of play data in the
scratched-off play area. The Serial Number is for validation purposes and
cannot be used to play the game. The format will be: 0000000000000.
G. Low-Tier Prize - A prize of $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $5.00, $10.00 or $20.00.
H. Mid-Tier Prize - A prize of $50.00, $100 or $500.
I. Bar Code - A 22 (twenty-two) character interleaved two (2) of five (5)
bar code which will include a three (3) digit game ID, the seven (7) digit
pack number, the three (3) digit ticket number and the nine (9) digit Validation
Number. The bar code appears on the back of the ticket.
J. Pack-Ticket Number - A 13 (thirteen) digit number consisting of the
three (3) digit game number (553), a seven (7) digit pack number, and a three
(3) digit ticket number. Ticket numbers start with 001 and end with 250 within
each pack. The format will be: 553-0000001-001.
K. Pack - A pack of "FAST CASH" Instant Game tickets contains 250 tickets,
packed in plastic shrink-wrapping and fanfolded in pages of five (5). Tickets
001 to 005 will be on the top page; tickets 006 and 010 on the next page;
etc.; and tickets 246 and 250 will be on the last page. A ticket will be folded
over on both the front and back of the book so both ticket art and ticket
backs are displayed in the shrinkwrap.
L. Non-Winning Ticket - A ticket which is not programmed to be a winning
ticket or a ticket that does not meet all of the requirements of these Game
Procedures, the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), and
applicable rules adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery
Act and referenced in 16 TAC, Chapter 401.
M. Ticket or Instant Game Ticket, or Instant Ticket - A Texas Lottery "FAST
CASH" Instant Game No. 553 ticket.
2.0 Determination of Prize Winners. The determination of prize winners
is subject to the general ticket validation requirements set forth in Texas
Lottery Rule 401.302, Instant Game Rules, these Game Procedures, and the requirements
set out on the back of each instant ticket. A prize winner in the "FAST CASH"
Instant Game is determined once the latex on the ticket is scratched off to
expose 12 twelve) Play Symbols. If a player matches any of YOUR NUMBERS play
symbols to either WINNING NUMBER play symbol the player wins the prize shown
for that number. If a player reveals a moneybag symbol the player wins prize
shown instantly. No portion of the display printing nor any extraneous matter
whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of the Instant Game.
2.1 Instant Ticket Validation Requirements.
A. To be a valid Instant Game ticket, all of the following requirements
must be met:
1. Exactly 12 (twelve) Play Symbols must appear under the latex overprint
on the front portion of the ticket;
2. Each of the Play Symbols must have a Play Symbol Caption underneath,
unless specified, and each Play Symbol must agree with its Play Symbol Caption;
3. Each of the Play Symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully
legible;
4. Each of the Play Symbols must be printed in black ink except for dual
image games;
5. The ticket shall be intact;
6. The Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code and Pack-Ticket Number must
be present in their entirety and be fully legible;
7. The Serial Number must correspond, using the Texas Lottery's codes,
to the Play Symbols on the ticket;
8. The ticket must not have a hole punched through it, be mutilated, altered,
unreadable, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;
9. The ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part;
10. The ticket must have been issued by the Texas Lottery in an authorized
manner;
11. The ticket must not have been stolen, nor appear on any list of omitted
tickets or non-activated tickets on file at the Texas Lottery;
12. The Play Symbols, Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code and Pack-Ticket
Number must be right side up and not reversed in any manner;
13. The ticket must be complete and not miscut, and have exactly 12 (twelve)
Play Symbols under the latex overprint on the front portion of the ticket,
exactly one Serial Number, exactly one Retailer Validation Code, and exactly
one Pack-Ticket Number on the ticket;
14. The Serial Number of an apparent winning ticket shall correspond with
the Texas Lottery's Serial Numbers for winning tickets, and a ticket with
that Serial Number shall not have been paid previously;
15. The ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective
or printed or produced in error;
16. Each of the 12 (twelve) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those described
in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures.
17. Each of the 12 (twelve) Play Symbols on the ticket must be printed
in the Symbol font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at
the Texas Lottery; the ticket Serial Numbers must be printed in the Serial
font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;
and the Pack-Ticket Number must be printed in the Pack-Ticket Number font
and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;
18. The display printing on the ticket must be regular in every respect
and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and
19. The ticket must have been received by the Texas Lottery by applicable
deadlines.
B. The ticket must pass all additional validation tests provided for in
these Game Procedures, the Texas Lottery's Rules governing the award of prizes
of the amount to be validated, and any confidential validation and security
tests of the Texas Lottery.
C. Any Instant Game ticket not passing all of the validation requirements
is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. However, the Executive
Director may, solely at the Executive Director's discretion, refund the retail
sales price of the ticket. In the event a defective ticket is purchased, the
only responsibility or liability of the Texas Lottery shall be to replace
the defective ticket with another unplayed ticket in that Instant Game (or
a ticket of equivalent sales price from any other current Instant Lottery
game) or refund the retail sales price of the ticket, solely at the Executive
Director's discretion.
2.2 Programmed Game Parameters.
A. Consecutive non-winning tickets will not have identical play data, spot
for spot.
B. No duplicate non-winning Your Numbers play symbols on a ticket.
C. No duplicate Winning Numbers play symbols on a ticket.
D. No duplicate non-winning prize symbols on a ticket.
E. No prize amount in a non-winning spot will correspond with the Your
Number play symbol (i.e. 5 and $5).
F. The auto win symbol will never appear more than once on a ticket.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "FAST CASH" Instant Game prize of $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $5.00,
$10.00, $20.00, $50.00, $100 or $500, a claimant shall sign the back of the
ticket in the space designated on the ticket and present the winning ticket
to any Texas Lottery Retailer. The Texas Lottery Retailer shall verify the
claim and, if valid, and upon presentation of proper identification, make
payment of the amount due the claimant and physically void the ticket; provided
that the Texas Lottery Retailer may, but is not, in some cases, required to
pay a $50.00, $100 or $500 ticket. In the event the Texas Lottery Retailer
cannot verify the claim, the Texas Lottery Retailer shall provide the claimant
with a claim form and instruct the claimant on how to file a claim with the
Texas Lottery. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, a check shall
be forwarded to the claimant in the amount due. In the event the claim is
not validated, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified
promptly. A claimant may also claim any of the above prizes under the procedure
described in Section 2.3.B and Section 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.
B. As an alternative method of claiming a "FAST CASH" Instant Game prize,
the claimant must sign the winning ticket, thoroughly complete a claim form,
and mail both to: Texas Lottery Commission, Post Office Box 16600, Austin,
Texas 78761-6600. The risk of sending a ticket remains with the claimant.
In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim
shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.
C. Prior to payment by the Texas Lottery of any prize, the Texas Lottery
shall deduct a sufficient amount from the winnings of a person who has been
finally determined to be:
1. delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the Comptroller,
the Texas Workforce Commission, or Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
2. delinquent in making child support payments administered or collected
by the Attorney General; or
3. delinquent in reimbursing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
for a benefit granted in error under the food stamp program or the program
of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;
4. in default on a loan made under Chapter 52, Education Code; or
5. in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, Education Code.
D. If a person is indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the State, other
than those specified in the preceding paragraph, the winnings of a person
shall be withheld until the debt or taxes are paid.
2.4 Allowance for Delay of Payment. The Texas Lottery may delay payment
of the prize pending a final determination by the Executive Director, under
any of the following circumstances:
A. if a dispute occurs, or it appears likely that a dispute may occur,
regarding the prize;
B. if there is any question regarding the identity of the claimant;
C. if there is any question regarding the validity of the ticket presented
for payment; or
D. if the claim is subject to any deduction from the payment otherwise
due, as described in Section 2.3.D of these Game Procedures. No liability
for interest for any delay shall accrue to the benefit of the claimant pending
payment of the claim.
2.5 Payment of Prizes to Persons Under 18. If a person under the age of
18 years is entitled to a cash prize of less than $600 from the "FAST CASH"
Instant Game, the Texas Lottery shall deliver to an adult member of the minor's
family or the minor's guardian a check or warrant in the amount of the prize
payable to the order of the minor.
2.6 Instant Ticket Claim Period. All Instant Game prizes must be claimed
within 180 days following the end of the Instant Game or within the applicable
time period for certain eligible military personnel as set forth in Texas
Government Code Section 466.408. Any prize not claimed within that period,
and in the manner specified in these Game Procedures and on the back of each
ticket, shall be forfeited.
2.7 Disclaimer. The number of prizes in a game is approximate based on
the number of tickets ordered. The number of actual prizes available in a
game may vary based on number of tickets manufactured, testing, distribution,
sales and number of prizes claimed. An Instant Game ticket may continue to
be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed.
3.0 Instant Ticket Ownership.
A. Until such time as a signature is placed upon the back portion of an
Instant Game ticket in the space designated, a ticket shall be owned by the
physical possessor of said ticket. When a signature is placed on the back
of the ticket in the space designated, the player whose signature appears
in that area shall be the owner of the ticket and shall be entitled to any
prize attributable thereto. Notwithstanding any name or names submitted on
a claim form, the Executive Director shall make payment to the player whose
signature appears on the back of the ticket in the space designated. If more
than one name appears on the back of the ticket, the Executive Director will
require that one of those players whose name appears thereon be designated
by such players to receive payment.
B. The Texas Lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen Instant
Game tickets and shall not be required to pay on a lost or stolen Instant
Game ticket.
4.0 Number and Value of Instant Prizes. There will be approximately 15,120,000
tickets in the Instant Game No. 553. The approximate number and value of prizes
in the game are as follows:
A. The actual number of tickets in the game may be increased or decreased
at the sole discretion of the Texas Lottery Commission.
5.0 End of the Instant Game. The Executive Director may, at any time, announce
a closing date (end date) for the Instant Game No. 553 without advance notice,
at which point no further tickets in that game may be sold.
6.0 Governing Law. In purchasing an Instant Game ticket, the player agrees
to comply with, and abide by, these Game Procedures for Instant Game No. 553,
the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), applicable rules
adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery Act and referenced
in 16 TAC, Chapter 401, and all final decisions of the Executive Director.
TRD-200501605
1.0 Name and Style of Game.
A. The name of Instant Game No. 524 is "TREASURE HUNT". The play style
is "key symbol match".
1.1 Price of Instant Ticket.
A. Tickets for Instant Game No. 524 shall be $2.00 per ticket.
1.2 Definitions in Instant Game No. 524.
A. Display Printing - That area of the instant game ticket outside of the
area where the Overprint and Play Symbols appear.
B. Latex Overprint - The removable scratch-off covering over the Play Symbols
on the front of the ticket.
C. Play Symbol - The printed data under the latex on the front of the instant
ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. Each Play Symbol
is printed in Symbol font in black ink in positive except for dual-image games.
The possible black play symbols are: MONEY BAG SYMBOL, STACK OF COINS SYMBOL,
BARREL SYMBOL, TREASURE MAP SYMBOL, HOOK SYMBOL, PARROT SYMBOL, HAT SYMBOL,
ANCHOR SYMBOL, MOON SYMBOL, SHARK SYMBOL, SAND DOLLAR SYMBOL, PALM TREE SYMBOL,
SEA HORSE SYMBOL, HELM SYMBOL, SHOVEL SYMBOL, PICK SYMBOL, GEM SYMBOL, SUN
SYMBOL, $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $50.00, $200, $2,000 and
$25,000.
D. Play Symbol Caption - the printed material appearing below each Play
Symbol which explains the Play Symbol. One caption appears under each Play
Symbol and is printed in caption font in black ink in positive. The Play Symbol
Caption which corresponds with and verifies each Play Symbol is as follows:
E. Retailer Validation Code - Three (3) letters found under the removable
scratch-off covering in the play area, which retailers use to verify and validate
instant winners. These three (3) small letters are for validation purposes
and cannot be used to play the game. The possible validation codes are:
Low-tier winning tickets use the required codes listed in Figure 2:16.
Non-winning tickets and high-tier tickets use a non-required combination of
the required codes listed in Figure 2:16 with the exception of ∅, which
will only appear on low-tier winners and will always have a slash through
it.
F. Serial Number - A unique 13 (thirteen) digit number appearing under
the latex scratch-off covering on the front of the ticket. There is a boxed
four (4) digit Security Number placed randomly within the Serial Number. The
remaining nine (9) digits of the Serial Number are the Validation Number.
The Serial Number is positioned beneath the bottom row of play data in the
scratched-off play area. The Serial Number is for validation purposes and
cannot be used to play the game. The format will be: 0000000000000.
G. Low-Tier Prize - A prize of $2.00, $4.00, $5.00, $10.00 or $20.00.
H. Mid-Tier Prize - A prize of $50.00 or $200.
I. High-Tier Prize - A prize of $2,000 or $25,000.
J. Bar Code - A 22 (twenty-two) character interleaved two (2) of five (5)
bar code which will include a three (3) digit game ID, the seven (7) digit
pack number, the three (3) digit ticket number and the nine (9) digit Validation
Number. The bar code appears on the back of the ticket.
K. Pack-Ticket Number - A 13 (thirteen) digit number consisting of the
three (3) digit game number (524), a seven (7) digit pack number, and a three
(3) digit ticket number. Ticket numbers start with 001 and end with 250 within
each pack. The format will be: 524-0000001-001.
L. Pack - A pack of "TREASURE HUNT" Instant Game tickets contains 250 tickets,
packed in plastic shrink-wrapping and fanfolded in pages of two (2). Tickets
001 and 001 will be on the top page; tickets 002 and 003 on the next page;
etc.; and tickets 249 and 250 will be on the last page. Please note the books
will be in a A - B configuration.
M. Non-Winning Ticket - A ticket which is not programmed to be a winning
ticket or a ticket that does not meet all of the requirements of these Game
Procedures, the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), and
applicable rules adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery
Act and referenced in 16 TAC, Chapter 401.
N. Ticket or Instant Game Ticket, or Instant Ticket - A Texas Lottery "TREASURE
HUNT" Instant Game No. 524 ticket.
2.0 Determination of Prize Winners. The determination of prize winners
is subject to the general ticket validation requirements set forth in Texas
Lottery Rule 401.302, Instant Game Rules, these Game Procedures, and the requirements
set out on the back of each instant ticket. A prize winner in the "TREASURE
HUNT" Instant Game is determined once the latex on the ticket is scratched
off to expose 23 (twenty-three) Play Symbols. If a player matches any of the
YOUR ITEMS play symbols to any of the TREASURE ITEMS play symbols the player
wins prize indicated for that item. No portion of the display printing nor
any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of
the Instant Game.
2.1 Instant Ticket Validation Requirements.
A. To be a valid Instant Game ticket, all of the following requirements
must be met:
1. Exactly 23 (twenty-three) Play Symbols must appear under the latex overprint
on the front portion of the ticket;
2. Each of the Play Symbols must have a Play Symbol Caption underneath,
unless specified, and each Play Symbol must agree with its Play Symbol Caption;
3. Each of the Play Symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully
legible;
4. Each of the Play Symbols must be printed in black ink except for dual
image games;
5. The ticket shall be intact;
6. The Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code and Pack-Ticket Number must
be present in their entirety and be fully legible;
7. The Serial Number must correspond, using the Texas Lottery's codes,
to the Play Symbols on the ticket;
8. The ticket must not have a hole punched through it, be mutilated, altered,
unreadable, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;
9. The ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part;
10. The ticket must have been issued by the Texas Lottery in an authorized
manner;
11. The ticket must not have been stolen, nor appear on any list of omitted
tickets or non-activated tickets on file at the Texas Lottery;
12. The Play Symbols, Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code and Pack-Ticket
Number must be right side up and not reversed in any manner;
13. The ticket must be complete and not miscut, and have exactly 23 (twenty-three)
Play Symbols under the latex overprint on the front portion of the ticket,
exactly one Serial Number, exactly one Retailer Validation Code, and exactly
one Pack-Ticket Number on the ticket;
14. The Serial Number of an apparent winning ticket shall correspond with
the Texas Lottery's Serial Numbers for winning tickets, and a ticket with
that Serial Number shall not have been paid previously;
15. The ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective
or printed or produced in error;
16. Each of the 23 (twenty-three) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those
described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures.
17. Each of the 23 (twenty-three) Play Symbols on the ticket must be printed
in the Symbol font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at
the Texas Lottery; the ticket Serial Numbers must be printed in the Serial
font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;
and the Pack-Ticket Number must be printed in the Pack-Ticket Number font
and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;
18. The display printing on the ticket must be regular in every respect
and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and
19. The ticket must have been received by the Texas Lottery by applicable
deadlines.
B. The ticket must pass all additional validation tests provided for in
these Game Procedures, the Texas Lottery's Rules governing the award of prizes
of the amount to be validated, and any confidential validation and security
tests of the Texas Lottery.
C. Any Instant Game ticket not passing all of the validation requirements
is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. However, the Executive
Director may, solely at the Executive Director's discretion, refund the retail
sales price of the ticket. In the event a defective ticket is purchased, the
only responsibility or liability of the Texas Lottery shall be to replace
the defective ticket with another unplayed ticket in that Instant Game (or
a ticket of equivalent sales price from any other current Instant Lottery
game) or refund the retail sales price of the ticket, solely at the Executive
Director's discretion.
2.2 Programmed Game Parameters.
A. Consecutive non-winning tickets will not have identical play data, spot
for spot.
B. No 3 or more like non-winning prize symbols on a ticket.
C. No duplicate non-winning Your Items play symbols on a ticket.
D. No duplicate Treasure Items play symbols on a ticket.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "TREASURE HUNT" Instant Game prize of $2.00, $4.00, $5.00,
$10.00, $20.00, $50.00 or $200, a claimant shall sign the back of the ticket
in the space designated on the ticket and present the winning ticket to any
Texas Lottery Retailer. The Texas Lottery Retailer shall verify the claim
and, if valid, and upon presentation of proper identification, make payment
of the amount due the claimant and physically void the ticket; provided that
the Texas Lottery Retailer may, but is not, in some cases, required to pay
a $50.00 or $200 ticket. In the event the Texas Lottery Retailer cannot verify
the claim, the Texas Lottery Retailer shall provide the claimant with a claim
form and instruct the claimant on how to file a claim with the Texas Lottery.
If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, a check shall be forwarded
to the claimant in the amount due. In the event the claim is not validated,
the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly. A claimant
may also claim any of the above prizes under the procedure described in Section
2.3.B and Section 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.
B. To claim a "TREASURE HUNT" Instant Game prize of $2,000 or $25,000,
the claimant must sign the winning ticket and present it at one of the Texas
Lottery's Claim Centers. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, payment
will be made to the bearer of the validated winning ticket for that prize
upon presentation of proper identification. When paying a prize of $600 or
more, the Texas Lottery shall file the appropriate income reporting form with
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and shall withhold federal income tax at
a rate set by the IRS if required. In the event that the claim is not validated
by the Texas Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be
notified promptly.
C. As an alternative method of claiming a "TREASURE HUNT" Instant Game
prize, the claimant must sign the winning ticket, thoroughly complete a claim
form, and mail both to: Texas Lottery Commission, Post Office Box 16600, Austin,
Texas 78761-6600. The risk of sending a ticket remains with the claimant.
In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim
shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.
D. Prior to payment by the Texas Lottery of any prize, the Texas Lottery
shall deduct a sufficient amount from the winnings of a person who has been
finally determined to be:
1. delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the Comptroller,
the Texas Workforce Commission, or Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
2. delinquent in making child support payments administered or collected
by the Attorney General; or
3. delinquent in reimbursing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
for a benefit granted in error under the food stamp program or the program
of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;
4. in default on a loan made under Chapter 52, Education Code; or
5. in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, Education Code.
E. If a person is indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the State, other
than those specified in the preceding paragraph, the winnings of a person
shall be withheld until the debt or taxes are paid.
2.4 Allowance for Delay of Payment. The Texas Lottery may delay payment
of the prize pending a final determination by the Executive Director, under
any of the following circumstances:
A. if a dispute occurs, or it appears likely that a dispute may occur,
regarding the prize;
B. if there is any question regarding the identity of the claimant;
C. if there is any question regarding the validity of the ticket presented
for payment; or
D. if the claim is subject to any deduction from the payment otherwise
due, as described in Section 2.3.D of these Game Procedures. No liability
for interest for any delay shall accrue to the benefit of the claimant pending
payment of the claim.
2.5 Payment of Prizes to Persons Under 18. If a person under the age of
18 years is entitled to a cash prize of less than $600 from the "TREASURE
HUNT" Instant Game, the Texas Lottery shall deliver to an adult member of
the minor's family or the minor's guardian a check or warrant in the amount
of the prize payable to the order of the minor.
2.6 If a person under the age of 18 years is entitled to a cash prize of
more than $600 from the "TREASURE HUNT" Instant Game, the Texas Lottery shall
deposit the amount of the prize in a custodial bank account, with an adult
member of the minor's family or the minor's guardian serving as custodian
for the minor.
2.7 Instant Ticket Claim Period. All Instant Game prizes must be claimed
within 180 days following the end of the Instant Game or within the applicable
time period for certain eligible military personnel as set forth in Texas
Government Code Section 466.408. Any prize not claimed within that period,
and in the manner specified in these Game Procedures and on the back of each
ticket, shall be forfeited.
2.8 Disclaimer. The number of prizes in a game is approximate based on
the number of tickets ordered. The number of actual prizes available in a
game may vary based on number of tickets manufactured, testing, distribution,
sales and number of prizes claimed. An Instant Game ticket may continue to
be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed.
3.0 Instant Ticket Ownership.
A. Until such time as a signature is placed upon the back portion of an
Instant Game ticket in the space designated, a ticket shall be owned by the
physical possessor of said ticket. When a signature is placed on the back
of the ticket in the space designated, the player whose signature appears
in that area shall be the owner of the ticket and shall be entitled to any
prize attributable thereto. Notwithstanding any name or names submitted on
a claim form, the Executive Director shall make payment to the player whose
signature appears on the back of the ticket in the space designated. If more
than one name appears on the back of the ticket, the Executive Director will
require that one of those players whose name appears thereon be designated
by such players to receive payment.
B. The Texas Lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen Instant
Game tickets and shall not be required to pay on a lost or stolen Instant
Game ticket.
4.0 Number and Value of Instant Prizes. There will be approximately 12,000,000
tickets in the Instant Game No. 524. The approximate number and value of prizes
in the game are as follows:
A. The actual number of tickets in the game may be increased or decreased
at the sole discretion of the Texas Lottery Commission.
5.0 End of the Instant Game. The Executive Director may, at any time, announce
a closing date (end date) for the Instant Game No. 524 without advance notice,
at which point no further tickets in that game may be sold.
6.0 Governing Law. In purchasing an Instant Game ticket, the player agrees
to comply with, and abide by, these Game Procedures for Instant Game No. 524,
the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), applicable rules
adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery Act and referenced
in 16 TAC, Chapter 401, and all final decisions of the Executive Director.
TRD-200501543
Kimberly L. Kiplin
General Counsel
Texas Lottery Commission
Filed: April 15, 2005
1.0 Name and Style of Game.
A. The name of Instant Game No. 600 is "GIANT JUMBO BUCKS". The play style
is "key number match with multiplier".
1.1 Price of Instant Ticket.
A. Tickets for Instant Game No. 600 shall be $5.00 per ticket.
1.2 Definitions in Instant Game No. 600.
A. Display Printing - That area of the instant game ticket outside of the
area where the Overprint and Play Symbols appear.
B. Latex Overprint - The removable scratch-off covering over the Play Symbols
on the front of the ticket.
C. Play Symbol - The printed data under the latex on the front of the instant
ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. Each Play Symbol
is printed in Symbol font in black ink in positive except for dual-image games.
The possible black play symbols are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, JUMBO SYMBOL, $1.00, $2.00, $4.00, $5.00,
$10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $25.00, $40.00, $50.00, $100, $500, $1,000 and $50,000.
D. Play Symbol Caption - the printed material appearing below each Play
Symbol which explains the Play Symbol. One caption appears under each Play
Symbol and is printed in caption font in black ink in positive. The Play Symbol
Caption which corresponds with and verifies each Play Symbol is as follows:
E. Retailer Validation Code - Three (3) letters found under the removable
scratch-off covering in the play area, which retailers use to verify and validate
instant winners. These three (3) small letters are for validation purposes
and cannot be used to play the game. The possible validation codes are:
Low-tier winning tickets use the required codes listed in Figure 2:16.
Non-winning tickets and high-tier tickets use a non-required combination of
the required codes listed in Figure 2:16 with the exception of ∅, which
will only appear on low-tier winners and will always have a slash through
it.
F. Serial Number - A unique 13 (thirteen) digit number appearing under
the latex scratch-off covering on the front of the ticket. There is a boxed
four (4) digit Security Number placed randomly within the Serial Number. The
remaining nine (9) digits of the Serial Number are the Validation Number.
The Serial Number is positioned beneath the bottom row of play data in the
scratched-off play area. The Serial Number is for validation purposes and
cannot be used to play the game. The format will be: 0000000000000.
G. Low-Tier Prize - A prize of $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 or $20.00.
H. Mid-Tier Prize - A prize of $50.00, $100 or $500.
I. High-Tier Prize - A prize of $1,000, $5,000 or $50,000.
J. Bar Code - A 22 (twenty-two) character interleaved two (2) of five (5)
bar code which will include a three (3) digit game ID, the seven (7) digit
pack number, the three (3) digit ticket number and the nine (9) digit Validation
Number. The bar code appears on the back of the ticket.
K. Pack-Ticket Number - A 13 (thirteen) digit number consisting of the
three (3) digit game number (600), a seven (7) digit pack number, and a three
(3) digit ticket number. Ticket numbers start with 001 and end with 075 within
each pack. The format will be: 600-0000001-001.
L. Pack - A pack of "GIANT JUMBO BUCKS" Instant Game tickets contains 75
tickets, packed in plastic shrink-wrapping and fanfolded in pages of one (1).
The packs the alternate. One will show the front of ticket 001 and back of
075 while the other fold will show back of ticket 001 and front of 075.
M. Non-Winning Ticket - A ticket which is not programmed to be a winning
ticket or a ticket that does not meet all of the requirements of these Game
Procedures, the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), and
applicable rules adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery
Act and referenced in 16 TAC, Chapter 401.
N. Ticket or Instant Game Ticket, or Instant Ticket - A Texas Lottery "GIANT
JUMBO BUCKS" Instant Game No. 600 ticket.
2.0 Determination of Prize Winners. The determination of prize winners
is subject to the general ticket validation requirements set forth in Texas
Lottery Rule 401.302, Instant Game Rules, these Game Procedures, and the requirements
set out on the back of each instant ticket. A prize winner in the "GIANT JUMBO
BUCKS" Instant Game is determined once the latex on the ticket is scratched
off to expose 44 (forty-four) Play Symbols. If a player matches any of YOUR
NUMBERS play symbols to any of the four SERIAL NUMBERS play symbols the player
wins prize shown for that number. If a player reveals a JUMBO play symbol
the player wins 5 times the prize shown for that number. No portion of the
display printing nor any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable
as a part of the Instant Game.
2.1 Instant Ticket Validation Requirements.
A. To be a valid Instant Game ticket, all of the following requirements
must be met:
1. Exactly 44 (forty-four) Play Symbols must appear under the latex overprint
on the front portion of the ticket;
2. Each of the Play Symbols must have a Play Symbol Caption underneath,
unless specified, and each Play Symbol must agree with its Play Symbol Caption;
3. Each of the Play Symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully
legible;
4. Each of the Play Symbols must be printed in black ink except for dual
image games;
5. The ticket shall be intact;
6. The Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code and Pack-Ticket Number must
be present in their entirety and be fully legible;
7. The Serial Number must correspond, using the Texas Lottery's codes,
to the Play Symbols on the ticket;
8. The ticket must not have a hole punched through it, be mutilated, altered,
unreadable, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;
9. The ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part;
10. The ticket must have been issued by the Texas Lottery in an authorized
manner;
11. The ticket must not have been stolen, nor appear on any list of omitted
tickets or non-activated tickets on file at the Texas Lottery;
12. The Play Symbols, Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code and Pack-Ticket
Number must be right side up and not reversed in any manner;
13. The ticket must be complete and not miscut, and have exactly 44 (forty-four)
Play Symbols under the latex overprint on the front portion of the ticket,
exactly one Serial Number, exactly one Retailer Validation Code, and exactly
one Pack-Ticket Number on the ticket;
14. The Serial Number of an apparent winning ticket shall correspond with
the Texas Lottery's Serial Numbers for winning tickets, and a ticket with
that Serial Number shall not have been paid previously;
15. The ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective
or printed or produced in error;
16. Each of the 44 (forty-four) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those
described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures.
17. Each of the 44 (forty-four) Play Symbols on the ticket must be printed
in the Symbol font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at
the Texas Lottery; the ticket Serial Numbers must be printed in the Serial
font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;
and the Pack-Ticket Number must be printed in the Pack-Ticket Number font
and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;
18. The display printing on the ticket must be regular in every respect
and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and
19. The ticket must have been received by the Texas Lottery by applicable
deadlines.
B. The ticket must pass all additional validation tests provided for in
these Game Procedures, the Texas Lottery's Rules governing the award of prizes
of the amount to be validated, and any confidential validation and security
tests of the Texas Lottery.
C. Any Instant Game ticket not passing all of the validation requirements
is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. However, the Executive
Director may, solely at the Executive Director's discretion, refund the retail
sales price of the ticket. In the event a defective ticket is purchased, the
only responsibility or liability of the Texas Lottery shall be to replace
the defective ticket with another unplayed ticket in that Instant Game (or
a ticket of equivalent sales price from any other current Instant Lottery
game) or refund the retail sales price of the ticket, solely at the Executive
Director's discretion.
2.2 Programmed Game Parameters.
A. Consecutive non-winning tickets will not have identical play data, spot
for spot.
B. No duplicate non-winning Your Numbers on a ticket.
C. No duplicate Serial Numbers on a ticket.
D. No more than four like non-winning prize symbols on a ticket.
E. A non-winning prize symbol will never be the same as a winning prize
symbol.
F. No prize amount in a non-winning spot will correspond with the Your
Number play symbol (i.e. 5 and $5).
G. The JUMBO symbol will only appear on intended winning tickets and only
as designated by the prize structure.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "GIANT JUMBO BUCKS" Instant Game prize of $5.00, $10.00,
$15.00, $20.00, $50.00, $100 or $500, a claimant shall sign the back of the
ticket in the space designated on the ticket and present the winning ticket
to any Texas Lottery Retailer. The Texas Lottery Retailer shall verify the
claim and, if valid, and upon presentation of proper identification, make
payment of the amount due the claimant and physically void the ticket; provided
that the Texas Lottery Retailer may, but is not, in some cases, required to
pay a $50.00, $100 or $500 ticket. In the event the Texas Lottery Retailer
cannot verify the claim, the Texas Lottery Retailer shall provide the claimant
with a claim form and instruct the claimant on how to file a claim with the
Texas Lottery. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, a check shall
be forwarded to the claimant in the amount due. In the event the claim is
not validated, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified
promptly. A claimant may also claim any of the above prizes under the procedure
described in Section 2.3.B and Section 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.
B. To claim a "GIANT JUMBO BUCKS" Instant Game prize of $1,000, $5,000
or $50,000, the claimant must sign the winning ticket and present it at one
of the Texas Lottery's Claim Centers. If the claim is validated by the Texas
Lottery, payment will be made to the bearer of the validated winning ticket
for that prize upon presentation of proper identification. When paying a prize
of $600 or more, the Texas Lottery shall file the appropriate income reporting
form with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and shall withhold federal income
tax at a rate set by the IRS if required. In the event that the claim is not
validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant
shall be notified promptly.
C. As an alternative method of claiming a "GIANT JUMBO BUCKS" Instant Game
prize, the claimant must sign the winning ticket, thoroughly complete a claim
form, and mail both to: Texas Lottery Commission, Post Office Box 16600, Austin,
Texas 78761-6600. The risk of sending a ticket remains with the claimant.
In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim
shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.
D. Prior to payment by the Texas Lottery of any prize, the Texas Lottery
shall deduct a sufficient amount from the winnings of a person who has been
finally determined to be:
1. delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money collected by the Comptroller,
the Texas Workforce Commission, or Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
2. delinquent in making child support payments administered or collected
by the Attorney General; or
3. delinquent in reimbursing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
for a benefit granted in error under the food stamp program or the program
of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;
4. in default on a loan made under Chapter 52, Education Code; or
5. in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, Education Code.
E. If a person is indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the State, other
than those specified in the preceding paragraph, the winnings of a person
shall be withheld until the debt or taxes are paid.
2.4 Allowance for Delay of Payment. The Texas Lottery may delay payment
of the prize pending a final determination by the Executive Director, under
any of the following circumstances:
A. if a dispute occurs, or it appears likely that a dispute may occur,
regarding the prize;
B. if there is any question regarding the identity of the claimant;
C. if there is any question regarding the validity of the ticket presented
for payment; or
D. if the claim is subject to any deduction from the payment otherwise
due, as described in Section 2.3.D of these Game Procedures. No liability
for interest for any delay shall accrue to the benefit of the claimant pending
payment of the claim.
2.5 Payment of Prizes to Persons Under 18. If a person under the age of
18 years is entitled to a cash prize of less than $600 from the "GIANT JUMBO
BUCKS" Instant Game, the Texas Lottery shall deliver to an adult member of
the minor's family or the minor's guardian a check or warrant in the amount
of the prize payable to the order of the minor.
2.6 If a person under the age of 18 years is entitled to a cash prize of
more than $600 from the "GIANT JUMBO BUCKS" Instant Game, the Texas Lottery
shall deposit the amount of the prize in a custodial bank account, with an
adult member of the minor's family or the minor's guardian serving as custodian
for the minor.
2.7 Instant Ticket Claim Period. All Instant Game prizes must be claimed
within 180 days following the end of the Instant Game or within the applicable
time period for certain eligible military personnel as set forth in Texas
Government Code Section 466.408. Any prize not claimed within that period,
and in the manner specified in these Game Procedures and on the back of each
ticket, shall be forfeited.
2.8 Disclaimer. The number of prizes in a game is approximate based on
the number of tickets ordered. The number of actual prizes available in a
game may vary based on number of tickets manufactured, testing, distribution,
sales and number of prizes claimed. An Instant Game ticket may continue to
be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed.
3.0 Instant Ticket Ownership.
A. Until such time as a signature is placed upon the back portion of an
Instant Game ticket in the space designated, a ticket shall be owned by the
physical possessor of said ticket. When a signature is placed on the back
of the ticket in the space designated, the player whose signature appears
in that area shall be the owner of the ticket and shall be entitled to any
prize attributable thereto. Notwithstanding any name or names submitted on
a claim form, the Executive Director shall make payment to the player whose
signature appears on the back of the ticket in the space designated. If more
than one name appears on the back of the ticket, the Executive Director will
require that one of those players whose name appears thereon be designated
by such players to receive payment.
B. The Texas Lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen Instant
Game tickets and shall not be required to pay on a lost or stolen Instant
Game ticket.
4.0 Number and Value of Instant Prizes. There will be approximately 8,040,000
tickets in the Instant Game No. 600. The approximate number and value of prizes
in the game are as follows:
A. The actual number of tickets in the game may be increased or decreased
at the sole discretion of the Texas Lottery Commission.
5.0 End of the Instant Game. The Executive Director may, at any time, announce
a closing date (end date) for the Instant Game No. 600 without advance notice,
at which point no further tickets in that game may be sold.
6.0 Governing Law. In purchasing an Instant Game ticket, the player agrees
to comply with, and abide by, these Game Procedures for Instant Game No. 600,
the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), applicable rules
adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery Act and referenced
in 16 TAC, Chapter 401, and all final decisions of the Executive Director.
TRD-200501544
Kimberly L. Kiplin
General Counsel
Texas Lottery Commission
Filed: April 15, 2005
Notice of Application for a Certificate to Provide Retail Electric Service
Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission
of Texas of an application on April 8, 2005, for retail electric provider
(REP) certification, pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §§39.101
- 39.109. A summary of the application follows.
Docket Title and Number: Application of MxEnergy Electric Incorporated
for Retail Electric Provider (REP) certification, Docket Number 30997 before
the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Applicant's requested service area by geography includes the geographic
area of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Persons wishing to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public
Utility Commission of Texas by mail at P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326,
or by phone at (512) 936-7120 or toll free at 1-888-782-8477 no later than
May 6, 2005. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephone (TTY)
may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or toll free at 1-800-735-2989.
All comments should reference Docket Number 30997.
TRD-200501533
Adriana A. Gonzales
Rules Coordinator
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: April 13, 2005
Notice is given to the public of an application filed on April 18, 2005,
with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, for an amendment to a certificated
service area boundary.
Docket Style and Number: Application of Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.
d/b/a SBC Texas to Amend Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to Modify
the Service Area Boundaries between the Frisco and Allen Exchanges. Docket
Number 31008.
The Application: The minor boundary amendment is being requested to transfer
a small portion of serving area from the Frisco exchange to the Allen exchange
of SBC Texas. This minor boundary amendment will allow SBC to efficiently
and expeditiously provide service to all residents of a new apartment complex.
SBC does not have adequate facilities from its Frisco exchange to provide
local exchange service, but does have ample facilities in the neighboring
Allen exchange to promptly provision service to the residents in the apartment
complex.
Persons wishing to comment on the action sought or intervene should contact
the Public Utility Commission of Texas by May 10, 2005, by mail at P. O. Box
13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or by phone at (512) 936-7120 or toll-free
at 1-888-782-8477. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephone
(TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free)
1-800-735-2989. All comments should reference Docket Number 31008.
TRD-200501620
Adriana A. Gonzales
Rules Coordinator
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: April 19, 2005
Notice is given to the public of the filing with the Public Utility Commission
of Texas of an application on April 13, 2005, for a service provider certificate
of operating authority (SPCOA), pursuant to §§54.151 - 54.156 of
the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA). A summary of the application follows.
Docket Title and Number: Application of CenturyTel Acquisition LLC for
a Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority, Docket Number 31001
before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Applicant intends to provide plain old telephone service, ADSL, ISDN, HDSL,
SDSL, RADSL, VDSL, Optical Services, T1-Private Line, Switch 56 KBPS, Frame
Relay, Fractional T1, long distance and wireless services.
Applicant's requested SPCOA geographic area includes the entire State of
Texas.
Persons who wish to comment upon the action sought should contact the Public
Utility Commission of Texas by mail at P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326,
or by phone at (512) 936-7120 or toll free at 1-888-782-8477 no later than
May 4, 2005. Hearing and speech- impaired individuals with text telephone
(TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or toll free at 1-800-735-2989.
All comments should reference Docket Number 31001.
TRD-200501618
Adriana A. Gonzales
Rules Coordinator
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: April 19, 2005
Notice is hereby given to the public of the April 8, 2005 filing with the
Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) of the Petition of the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for Approval of an Unaffiliated Director.
Docket Style and Number: Petition of the Electric Reliability Council of
Texas (ERCOT) for Approval of Unaffiliated Director, Docket Number 30994.
The Application: ERCOT seeks approval of an Unaffiliated Director of the
ERCOT Board. The Commission has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to
Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), Texas Utilities Code Annotated §39.151
(Vernon 1998 and Supplement 2005). Pursuant to ERCOT bylaws, ERCOT's Corporate
Members have approved the selection of the Unaffiliated Director. ERCOT's
Nominating Committee unanimously selected Carolyn Lewis Gallagher as the Unaffiliated
Director of the ERCOT Board. The director will be seated at the April 19,
2005, Board meeting and will serve pending commission consideration for approval.
Persons who wish to intervene in the proceeding or comment upon the action
sought should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326,
Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call the commission's Customer Protection Division
at (512) 936-7120. Hearing and speech impaired individuals with text telephones
(TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136 or 1-800-735-2989. All
correspondence should refer to Docket Number 30994.
TRD-200501617
Adriana A. Gonzales
Rules Coordinator
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: April 19, 2005
Notice is given to the public of the filing on April 14, 2005, with the
Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission), a notice of intent to file
a long run incremental cost (LRIC) study pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule §26.214.
The Applicant will file the LRIC study on or around April 25, 2005.
Docket Title and Number: Central Telephone Company of Texas, Inc., d/b/a
Sprint Application for Approval of LRIC Study To Introduce Special Plan Bundle
Pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule §26.214, Docket Number 31002.
Any party that demonstrates a justiciable interest may file with the administrative
law judge, written comments or recommendations concerning the LRIC study referencing
Docket Number 31002. Written comments or recommendations should be filed no
later than forty-five (45) days after the date of a sufficient study and should
be filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, by mail at P.O. Box 13326,
Austin, Texas, 78711-3326, or by phone at (512) 936-7120 or toll free at 1-888-782-8477.
Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact
the commission at (512) 936-7136 or toll free 1-800-735-2989. All comments
should reference Docket Number 31002.
TRD-200501619
Adriana A. Gonzales
Rules Coordinator
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Filed: April 19, 2005
Request for Statements of Qualifications on Water Research Study Priority Topics
The Texas Water Development Board (Board) requests the submission of Statements
of Qualifications (SOQs) from interested applicants leading to the possible
award of contracts for state Fiscal Year 2005 to conduct water research on
seven priority topics. The total amount of the grants awarded by the Board
shall not exceed $510,000 from the Research and Planning Fund. Rules governing
the Research and Planning Fund (31 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 355)
are available upon request from the Board, or may be found at the Secretary
of State's Internet address: {http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/}; then sequentially
select, "TAC Viewer," "Title 31," "Part 10," and "Chapter 355." Guidelines
for responding to the SOQ, which include an application form and detailed
information on the research topic, will be available at the Board's website
at: {http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/requestforproposals/requestsforproposals_index.htm},
or will be provided upon request.
Description of the Research Objectives and Purpose
The Board's grant contribution is estimated not to exceed the posted dollar
value adjacent the priority research topic. SOQs are requested for the following
priority research:
Linking WAMs and GAMs ($150,000)
Texas law mandates the development of state water planning cycles that
ensure adequate supplies of water for the citizens of Texas throughout 50-year
planning horizons. Water Availability Models (WAMs) and Groundwater Availability
Models (GAMs) have been developed as management tools for use in the 50-year
water planning cycles. A WAM is a computer-based simulation predicting the
amount of water that would be in a river or stream under a specified set of
conditions. A GAM is a computer-based model that simulates the flow of groundwater
within an aquifer and its interaction with surface water features such as
reservoirs, streams, and springs under a specified set of pumping and climate
conditions.
Currently, the WAMs do not account for stream-aquifer interactions over
time and the GAMs do not account for permitted surface-water withdrawals and/or
return flows. Consequently, research is needed to assess the differences between
WAMs and GAMs in how they consider groundwater and surface water and, more
importantly, assess the potential for linking WAMs and GAMs to interactively
exchange input/output simulation data at appropriate modeling time steps.
This study will (1) evaluate how WAMs and GAMs can be linked, (2) develop
protocols for linking the models, (3) implement the protocols in a test case
using the GAM of the Hill County part of the Trinity aquifer and the appropriate
WAM(s), and (4) make recommendations on implementation for the rest of the
state.
Digital climatic atlas of Texas ($60,000)
The study of water resources in Texas requires a basic knowledge of the
spatial and temporal climate characteristics and variations within the state.
The most current
Climatic Atlas of Texas
,
LP-192, was published 22 years ago in 1983 by the Texas Department of Water
Resources. Prior to this publication, the Texas Water Development Board published
A compilation of 1890 to 2000 climatic decadal statistics for NWS gage
stations in Texas organized into an ArcGIS geodatabase will provide a valuable
foundation for water resources studies conducted in Texas. In addition, the
climate geodatabase would compliment the PRISM climate data currently available
from the SCAS web site. The decadal statistics will include annual and monthly
means for precipitation, temperature, and lake or pan evaporation. The statistical
results could be spatially interpolated onto 2.5 minute latitude-longitude
state well grid (or the 4 KM resolution grid used by NEXRAD radar) using appropriate
interpolation methods. Alternatively, the PRISM climate data may be collected,
processed, and organized to coordinate with the decadal statistics from the
NWS gages data within the geodatabase.
This study will (1) develop digital datasets of (a) monthly means and (b)
annual means for each decade between 1890 to 2000 for precipitation, temperature,
and evaporation and (2) produce a new climatic atlas of Texas similar in content
to LP-192.
Aquifer tests from county availability studies
($25,000)
Since 1997, Texas counties have had the authority to require that persons
seeking plat approval also provide evidence of adequate groundwater availability
(quantity and quality), if the platted tract will be dependent on groundwater.
This authority is typically exercised by way of a county rule or ordinance,
applied to the platting process.
The adequacy of groundwater availability is demonstrated by the performance
of a Groundwater Availability Study (GwAS), usually conducted early in the
platting process. The scope of a GwAS generally consists of: regional and
local characterization of the hydrogeologic setting of the platted site, determination
of the hydraulic properties and estimated long term yield of the aquifer(s)
beneath the site, and evaluation of the quality of water in the aquifer(s).
These latter two tasks are usually accomplished with the installation and
testing of wells on the platted site. Geophysical logs are usually run in
at least one of these wells. Site-specific data that results from the GwAS
includes: depth to water, the lithology, saturated thickness, transmissivity,
and storativity of the aquifer(s), quality of water in the aquifer(s), and
sustainable well yield. This data is then used to calculate or model the long-term
(10 to 30 years) effects of cumulative, projected well pumping at the site.
The tracts addressed by the GwAS are largely in the few tens of acres to few
hundreds of acres in size. The cost to conduct a GwAS is generally in the
$5,000 to $20,000 range, with much of the cost depending on the need to install
test wells at the study site and the depths of these wells.
These reports and their data are currently a largely overlooked and unused
resource that can and should be evaluated and considered for use in broader
regional groundwater investigations such as Groundwater Availability Modeling.
This study will (1) identify those counties that require a GwAS as part
of their platting process, (2) determine which GwAS protocols are followed
(county-developed or 30TAC230) and obtain copies of all county-developed protocols,
(3) obtain copies of all GwAS reports done to date, (4) review the data for
possible use in broader studies, (5) develop a database of the reports and
their key content and data, and (6) recommend a procedure for copies (hard
and electronic) of the reports and raw data to be forwarded from the counties
to the Board.
Urban landscape guide ($50,000)
Urban landscape irrigation in Texas can account for 40 to 60 percent of
the total residential water use during summer months. Limited water supplies
and rapid urbanization have prompted municipalities to implement water conservation
landscape programs. The Water Conservation Best Management Practices Guide
produced by the Water Conservation Implementation Task Force includes several
recommendations to water-conserving landscapes. During the development of
the document the definition of "water conserving landscape" was discussed
and members of the Task Force agreed that such a definition was needed and
that the nursery/landscape industry would need to cooperate in creating such
a definition, but there were not adequate resources available at that point
to define the term.
Because the landscape is an integrated environment, education about water
conservation must take into account all of the components of the landscape.
Focusing only on plant selection or only on irrigation of the landscape has
been shown to be ineffective. This integrated approach can best be accomplished
through one main resource that can be used as an acknowledged general reference
tool by everyone involved in water conservation in the landscape.
An Urban Landscape Guide can be used as a reference by everyone involved
in landscape water conservation: for the municipality it can serve as a guide
for ordinance making, for the nursery/landscape industry it can serve as a
guide for industry education, and for the end user it can provide a unified
approach to water conservation, and help alleviate the confusion created when
conflicting information is provided.
This study will (1) develop an urban landscape manual or guide that defines
what a water conserving landscape consists of; (2) consider the landscape
as an integrated environment, starting with the soil, the design and selection
of plant material, irrigation methodology, and long and short-term management
plans, including pest and disease control and nutrition; (3) relate these
components to the Best Management Practices Guide; (4) provide guidance in
developing landscape ordinances and water conservation landscape programs;
and (5) provide this information for use by the nursery/landscape industry,
water suppliers and municipalities, and the general public in Texas.
Drought monitoring index for Texas ($100,000)
During the 76th legislative session, the Texas Legislature created the
Texas Drought Preparedness Council (Council), which includes representation
from the Board. The Council provides assessments and public reports of drought-monitoring
and water-supply conditions in Texas, and the Board is responsible for providing
information on drought to the Council. The Council is authorized to consider
meteorological, hydrological, or water supply conditions. Texas does not have
the proper tools to report the levels of local dryness or determine the onset
and duration of local or regional drought events. The purpose of this research
is to improve the assessments and reports made by the Council.
The current drought monitoring indices for Texas are based on ten climatic
regions that are too large to adequately represent, monitor, and report drought
local conditions. Because the regions are so large, one part of the region
may be in drought while the rest of the region is not. This research is needed
to refine the reporting areas that drought is reported at a significantly
smaller size than the climatic regions. Research shall investigate establishing
a reporting area for each county in the state.
This research will (1) investigate dryness monitoring methods and drought
event prediction tools, (2) recommend dryness monitoring methods and drought
event prediction tools, (3) implement definitions for the beginning and duration
of dry periods and drought events, (4) provide recommendations on the reporting
of dryness and drought events on a local basis, and (5) make recommendations
on implementation for end users.
Self-sealing evaporation ponds ($50,000)
Evaporation ponds are a relatively simple and low maintenance option for
managing and disposing of desalination concentrate in small-scale applications.
It may be particularly attractive for small communities in arid environments
and where land costs are low. Typically, the largest outlay for evaporation
ponds is that of the manufactured liner-which might potentially leak. In some
cases, the chemistry of the concentrate can be changed with additives to create
impermeable layering that makes the base of the pond self-sealing. This research
is needed to better understand the self-sealing mechanism to be able to predict
its performance in practical applications.
This study will (1) address the chemical, physical, and legal obstacles
to the use of self-sealing evaporation ponds in Texas, (2) determine ranges
of likely membrane concentrate compositions in Texas, (3) calculate and/or
measure the ability of additives (for example, silica and clays) to impart
self-sealing characteristics, (4) examine any regulatory obstacles to reliance
on self-sealing evaporation ponds, and (5) provide a conceptual design and
cost estimates for a self-sealing evaporation pond for a 1 million gallons
per day brackish groundwater desalination facility.
Water accounting system for the Rio Grande below
Fort Quitman ($75,000)
The State of Texas currently does not have an accounting system in place
that is capable of tracking the State's share of daily, monthly, or annual
flows in the Rio Grande under the provisions of the 1944 Treaty between the
United States and Mexico. All accounting presently is performed by the International
Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) using outdated software that is difficult
to understand and use. The State of Texas, namely the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Rio Grande Watermaster, does not have
any means for independently validating or determining the State's share of
Rio Grande water at different locations or for evaluating the impacts of proposed
changes in the way water is used or accounted for on the Rio Grande below
Fort Quitman.
This study will (1) consider flow, reservoir, and diversion data for both
the United States and Mexico, and (2) develop a spreadsheet type of program
to perform the required calculations and accounting on a monthly basis using
daily measured flows and monthly reported diversions. The above tasks will
require periodic consultation with IBWC staff, in coordination with TCEQ representatives
and the Rio Grande Watermaster's office to assure the development of an accounting
program that is consistent with IBWC's water accounting procedures.
Description of Applicant Criteria
The applicant should (1) demonstrate prior experience in the priority research
topic; (2) be able to review, research, analyze, evaluate, and interpret data
and research findings; and (3) have excellent oral presentation and writing
abilities. If the applicant is short-listed, the applicant should be prepared
to make an oral presentation to Board staff. The scope of work, schedule,
and contract amount will be negotiated after the Board selects the most qualified
applicant. Failure to reach a negotiated contract may result in subsequent
negotiations with the next-most qualified applicant; however, a negotiation
will not occur with applicants who are determined by the Board to be unqualified
or otherwise unsuited to perform the requested research. Applicants selected
to conduct the research may be required to present the results of their research
at one or more of the Board's monthly public meetings.
Deadline for Submittal, Review Criteria and Contact
Person for Additional Information
Historically Underutilized Businesses are encouraged to submit statements
of qualifications and/or participate as sub-contractors in the water research
program. Ten double-sided, double-spaced copies of a completed Statement of
Qualifications must be filed with the Board prior to 5:00 PM, June 8, 2005.
Respondents to this request shall limit their Statement of Qualifications
to the size previously mentioned, excluding the resumes of the project team
members. Statements of Qualifications can be directed either in person to
Ms. Phyllis Thomas, Texas Water Development Board, Stephen F. Austin Building,
Room 537, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas; or by mail to Ms. Phyllis
Thomas, Texas Water Development Board, P.O. Box 13231--Capitol Station, Austin,
Texas 78711-3231. All applicants must contact the Board to obtain the Board's
guidelines for responding to the SOQ. Requests for information and the Board's
guidelines for responding to the SOQ should be directed to Ms. Phyllis Thomas
at the preceding address, by calling (512) 463-3154, or by e-mail to: {phyllis.thomas@twdb.state.tx.us}.
TRD-200501612
Suzanne Schwartz
General Counsel
Texas Water Development Board
Filed: April 19, 2005
Office of the Attorney General
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
Request for Proposals
Request for Proposals
Coastal Coordination Council
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner
Credit Union Department
Applications to Amend Articles of Incorporation
Applications to Expand Field of Membership
Notice of Final Action Taken
East Texas Council of Governments
Request for Proposals for Independent Audit Services for Fiscal Year 2004-2005
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Settlement Agreements of Administrative Enforcement Actions
Notice of Request for Public Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting - Clear Creek above Tidal
Notice of Request for Public Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting - Lake Worth
Notice of Request for Public Comment and Notice of a Public Meeting - Lower Sabinal River
Notice of Updates to the State Superfund Registry
Notice of Water Quality Applications
Notice of Water Rights Application
Proposed Enforcement Orders
Department of State Health Services
Notice of Agreed Order with Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, dba Hermann Breast Center
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Notice of Public Hearing
Notice of Public Hearing
Texas Department of Insurance
Third Party Administrator Applications
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Vacancies on Elevator Advisory Board
Vacancy on Licensed Court Interpreter Advisory Board
Vacancy on Medical Advisory Committee
Texas Lottery Commission
Instant Game Number 524 "Treasure Hunt"
Instant Game Number 600 "Giant Jumbo Bucks"
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notice of Application for Amendment to Certificated Service Area Boundary
Notice of Application for Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority
Notice of ERCOT's Filing for Approval of Unaffiliated Director
Notice of Intent to File LRIC Study Pursuant to P.U.C. Substantive Rule §26.214
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission