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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, In May 2007, Beneficial Land Management was |
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authorized to use wastewater treatment plant sewage sludge to |
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condition or fertilize soil in Victoria County; and |
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WHEREAS, BLM runs Partners Dewatering International, which |
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operates the City of LaCoste wastewater treatment plant; while the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality granted the plant |
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approval to process grease trap waste and grit trap waste, land |
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application of the waste was not approved; and |
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WHEREAS, BLM violated the existing land application permit by |
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applying grease and grit trap waste from LaCoste to land in Victoria |
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County; when the TCEQ recognized this infraction, BLM was notified, |
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and the commission and the company entered into a compliance |
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agreement with required monitoring and sampling of the application |
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site, allowing BLM to continue its land application operations |
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until July 6, 2014; and |
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WHEREAS, The company has since applied for another |
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experimental use permit to allow for the land application of grease |
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and grit trap waste, and this has become the focus of a contested |
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case at the State Office of Administrative Hearings; and |
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WHEREAS, The land application of grease and grit trap waste |
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presents a significant threat of damage to Arenosa Creek, Lavaca |
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Bay, and the surrounding land resources in Victoria County and |
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beyond, and it is incumbent on the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality to continue to oppose requests to do so; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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1st Called Session, hereby direct the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality to maintain its opposition to the Beneficial |
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Land Management request to land apply grease and grit trap waste and |
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to actively oppose any efforts to circumvent existing state law by |
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land applying grease and grit trap waste; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the offices of the commissioners and |
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the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality. |