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In unusual rebuke, state environmental agency rejects landfill bid
Citing flaws with water data in an application to build a landfill two hours east of Austin, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality this week rejected it.
The rare move — the state agency has long been criticized by environmentalists for rubber-stamping industry proposals — appears to be a significant setback for a Georgia-based waste company that also hopes to compete for Austin-area waste with another proposed landfill in Caldwell County.
Calling the application of Green Group Holdings to build the Pintail landfill in Waller County “deficient,” the TCEQ has essentially told the company to start from scratch.
The tipping point seems to have been the late discoveries of elevated water levels during certain seasons at the landfill, throwing further controversy on an already controversial proposal.
Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/in-unusual-rebuke-state-environmental-agency-rejec/nnyxY/?icmp=statesman_internallink_referralbox_free-to-premium-referral