Posted by Leah Cuddeback | May 30, 2023 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, County Authority, HCA in the News, Legislature and Regulation, News, Regional Planning, Uncategorized
In Texas Hill Country, where there had been an acrimonious relationship between aggregate producers and local residents, the two groups came together – along with local government officials and business people – to develop a voluntary best management practice (BMP)...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Apr 13, 2023 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, HCA in the News, News, Planning and Development
Residents of Garden Ridge — a town of about 4,000 just across the Comal County line from Bexar County — say they are concerned the plant would lead to increased dust and traffic, as well as the proposed site’s proximity to homes, a church and a preschool. Batch plants...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Dec 1, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, HCA in the News, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning
Comal County community members are contesting an air quality permit for a proposed 1,500-acre limestone quarry between New Braunfels and Bulverde, arguing that the quarry is harmful for human health and welfare. Environmental organizations in Hill Country requested a...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 15, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, HCA in the News, Legislature and Regulation, News
A proposed 1,500-acre limestone quarry between New Braunfels and Bulverde has secured its air quality permit from the state, leading to outrage and frustration from environmentalists and nearby residents. A three-judge panel of the Third Court of Appeals reversed a...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 12, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is the subject of an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency following complaints that the state agency violated civil rights laws in its permitting of concrete batch plants. The Harris County Attorney and...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Resources
The air was thick as the sun was setting. The temperature had dropped just a little by Monday evening, but it didn’t do much to help with the sweltering heat. It didn’t faze the more than 70 homeowners, who live along or near County Road 284 in Williamson County, and...
