85S12141 KSM-F
By: Morrison H.C.R. No. 30
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, In May 2007, Beneficial Land Management was
authorized to use wastewater treatment plant sewage sludge to
condition or fertilize soil in Victoria County; and
WHEREAS, BLM runs Partners Dewatering International, which
operates the City of LaCoste wastewater treatment plant; while the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality granted the plant
approval to process grease trap waste and grit trap waste, land
application of the waste was not approved; and
WHEREAS, BLM violated the existing land application permit by
applying grease and grit trap waste from LaCoste to land in Victoria
County; when the TCEQ recognized this infraction, BLM was notified,
and the commission and the company entered into a compliance
agreement with required monitoring and sampling of the application
site, allowing BLM to continue its land application operations
until July 6, 2014; and
WHEREAS, The company has since applied for another
experimental use permit to allow for the land application of grease
and grit trap waste, and this has become the focus of a contested
case at the State Office of Administrative Hearings; and
WHEREAS, The land application of grease and grit trap waste
presents a significant threat of damage to Arenosa Creek, Lavaca
Bay, and the surrounding land resources in Victoria County and
beyond, and it is incumbent on the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality to continue to oppose requests to do so; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas,
1st Called Session, hereby direct the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality to maintain its opposition to the Beneficial
Land Management request to land apply grease and grit trap waste and
to actively oppose any efforts to circumvent existing state law by
land applying grease and grit trap waste; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the offices of the commissioners and
the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.