The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will consider four new water-related permits and dozens of enforcement orders against industrial companies at its commission meeting on October 7, 2026, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Commissioners will weigh a new Texas Land Application Permit for Alliance Land and Cattle, LLC; Creek Land and Cattle LLC; and Ellis AD 1, LLC, proposed Permit No. WQ0005485000. The permit would authorize land application of 0.056224 million gallons per day of treated effluent from a biogas production facility by surface spray irrigation to 4,553.84 acres at an application rate of 0.022 acre-feet per acre per year. It would not authorize discharge of pollutants into water in the state. The facility and disposal site would be located about 1,200 feet west of the intersection of Armstrong Road and Austonia Road in Ellis County, Texas 75119, with disposal areas across multiple tracts within an 11-mile distance in Ellis and Navarro Counties.
The commission will also consider a new TPDES Permit, No. WQ0016464001, for I-30 Greenville Utility Services, LLC, authorizing discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 240,000 gallons per day. The facility would be located about 1,000 feet northeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 499 and I-30 Frontage Road in Hunt County, Texas 75401.
A third application, from Florence FM 970 Ventures, LLC, seeks new TPDES Permit No. WQ0016682001 to authorize discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 400,000 gallons per day. The wastewater treatment facility would be located about 0.65 miles southwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 970 and South Patterson Avenue in Williamson County, Texas 76527.
A fourth application, from US Trinity Smithwick, LLC, seeks new TCEQ Permit No. WQ0016564001 to authorize disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 180,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 70.2 acres of a public access golf course. The facility and disposal site would be located about 0.25 miles southwest of the intersection of County Road 344 and Old Ranch-to-Market Road 1431 in Burnet County, Texas 78654.
For each permit item, the commission will also consider requests for hearing or reconsideration, related responses and replies, public comment, and the Executive Director's Response to Comments.
The agenda also includes consideration of gifts and donations of $500 or more given to the TCEQ, submitted for approval under Chapter 575 of the Government Code.
A large slate of agreed enforcement orders covers air quality violations by companies including Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP in Jefferson County, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures LLC in San Patricio County, Alon USA, LP in Howard County, LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC in Harris County, Phillips 66 Company in Hutchinson County, Exxon Mobil Corporation in Harris County, Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas in Calhoun County, and Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi, LLC in Nueces County, among others.
Additional agreed orders address Edwards Aquifer violations by Jarrell Industrial Park LLC in Williamson County, industrial and hazardous waste violations by International Extrusion Corporation-Texas in Ellis County, and water quality violations by multiple cities, school districts, and utility districts. Default orders are also scheduled against TOCOR ENTERPRISES LLC, Boling Municipal Water District, and Waterstone on Lake Conroe, Inc.
The commission will hold a public comment session on any matter within its jurisdiction, with speakers limited to three minutes each and total comment time limited to one hour. The commission will also conduct closed executive meetings to receive legal advice and discuss personnel matters, and may reconvene in open session to take action.