Under Texas law, TCEQ may permit a facility only if it finds no indication the facility will harm the publics health and physical property, according to Stop 3009 Vulcan Quarry’s press release. Allowing Vulcan to use a “trade secret” excuse to “hide” from both TCEQ and citizens key core sample data used to model air contamination.Failure to analyze health impact from diesel-engine exhaust.Failure to undertake a Best Available Control Technology analysis.Failure to consider the cumulative impact of pollution from certain existing aggregate plants in the area.Failure to consider air-pollution sources such as roads, mining-and-blasting operations and product transport.Failure to require or conduct a health-effects review.This week’s motion cites several reasons citizen groups feel TCEQ should reverse its permit approval. They have fought Vulcan Materials in court since June 2017, when the company submitted an air-quality permit application to the TCEQ.
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Opponents argue Vulcan Quarry would create air pollution, dangerous traffic conditions, impact home values and endanger the environmentally sensitive Edwards Aquifer Zone, the source of drinking water for two million people and primary water supply for agriculture and industry in the aquifer’s region. An estimated 12,000 people live in the immediate vicinity of the property, located in a residential area of Central Comal County between Bulverde and New Braunfels. Vulcan Materials, the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, plans to turn the old Eric White Ranch at FM 3009 and State Highway 46 into a 1,500-acre rock quarry and crushing plant. “We will continue to pursue all legal options available to block this facility, including the appeals process for the air permit, in order to protect the health of our families and our natural resources,” Guckian said. If it rules again in Vulcan’s favor, she said Stop 3009 Vulcan Quarry will continue to fight its unwelcome neighbor. TCEQ now has 30 days to act on the motion. “A new, fairer and more favorable hearing was at the top.” “I’m hoping that Santa got my Christmas list this year,” Milann Guckian, president of Stop 3009 Vulcan Quarry said in a press release issued on Thursday. Joining in the appeal are citizen groups of 100 individuals and associations opposing the quarry. On Thursday, the community activist groups announced they have filed a motion for rehearing their case with the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). 20 decision to issue an air-quality permit for the proposed Vulcan Quarry. Friends of Dry Comal Creek and Stop 3009 Vulcan Quarry are challenging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Nov.
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In addition to obtaining an air quality permit, Vulcan also must submit a Water Pollution Abatement Plan (WPAP) to TCEQ since the proposed quarry is located entirely over the environmentally sensitive Edwards Aquifer Zone, the primary source for over 1.7 million people, according to .Īccording to its company website, Vulcan is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates - primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel - and also is a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials, including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete.Vulcan Quarry opponents say carcinogenic air pollution, increased truck traffic, decreased property values, endangered water resources and other environmental impacts are the reasons they're fighting to block Vulcan Materials' plans for the old Eric White Ranch. Spokesperson David Drewa said “this fight is far from over.” In September, State Office on Administrative Hearings administrative law Judges Rebecca Smith and Victor Simonds determined Vulcan had met its burden of proof in the application process, and recommended that TCEQ issue a draft permit.įriends of Dry Comal Creek and other activist groups are challenging that ruling. Vulcan Materials is seeking to turn the old Eric White ranch into a 1,500-acre limestone rock quarry and crushing plant near subdivisions with an estimated population of 12,000 people.
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