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Gillespie County, Texas: TCEQ to consider Firefly Partners permit for 20,000 gallons a day of treated wastewater by evaporation, Oct. 21, 2026
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will consider Firefly Partners, LLC’s application for a new permit to dispose of up to 20,000 gallons a day of treated domestic wastewater by evaporation in Gillespie County, with no discharge into state waters, at its Oct. 21, 2026, meeting.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has posted its final agenda for its Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, commissioners’ meeting, and it includes a new wastewater permit in Gillespie County.
The application. Firefly Partners, LLC, has applied for TCEQ Permit No. WQ0016571001 to dispose of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average of no more than 20,000 gallons a day by evaporation. TCEQ says the permit would not authorize any discharge of pollutants into water in the state.
Location. TCEQ says the treatment facility and disposal site would be about 0.52 miles southwest of the intersection of FM 1376 and OK Corral Drive, in Gillespie County, ZIP code 78624.
Hearing requests. The commissioners will also consider requests for a hearing or reconsideration, public comment and the executive director’s response to comments (Docket No. 2026-1096-MWD).
When and how to take part. The commissioners meet Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. at TCEQ headquarters in Austin (Building E, Room 201S), with the meeting also streamed on the TCEQ YouTube channel and open by Zoom and phone; connection details are in the agenda. People who want to speak on an item that is open for comment must register through TCEQ's Public Participation Form, by calling 512-239-3300 or by emailing agenda@tceq.texas.gov, and registration closes at 9:30 a.m. that day. The commissioners may take items out of order.
Original source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), final Commissioners' Agenda for Oct. 21, 2026 (https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/agency/decisions/agendas/2026/261021.pdf), announced to the Notice Nearby publisher inbox on Oct. 13, 2026. Notice Nearby wrote this in its own words. Full agenda paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/texas-tceq-commissioners-agenda-oct-21-2026-wastewater-permits-water-rights-enforcement-orders
What to read next: the Gillespie County hub (https://noticenearby.com/tx/gillespie), the Texas hub (https://noticenearby.com/tx), the full TCEQ Oct. 21 agenda paper (https://noticenearby.com/papers/texas-tceq-commissioners-agenda-oct-21-2026-wastewater-permits-water-rights-enforcement-orders) and all public papers (https://noticenearby.com/papers). Local businesses, parks and places nearby are on ZOST.app (https://zost.app).
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Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVEMAIL-20261013-TCEQ-GILLES · Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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