Public paper · October 13, 2026 · Government desk · Texas
Texas environmental commission, Oct. 21, 2026: TCEQ agenda covers new wastewater permits, a Waco water right, a Burleson concrete plant and more than 50 enforcement orders
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality posted its final agenda for its Oct. 21, 2026, commissioners’ meeting in Austin. It includes a proposal to dismiss a Burleson-area concrete plant air permit, wastewater permits in Williamson, Travis and Gillespie counties, a City of Waco water right change, a Tarrant County water district’s request for new powers, and more than 50 proposed enforcement orders across Texas.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the state agency that issues air, water and waste permits, sent notice on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, that the final agenda for its Oct. 21 commissioners’ meeting is posted. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. at TCEQ headquarters in Austin and is also streamed online.
The agenda is long. Besides a handful of permit decisions, it lists 56 proposed agreed enforcement orders covering air, water, drinking water and petroleum storage tank violations in counties across the state, plus the agency’s monthly enforcement report and closed sessions on legal and personnel matters. The agenda names each company or city and its county but does not list penalty amounts.
Below are the main decisions, with links to county briefs for the places most affected.
Permits and other decisions
- Tarrant County (Burleson): administrative law judges recommend the commission dismiss, with prejudice, J7 Ready Mix, LLC’s application for an air quality standard permit for a concrete batch plant (Permit No. 172856). Docket No. 2025-0905-AIR; SOAH Docket No. 582-26-15507.
- Tarrant County: Tarrant County Fresh Water Supply District No. 2, about 334.9 acres, asks for approval to provide added wastewater and drainage services. Carried over from the Aug. 12 agenda. Docket No. 2026-0684-DIS.
- Williamson County: South Central Water Company seeks new TPDES Permit No. WQ0016503001 to discharge up to 600,000 gallons a day (daily average) of treated domestic wastewater. Docket No. 2026-1023-MWD.
- McLennan, Bosque and Hill counties: the City of Waco asks to amend Certificate of Adjudication No. 12-4318 to add industrial, recreation and instream uses and divert its authorized 2,153 acre-feet a year from anywhere on the perimeter of Lake Brazos. Docket No. 2026-1018-WR.
- Travis County: the West Travis County Public Utility Agency seeks renewal of Permit No. WQ0013594001, which covers up to 1.8 million gallons a day of treated wastewater by irrigation on 350 acres, up to 232,590 gallons a day by subsurface drip and up to 567,410 gallons a day for direct potable reuse, with no discharge into state waters. Docket No. 2026-1095-MWD.
- Gillespie County: Firefly Partners, LLC, seeks new Permit No. WQ0016571001 to dispose of up to 20,000 gallons a day of treated domestic wastewater by evaporation, with no discharge into state waters. Docket No. 2026-1096-MWD.
Proposed enforcement orders by county
The agenda lists agreed orders (settlements the commission must approve) in these counties, among others: Harris (Braskem America, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, LyondellBasell Acetyls, LCY Elastomers, Lyondell Chemical and Equistar Chemicals, all air quality), Nueces (two Valero Refining-Texas orders for air quality, and Nueces County WCID 3 for drinking water), Dallas (four orders, including Forterra Pipe & Precast for water quality), Chambers (ONEOK Hydrocarbon and Covestro, air quality), Brazoria (BASF Corporation, air quality, and the City of Pearland, wastewater), Jefferson (Motiva Enterprises, air quality, and West Jefferson County Municipal Water District, wastewater), Orange (Eagle Railcar Services and Westport Orange Shipyard), Hutchinson (Phillips 66, air quality), Bexar (Six Flags Fiesta Texas, petroleum storage tanks) and Tarrant (City of Arlington and The Springs of Grapevine, water quality).
Several small cities face municipal wastewater orders, including Dilley (two orders), Moody, Grandview, Garrison, Bandera, Gladewater, Lovelady, Lufkin, Whitney and Bells, along with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Walker County. Drinking water orders involve the Jim Wells County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1, the City of Brownfield, M.E.N. Water Supply Corporation and El Camino Bay Water Supply Corporation.
How to watch or speak
The meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Building E, Room 201S, at TCEQ headquarters in Austin, and it streams on the TCEQ YouTube channel (webcast page: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/decisions/agendas/webcasts.html). Zoom and phone details are in the agenda.
To speak on an item that is open for comment, register through TCEQ’s Public Participation Form, call 512-239-3300 or email agenda@tceq.texas.gov with the item number, your name, affiliation, address, phone and whom you represent. Registration closes at 9:30 a.m., and the commissioners may take items out of order.
Full agenda (English and Spanish): https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/agency/decisions/agendas/2026/261021.pdf
County briefs
- Tarrant County, Texas: TCEQ to weigh Burleson-area concrete plant permit (judges recommend dismissal) and FWSD No. 2 powers on Oct. 21, 2026: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/tx-tarrant-tceq-oct-21-burleson-concrete-plant-permit-dismissal-recommended-fwsd-2-powers
- Williamson County, Texas: TCEQ to consider South Central Water Company permit for up to 600,000 gallons a day of treated wastewater on Oct. 21, 2026: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/tx-williamson-tceq-oct-21-south-central-water-wastewater-permit-600000-gallons-a-day
- McLennan County, Texas: TCEQ to consider City of Waco request to widen uses of its Brazos River water right at Lake Brazos on Oct. 21, 2026: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/tx-mclennan-tceq-oct-21-waco-lake-brazos-water-rights-amendment
- Travis County, Texas: TCEQ to consider renewing West Travis County PUA wastewater permit that includes direct potable reuse, Oct. 21, 2026: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/tx-travis-tceq-oct-21-west-travis-county-pua-wastewater-permit-renewal-direct-potable-reuse
- Gillespie County, Texas: TCEQ to consider Firefly Partners permit for 20,000 gallons a day of treated wastewater by evaporation, Oct. 21, 2026: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/tx-gillespie-tceq-oct-21-firefly-partners-evaporation-wastewater-permit
Notes and sources
- Author: Ryan Standley / Record of Sale, LLC / Notice Nearby.
- Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, final Commissioners' Agenda for Oct. 21, 2026 (https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/agency/decisions/agendas/2026/261021.pdf).
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