Are You Ready?

Have you heard the saying “Everything is bigger in Texas?” Apparently, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has. On September 24, 2020, TCEQ announced the Fifth Revision of the Commission’s Penalty Policy which provides an outline for how they (TCEQ) calculates fines and penalties which violate the State’s environmental and hazardous materials waste regulations.

This proposed change would create four major changes in the Penalty Policy: