Environment Texas: House Panel Backs Tougher Fines Against Polluters
April 24, 2021
April 24, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, April 24 (TNSPol) -- Environment Texas issued the following news release on April 23, 2021:
A Texas House committee on Friday advanced legislation that, if passed, could increase penalties and establish new ones for illegal releases of air pollution for the first time in a decade.
House Bill 1820 could help the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hold corporate polluters accountable by increasing the maximum available fine from $25,000 per day to $5 . . .
A Texas House committee on Friday advanced legislation that, if passed, could increase penalties and establish new ones for illegal releases of air pollution for the first time in a decade.
House Bill 1820 could help the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hold corporate polluters accountable by increasing the maximum available fine from $25,000 per day to $5 . . .