AUSTIN The federal governments takeover of air quality permitting for large industrial facilities is the focus of the Texas Public Policy Foundations Policy Primer on Thursday July 15. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Foundations headquarters in Austin.
For 16 years the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had regulated industrial emissions through flexible permitting" a procedure that capped emissions on a facility-wide basis rather than by each individual point of emissions in a facility. However on June 30 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected all of those permits saying that the program violated the federal Clean Air Act. Our panel of experts will discuss the best means to administer and measure clean air while preserving a robust economy.
The Primer will be moderated by Kathleen Hartnett White Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Panelists will include:
The Honorable Jim Keffer Chairman Texas House Energy Resources Committee
Richard Hyde Deputy Director Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Rich Walsh Vice President and General Counsel for Environmental Safety and Regulatory Affairs Valero Energy Corporation
Carl Edlund Director of Permitting Environmental Protection Agency (Region 6)
All public seats for the Policy Primer have been reserved but members of the media are welcome to attend. The luncheon will be re-broadcast at a later date on Time Warner Cables Texas Channel" (Time Warner Cable digital tier channel 888).
WHO:
Texas Public Policy Foundation
WHAT:
Policy Primer Texas Air Quality: EPA Control vs. Texas Results"
WHERE:
Texas Public Policy Foundation headquarters
900 Congress Avenue Suite 400 (Austin)
WHEN:
Thursday July 15 2010 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin.
AUSTIN The federal governments takeover of air quality permitting for large industrial facilities is the focus of the Texas Public Policy Foundations Policy Primer on Thursday July 15. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Foundations headquarters in Austin.
For 16 years the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had regulated industrial emissions through flexible permitting" a procedure that capped emissions on a facility-wide basis rather than by each individual point of emissions in a facility. However on June 30 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected all of those permits saying that the program violated the federal Clean Air Act. Our panel of experts will discuss the best means to administer and measure clean air while preserving a robust economy.
The Primer will be moderated by Kathleen Hartnett White Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Panelists will include:
The Honorable Jim Keffer Chairman Texas House Energy Resources Committee
Richard Hyde Deputy Director Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Rich Walsh Vice President and General Counsel for Environmental Safety and Regulatory Affairs Valero Energy Corporation
Carl Edlund Director of Permitting Environmental Protection Agency (Region 6)
All public seats for the Policy Primer have been reserved but members of the media are welcome to attend. The luncheon will be re-broadcast at a later date on Time Warner Cables Texas Channel" (Time Warner Cable digital tier channel 888).
WHO:
Texas Public Policy Foundation
WHAT:
Policy Primer Texas Air Quality: EPA Control vs. Texas Results"
WHERE:
Texas Public Policy Foundation headquarters
900 Congress Avenue Suite 400 (Austin)
WHEN:
Thursday July 15 2010 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin.
