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Compliance, Enforcement and Cleanups

Featured Items:

	Implementation of Enforcement Process Review Recommendations Status of implementing the recommendations approved by the commissioners from the Enforcement Process Review conducted in 2004.

	Upcoming Petroleum Storage Tank Events Links to information on the Dec 12 UST Management and Compliance Assistance Seminar and the March 2007 National Tanks Conference. Register now!

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	Cleanups Investigation of potentially contaminated sites. Remediation where contamination is found. Community-based cleanups and recycling.

	Compliance Assistance Resources and assistance for complying with environmental rules and permits.

	Compliance Histories Rankings of owners or operators of facilities regulated under Texas law. Histories become ratings of a customer's "distance from compliance." Poor ratings can cause denial of permits, stricter regulation, and higher penalties.

	Emergency Response What you should do, and how the TCEQ can help, after a natural disaster, spill, or other emergency.

	Enforcement Policies and Procedures Policies on penalties, notices of violation, and findings orders.

	Enforcement Reports and Status Monthly and annual reports on the enforcement activities of the TCEQ including a list of all orders and their corresponding penalties.

	Supplemental Environmental Projects SEPS are means by which fines, fees, and penalties for environmental violations may be directed toward environmentally beneficial projects.

Topics Under This Category:

	Field Citation Pilot Program The TCEQ is implementing this pilot program statewide on March 13, 2006. The pilot covers nine specific violations and is the result of the agency's enforcement process review.

	TCEQ Method 1005 TCEQ's Method 1005, Revision 03, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons, went into effect June 1, 2001. It may be used in lieu of EPA Method 418.1 for the analysis of total petroleum hydrocarbons.

	TCEQ Toxicology Toxicology is used to help the TCEQ make scientifically sound decisions when developing environmental regulation & policy.