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AY~TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Plan to Attend the TCEQ Environmental
Trade Fair and Conference
It's time again for the TCEQ's Environmental Trade Fair
and Conference, being held at the Austin Convention Center
on April 29-May 1. This annual event is Texas' premier envi-
ronmental educational forum, considered by many to be one
of the best in the country. Conference participants learn about
compliance matters by gaining a better understanding of the
state's environmental rules, regulations, and issues. Business
and industry representatives get an opportunity to meet one-on-
one with agency staff and to network with other environmental
industry professionals. Attendees also can visit more than 400
exhibits and learn about some of the leading environmental
alternatives for business and industry.
This year, 12 concurrent education sessions include speak-
ers from all of the TCEQ's varied programs. The conference
is offering up to 12 hours of continuing education credits for
professional engineers, professional geoscientists, professional
and registered sanitarians, municipal solid waste technicians
and supervisors, public water system operators, and wastewater
system operators. Attorneys may receive up to 12 hours of
Minimum Continuing Legal Education. Leaking petroleum
storage tank corrective-action project managers can earn up to
11 hours of continuing education credits. For more
information and how to register, visit <www.tceq.
state.tx.us/assistance/events/etfc/etf.html>.
very year, Texas celebrates its best and bright-
Lest environmental leaders with an award in
their honor. Please join Governor Rick Perry and
the TCEQ commissioners as they recognize the efforts of
Texans to preserve this great state's resources and natural
wonders. The Texas Environmental Excellence Awards banquet
showcases each award-winning endeavor with video vignettes
along with dinner and an awards ceremony. These awards
spotlight the state's highest achievements in environmental
preservation and protection. Recommended by a blue-ribbon
committee, the awards recognize outstanding, innovative
environmental programs in 10 diverse categories: Agriculture,
Civic/Nonprofit, Education, Government, Small Business, Large
Business/Nontechnical, Large Business/Technical, Innovative
Technology, Individual, and Youth. The celebration banquet
will be held on Wednesday, April 30, at the Austin Convention
Center. Tickets for individuals and tables may be purchased
using the Environmental Trade Fair registration form. For more
information on the awards, please visit <www.teea.org>.MARCH 2008
Agriculture Waste Pesticide Collections
Offer Safe Disposal OptionThe TCEQ Agri-
culture Waste Pesticide
Collection program
offers rural Texans the
opportunity to dispose
of banned and/or
unwanted pesticides as
well as related agricul-
tural items at no cost
to participants. Items
collected at the events
include: pesticides;
herbicides and other
agricultural chemicals;
paint; power-steering
fluid; oil; gasoline; oilGet Updated Federal
Regulations
Looking for federal regulatory
information that relates to you,
your business, and the envi-
ronmental concerns currently
facing your world? The U.S. En-
vironmental Protection Agency
has added new features to one
of its most popular Web sites
for environmental regulatory
information. See the new site
at <www.epa.gov/lawsregs/>.filters; fluorescent bulbs; grease; lead-acid batteries; transmis-
sion fluid; brake fluid; diesel fuel; and properly rinsed, plastic-
pesticide containers. Many of these items are recycled.
In fall 2007, the collection program held 12 events that drew
925 participants from 123 counties. The following were collected:
132.82 tons of discarded materials (49 tons recycled)
3,941 triple-rinsed, plastic containers (all recycled)
1,417 lead-acid batteries (all recycled)
14,410 gallons of oil (all recycled)
25,000 oil filters (all recycled)
For information about future collections, call the Agri-
culture Waste program coordinator at 512-239-3143 or visit
<www.tceq.state.tx.us/assistance/AgWaste/agwaste.html>.More Waterway
Cleanup Scheduled
To help clean our waterways,
join Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) and
the TCEQ for a scheduled Waterway
Cleanup event. Check the sites on
the next page for the one nearest you.
Or if you would like to plan an event,
contact KTB at <www.ktb.org> or
by e-mail at <hester@ktb.org>.
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