TEXAS AND IT'S INDUSTRY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDOUS POLLUTING LAWS
January 2, 2011
Howdy Bay Area Neighbors,
Wasn't it refreshing to read the headlines in the City and State section of the Chronicle Friday December 31, 2010. Three headlines caught my eye. First was 'Texas tries again to foil EPA, second was 'Downpour Sends raw sewage into bayou', and the third was 'Decision to expand dump put on hold'. Puts a light on where we're headed in 2011. More nuke waste material in Texas, More shit in Galveston Bay, and even more shit from the EPA and Austin. Maybe we can redirect Buffalo Bayou and the Nuke waste dump to the Governors office. well, it's just a thought. ...
Buffalo Bayou sewage repairs may take 3 weeks Pipes break from downpour's load
By ALLAN TURNER HOUSTON CHRONICLE Dec. 31, 2010, 9:13AM
City workers on Thursday began assessing damage to a maze of sewer pipes that, gorged with water from heavy rains, spewed more than 100,000 gallons of raw sewage into Buffalo Bayou.
Public works spokesman Alvin Wright said it may take as long as three weeks to repair the damage, but sewer customers should not be inconvenienced in the process.
"They can still flush," Wright said. ...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7360522.html
Texas tries again to foil EPA It asks federal appeals court to stop takeover of rules for permits
By MATTHEW TRESAUGUE HOUSTON CHRONICLE Dec. 30, 2010, 9:09PM
Texas took another swing Thursday at the EPA, asking a federal appeals court to block the agency from seizing the state's authority to regulate the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
The latest legal move comes three days before new nationwide regulations for emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases take effect. Texas is the only state to refuse to implement the rules.
The Texas petition to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia accuses the Environmental Protection Agency of abusing its powers by taking control of the permitting program without proper public notice. The EPA made the unilateral move Dec. 23.
"Once again, the federal government is overreaching and improperly intruding upon the state of Texas and its legal rights," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a statement. Typically, the federal government delegates implementation of Clean Air Act rules to the states....
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7360473.html
Judge orders halt to radioactive waste dump By JAY ROOT © 2010 The Associated Press
Dec. 30, 2010, 5:11PM
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge ordered a temporary halt Thursday to a proposal that could allow three dozen states to dump their radioactive waste in far West Texas, a ruling that sided with environmentalists and caught the state attorney general's office off guard.
State District Judge Jon Wisser issued a temporary restraining order against the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission, which is scheduled to vote Jan. 4 on rules that could expand how much waste could be processed at a dump in remote Andrews County.
The injunction was issued in the judge's courtroom late Thursday morning, shortly after environmentalists filed the request, with nobody there representing the commission. A few minutes later, shocked lawyers from the Texas Attorney General's Office — which hadn't been officially notified of the pending court action — showed up and convinced the judge to order a new hearing on the injunction.
The hearing is set for Monday in Austin, one day before the commission's scheduled vote. ....
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7360256.html
Friday, December 24, 2010
TEXAS NUCLEAR DUMP VOTE SET AMID HOLIDAY RUSH THANKS TO GOVERNOR RICK PERRY
NUCLEAR DUMP VOTE SET AMID HOLIDAY RUSH
CRITICS PROTEST TIMING OF MEETING ON 38-STATE WASTE FACILITY IN TEXAS
http://sciencebushwhacked.blogspot.com/2010/12/texas-nuclear-dump-vote-set-amid.html
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008
TEXAS WINS TO BE NEXT BIG DUMPING GROUND FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS RADIOACTIVE WASTE
(see photo's)
http://sciencebushwhacked.blogspot.com/2008/07/texas-wins-to-be-next-big-dumping.html
Monday, July 5, 2010
B.P. Gulf Oil Spill Tar Balls Hit Texas Beaches Galveston and Bolivar
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2010/07/gulf-oil-spill-tar-balls-hit-texas.html
Thursday, August 5, 2010
DEAD ZONES IN THE GULF AND GALVESTON BAY, NORTH AND SOUTH BACLIFF, SAN LEON, SHORELINE
flounders and stingrays floating belly up north and south of spillway part outlet.
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2010/08/dead-zones-in-gulf-and-galveston-bay.html
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
TROUBLED WATERS
(DEAD DOLPHIN washed up on rocks in backyard, on Galveston Bay, in Bacliff, Texas 77518)
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2008/08/troubled-waters.html
Saturday, July 19, 2008
GALVESTON BAY, swimming with the dolphins, PCBs, and FECAL MATTER
Greetings again kind friends and neighbors. ...
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2008/07/galveston-bay-swimming-with-dolphins.html
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/
December 20, 2010
Don’t Trash Texas— Unless You Pay Perry $1.1 Million A billionaire gives the governor $500,000 more to make Texas the nation’s nuclear waste dump.
http://info.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/pdf/SimmonsNukeImport.pdf
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/12/rick-perrys-nuclear-money-mach.html
Terry S Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Monday, July 5, 2010
B.P. Gulf Oil Spill Tar Balls Hit Texas Beaches Galveston and Bolivar
GALVESTON, Texas, July 5, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Tar Balls Hit Texas Beaches
State Says Responders Have Recovered About 35 Gallons of Waste Material Tainted by Oil on Beaches
(AP) A top Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill have been found on state beaches, marking the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has now reached all the Gulf states.
Special Section: Disaster in the Gulf
http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-201_162-558.html
Gulf Oil Spill Tar Balls Hit Texas Beaches
State Says Responders Have Recovered About 35 Gallons of Waste Material Tainted by Oil on Beaches
(AP) A top Texas official said Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill have been found on state beaches, marking the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has now reached all the Gulf states.
Special Section: Disaster in the Gulf
http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-201_162-558.html
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said two crews were removing tar balls found on the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island on Sunday.
"We've said since day one that if and when we have an impact from Deepwater Horizon, it would be in the form of tarballs," Patterson said in a news release. "This shows that our modeling is accurate. Any Texas shores impacted by the Deepwater spill will be cleaned up quickly and BP will be picking up the tab."
The state said responders have recovered about 35 gallons of waste material tainted by the oil from the two sites.
Signs of landfall by oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill had previously only been reported in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
The distance between the western-most reach of the spill in Texas and the eastern-most reports of oil in Florida is about 550 miles.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/05/national/main6649045.shtml
oh hell,
I see right out of the starting gates they are wanting to blame the tankers on bringing this B.P. oil globs to our Texas beaches. so, back to my question (part of this was omitted in the Galveston Daily News comment submission that was published due to comment length limit), BUT WHAT ABOUT Galveston Bay and all it's estuaries ?
tarball...(flounder)
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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
T o:
Cc: letters@galvnews.com
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:24 AM
Subject: do we need an Ike dike, or a BP dike ?
WHAT (if any), is the contingency plan we have to keep that BP oil from getting into Galveston Bay, and all it's estuary's, if it heads our way, and threatens our coast ?
PLEASE NOTE ; the booms do not seem to be working. I have seen them broke up and beached, with oil soaked birds trying to stay afloat on them. we know the entrance between the jetties can be a rough one, sometimes on a calm day, as with San Luis Pass.
SO what is the contingency plan to protect the cuts coming into Galveston bay, and keep the BP oil, or any oil, from entering ?
OUR BEACHES would be very vulnerable too, so another question would be, what is the contingency plan to keep the BP oil off our beaches from High Islands, to Corpus, and beyond, IF the oil was to come our way? the surf would break up any booms, so what plan is it you have for the beaches as well ?
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Subject: do we need an Ike dike, or a BP dike ?
WHAT (if any), is the contingency plan we have to keep that BP oil from getting into Galveston Bay, and all it's estuary's, if it heads our way, and threatens our coast ?
PLEASE NOTE ; the booms do not seem to be working. I have seen them broke up and beached, with oil soaked birds trying to stay afloat on them. we know the entrance between the jetties can be a rough one, sometimes on a calm day, as with San Luis Pass.
SO what is the contingency plan to protect the cuts coming into Galveston bay, and keep the BP oil, or any oil, from entering ?
OUR BEACHES would be very vulnerable too, so another question would be, what is the contingency plan to keep the BP oil off our beaches from High Islands, to Corpus, and beyond, IF the oil was to come our way? the surf would break up any booms, so what plan is it you have for the beaches as well ?
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Galveston Daily News
Letters to the Editor
May 28, 2010
How Would We Deal With An Oil Spill Here?
Do we need an Ike dike, or a BP dike?
I watch in misery as I see what is happening to our kind neighbors to the east of us, and think to myself, there, but for the grace of God, go we.
All that would have to happen is a change in wind pattern or weather pattern and BP’s God-awful mess could be at our doorsteps in a minute.
What, if any, is the contingency plan to keep that BP oil from getting into Galveston Bay and all its estuaries, if it heads our way? Will the ship channel and cuts be closed to seal off the bay?
Our beaches would be vulnerable, too. What is the contingency plan to keep the BP oil off our beaches from High Island to Corpus Christi and beyond, if the oil were to come our way?
If an oil dispersant is used, how would we keep that from coming into Galveston Bay, and what harm is it to humans and wildlife, including fish?
These are just a few of many questions I would like answered before the BP oil slick, or any oil slick, is seen off our coast, not after it comes ashore.
Terry Singeltary Sr. Bacliff
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b8f097d3ec4f9965
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION ;
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
To:
Cc: letters@galvnews.com
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:24 AM
Subject: do we need an Ike dike, or a BP dike ?
Greetings Mr. Taylor and The Galveston Daily News et al !
I have a few questions please, that I think someone needs to answer for the public.
I watch in misery and pain as I see what is happening to our Kind Neighbors to the East of us, and on around the Gulf Coast to Florida, and think to myself, there for the Grace of God, are us. all that would have to happen is a change in wind pattern, and or weather pattern, or maybe even an early tropical storm coming in from the Florida keys from east to west across the gulf. any of these scenario's would put that God awful mess at our door steps in a minute.
WHAT (if any), is the contingency plan we have to keep that BP oil from getting into Galveston Bay, and all it's estuary's, if it heads our way, and threatens our coast ?
PLEASE NOTE ; the booms do not seem to be working. I have seen them broke up and beached, with oil soaked birds trying to stay afloat on them. we know the entrance between the jetties can be a rough one, sometimes on a calm day, as with San Luis Pass.
SO what is the contingency plan to protect the cuts coming into Galveston bay, and keep the BP oil, or any oil, from entering ?
OUR BEACHES would be very vulnerable too, so another question would be, what is the contingency plan to keep the BP oil off our beaches from High Islands, to Corpus, and beyond, IF the oil was to come our way? the surf would break up any booms, so what plan is it you have for the beaches as well ?
IF OIL DISPERSANTS are used, how would we keep that from coming into Galveston Bay, and what harm would it be to our wildlife and fishing in general ?
THESE are just a few of many questions myself, and I am sure others would like to have answered, BEFORE the BP oil slick, or any oil slick, is seen off our coast. NOT after it is seen.
I am sure, somewhere there is a contingency plan. I am sure it is published somewhere, I would hope so anyway, and we should all have a copy of it for scrutiny, in case it is not sufficient to protect our Galveston Bay, and our Beaches. ...
sincerely concerned,
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
Sunday, May 30, 2010
DO WE NEED AN IKE DIKE, OR A B.P. DIKE, OR BOTH
Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2010/05/do-we-need-ike-dike-or-bp-dike-or-both.html
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
OFFICIALS CLAIM PLAN IS IN PLACE IF OIL HITS TEXAS BEACHES Officials:
Plan in place if oil hits Texas beaches
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2010/06/officials-claim-plan-is-in-place-if-oil.html
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2010/06/officials-claim-plan-is-in-place-if-oil.html
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Will Bacterial Plague Follow Crude Oil Spill Along Gulf Coast?
http://galvestonbay.blogspot.com/2010/06/will-bacterial-plague-follow-crude-oil.html
Governor Perry comments ;
"I want to assure Texans we are taking aggressive actions." ...end
let's hope so. i have my doubts though. ...tarball (flounder)
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
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