In addition to obtaining an air quality permit, Vulcan also must submit a Water Pollution Abatement Plan (WPAP) to TCEQ since the proposed quarry is located entirely over the environmentally sensitive Edwards Aquifer Zone, the primary source for over 1.7 million people, according to .Īccording to its company website, Vulcan is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates - primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel - and also is a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials, including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. (WPAP) that Vulcan was required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Recharge Zone and Watershed Protection Abatement Plans (WPAP) and Sewage Collection System (SCS) permits were developed and permitted through the TCEQ. Spokesperson David Drewa said “this fight is far from over.” In September, State Office on Administrative Hearings administrative law Judges Rebecca Smith and Victor Simonds determined Vulcan had met its burden of proof in the application process, and recommended that TCEQ issue a draft permit.įriends of Dry Comal Creek and other activist groups are challenging that ruling.
Vulcan Materials is seeking to turn the old Eric White ranch into a 1,500-acre limestone rock quarry and crushing plant near subdivisions with an estimated population of 12,000 people. Caves, fault lines and aquifers in jeopardy.
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The Geologic Assessment is an essential part of a Water Pollution Abatement Plan that is submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. They routinely work with many modeling programs including XP-SWMM - 1D/2D modeling, HEC-GeoRAS Steady and Unsteady, HEC-GeoHMS, StormCAD, GeoPAK Drainage, and HY-8. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for land development or other regulated activities over the recharge zone or contributing zone in accordance with 30 TAC Chapter 213. The TCEQ requires that field surveys be overseen by a Registered Professional Geoscientist (PG) and that a technical report be prepared and sealed by a PG. Our civil engineers have experience relevant to roadway design, street design, linear greenway trails, Natural Channel Design (NCD), Geomorphology, Hydraulic and Hydrologic analysis of drainage natural waterways and storm sewers, FEMA CLOMR and LOMR floodplain analyses, Water Pollution Abatement Plans (WPAP), Storm Water Management Plans (SWMP), detention and water quality basin design, as well as watershed and subwatershed studies in highly dense, urban environments. The firm has completed comprehensive drainage studies, floodplain analyses, and master plans for the San Antonio Salado Creek Watershed, Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Port San Antonio, and numerous other public and private land development projects. VICKREY brings extensive experience in hydrologic and hydraulic design, regional watershed master planning, FEMA floodplain analysis, mapping coordination and mitigation, surveying, USACE environmental permitting and coordination, and project management. In response, TCEQ Executive Director Mark Vickery backed the plaintiffs call for the agency to reconsider its approval, citing Zumwalts failure to formally notify San Antonio of the plans.