For years, batch plants have taken a back seat to drum plants when it comes to increasing the amount of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) to mixes mainly because of the process itself. On drum plants, ...

Last week, the city passed an ordinance introducing restrictions for concrete batch plants in Dallas. Under it, new batch plants will require public hearings before the City Plan Commission and City ...

The federal agency launched the inquiry after complaints from the Harris County Attorney and Lone Star Legal Aid about how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues permits to plants that ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, facing pressure from local officials and a federal investigation into its permitting process, has proposed a series of regulatory changes that would ...

The developers picked this location because it's close to railroad tracks. It's also close to an elementary school.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is working on amendments to the air quality standard permit for concrete batch plants in the state. The first public meeting for this amendment ...

Children hold signs in opposition of a proposed concrete batch plant in northeast Harris County on April 6, 2022. ARLINGTON — Deirdre Diamond is frustrated and concerned that another concrete batch ...

Growing up in East Aldine, Shirley Ronquillo fondly remembers visits to James Driver Park. "This is where our families would come and have picnics and birthday parties," she said. "I grew up here." ...

Communities statewide have demanded that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strengthen environmental regulations for concrete batch plants, which combine raw materials such as sand, water ...

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