TCEQ DFW Clean Air Public Meeting

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will be hosting a public meeting to discuss the New DFW Clean Air Plan next Thursday, June 24th, at Arlington City Hall (same location as the March ozone hearing) from 7-9pm. This meeting is being organized because DFW violated the federal smog/ozone standard last summer, and the TCEQ is responsible to create a plan to bring our area back into attainment. This meeting will allow North Texans to ask questions and offer suggestions on HOW and WHAT to include in this New DFW Clean Air Plan. Our message is simple: Citizens Demand the Same Pollution Controls for Industry as for Our Autos!
What Should the New Plan Accomplish?

Adopt all the recommendations from the 2006 local clean air committee that were dumped by the state four years ago. (YES, most of this same clean air planning work has been done before and was rejected by Austin/TCEQ!)

Crackdown on industry as much as my car. Demand 90% controls on coal, kilns and gas. (The industrial technology exists and is in USE across the country/world, just not in TX.)

Do more than the minimum. No more paper exercises. Go further than required. (We’re looking for more than a “goal seek” solution.)

Aim the plan where smog pollution is worst: Tarrant, Denton, Wise, and Parker Counties. (Asthma rates for children under 14 are THREE TIMES HIGHER (22%) in western DFW area than across the state of TX!)

There’s a pre-meeting meetup at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop (510 E. Abram St, 3 blks from City Hall) at 6pm for anyone interested. Get your tacos and beer buzz on to get you in the mood!

For more information or to carpool, please contact the North Central Texas Clean Air Task Force: dfwsip@gmail.com or 972.230.3185.