Abiy Berehe - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Updates

Presented at June 6-7 Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts Business Meeting

1. TCEQ Update
Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
June 7, 2024
Round Rock, Texas

2. Updates …
— Recent Staff Changes
— TCEQ Rulemaking
— Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee Activities
— Groundwater Management and
Performance Review
— Reminders

3. Recent Staff Changes
—Commissioner Catarina Gonzales was
appointed as TCEQ Commissioner on Feb
8, 2024
—Cindy Hooper – Groundwater Availability
Certification Rulemaking liaison

4. TCEQ Rulemaking
—Senate Bill 2440 - Groundwater
Availability Certification
—Proposal - May 10th
—Public Comment ends – June 25th
—Public Hearing – June 24th at 2:00pm
—House Bill 4256 - Leaking Water Wells
Grant Program
—TCEQ is actively working on the
rulemaking

5. Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee Activities
—Held as hybrid on April 24, 2024
—2023 Joint Groundwater Monitoring and
Contamination Report
—Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
– Report to the 89th
—Groundwater Assessment for the 2024
Texas Integrated Report

6. Groundwater Management
and Performance Review
—One GCD is presently out of compliance
—Priority Groundwater Management Areas and
Groundwater Conservation Districts, Report to the
89th Legislature
—Petition for Inquiry (Title 30 Texas Administrative
Code §293.23)
—None to report

7. Reminders……
— TCEQ Groundwater Conservation District
Registration Form – (TCEQ- 20867)
— Submit or Email to: [email protected]
— Any GCD related documents, send them
to the Water Availability Division

8. Contacts
Abiy Berehe
[email protected],
512-239-5480
Groundwater Planning and Assessment Team
Water Availability Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality