Houston Ship Channel Dioxin and PCBs TMDL Stakeholder Group

photo of specialized dioxin samplers
High-volume water samplers
for the dioxin project

About the Stakeholder Group

The Houston Ship Channel Dioxin and PCBs TMDL Stakeholder Group advises the TCEQ’s TMDL Program on its projects to reduce dioxin and PCB concentrations in the Houston Ship Channel. The group has balanced representation from government, permitted facilities, agriculture, business, environmental, and community interests in the Houston Ship Channel watershed.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council Exit the TCEQ is assisting the TCEQ with the meetings of this group.

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Scheduled Meetings

No meetings are currently scheduled.

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Meeting Summaries

The following documents are available in PDF. (Help with PDF.)

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Membership

Name Organization
Scott Aspelin Port of Houston
Chris Barry Harris County Pollution Control
Charles Beckman Harris County Pct. 2
Louis Brzuzy Shell Chemical
Ronald Crabtree City of Deer Park
Winston Denton Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.
Luke Giles Coastal Conservation Assoc. of Texas
Tracy Hester Bracewell-Patterson
Guy Jackson Coastal Oyster Lease Holders
Rory Lang City of Baytown
Ed Matuszak La Porte citizen
Sara Metzger City of Pasadena
Kristy Morten U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Juan Parras Unidos Contra Environmental Racism
Lial Tischler E. Harris Co. Manufacturers’ Assoc.
Jack Wahlstrom Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Auth.
Steve Weishar Greater Houston Partnership
John Westendorf Occidental Chemical Corp.
Kerry Whelan Reliant–HL & P
Kirk Wiles Texas Department of State Health Services
Bob Wood Donohue Industries

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Contact Information

For additional information regarding this committee, please call Earlene Lambeth at 512/239-3129. For technical information about this project, call Larry Koenig at 512/239-4533. Or e-mail Larry at lkoenig@tceq.state.tx.us and reference the Houston Ship Channel Dioxin project in the subject line.

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RELATED LINKS:

Total Maximum Daily Load Program: Improving Water Quality

Houston Ship Channel: A TMDL Project for Dioxin

Houston Ship Channel and Upper Galveston Bay: A TMDL Project for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Fish Tissue

Hydrography Maps and Data