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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality determined as early as Feb. 12 that the substance found in Skull Creek following a Feb. 8 discharge created conditions that “are an imminent threat and substantial endangerment to human health and/or the environment,” according to a letter from a TCEQ official to owners of Inland Recycling, LLC.
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COLUMBUS — Inland Environmental has proposed a dam along Skull Creek to stop alleged pollution from their Altair site, according to sources familiar with the investigation in to two incidents of pollution along the creek.
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COLUMBUS — A report from Inland Environmental obtained by the Colorado County Citizen under the Texas Public Information Act claims that an algae bloom or “activity of anaerobic digestion,” may be responsible for the oily, black chemical and pungent smell found at Skull Creek in early February and again in mid-March.
Read moreCOLUMBUS — The Colorado County Commissioners Court voted Monday to approve two compromise and settlement agreements and quitclaim deeds related to County Road 79. The county was sued over whether
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ALTAIR—The bureaucratic malaise of the ongoing Skull Creek investigation is raising concern among local officials involved in another environmental issue centered around the small community of Altair: the ongoing battle over the permit application
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A federal drug fugitive with a 21-year-old warrant was apprehended in Eagle Lake Monday, according to reports from the Eagle Lake Police Department.
Read moreCOLUMBUS — The Colorado County Commissioners Court on Monday approved three new assistant medical directors for the Colorado County EMS.
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