TxSWANA Online Newsletter
August 2005

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Message from the President WASTECON will be in Austin in just a couple of months.  Many of your fellow chapter members and our local sponsors have been working hard . . . SMART:  Natural Hazards Life at the Landfill can be full of surprises. Not only do we get the unknown popping up in the trash or see the creative ways we can get in accidents, but Mother Nature likes to get in on the fun . . . Legislative Update:  79th Regular Session Wrap Up The 79th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature adjourned on May 30, 2005.  During the 140 day session, legislators managed to pass and send over 1,300 of the over 5,000 bills . . . Municipal Solid Waste Rules Rewrite Back in January, the TCEQ began work on revising the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) rules applicable to municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Texas.  The rules are contained . . . More Rules Changes:  MSW Standard Air Permit The TCEQ is creating a new municipal solid waste standard air permit (MSWSAP).  The MSWSAP, which will be contained in 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Subchapter U, is intended . . . News Briefs WasteCON Update:  Training Credits Approved by TCEQ, etc. TxSWANA RoadEO Schedule Membership Section Membership Info New TxSWANA Members Scholarship Update 2005 Jack C. Carmichael, P. E., Scholarships have been awarded to 6 individuals.