Public Hearing Important For LCRA Permit Request

To the Editor:

We residents of Fayette County are asked to respond to the TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) if we believe it’s harmful to local water resources and wildlife for LCRA to apply for a permit to change pollution discharges at the Fayette Power Project.

According to the Record (Friday, Oct. 10), “LCRA requested the same changes back in 2022. At that time then-County Judge Joe Weber called for LCRA and TCEQ to ensure citizens that the changes would not negatively affect the local environment. LCRA later withdrew the permit application.”

Fayette County Judge Dan Mueller in that same Record story says the changes include “selenium that can be toxic to aquatic life and humans. Runoff enters Cedar Creek and its various tributaries before eventually discharging into the Colorado River below La Grange.”

For residents who want to respond and ask for a public hearing, the TCEQ Permit Number is WQ0002105000.

Online address: tceq.texas. gov Top bar—search tab; then write ecomments. Then select first choice “Submit Public Comments with your reasons for a public hearing.

TCEQ Telephone Number (512) 605-9623 Judge Mueller contends that “the public hearing will ensure that residents, local officials and other stakeholders have an opportunity to express their concerns, ask questions and receive accurate information about the proposed changes and their potential effects.”

In his letter to LCRA, the county judge also says the public hearing is of Fayette County and the surrounding region.”

Virginia Leech La Grange