Triple PG - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/triple-pg/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:51:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Triple PG - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/triple-pg/ 32 32 103504436 TCEQ Investigates Exposed Pipelines at Porter Sand Mine, Finds More Alleged Violations https://houstonnewmedia.org/tceq-investigates-exposed-pipelines-at-porter-sand-mine-finds-more-alleged-violations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tceq-investigates-exposed-pipelines-at-porter-sand-mine-finds-more-alleged-violations Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:51:54 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53452 9/5/25 – The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has completed investigating exposed pipelines carrying highly volatile liquids at a sand mine in Porter operated by Texas Frac Sand Materials Inc. TCEQ documented the pipeline issue and referred it to the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates pipelines in the state. As of this writing, […]

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]]> 1021438 Triple PG Sand-Mine Lawsuit Slides to Year 7 as Problems Get Worse https://houstonnewmedia.org/triple-pg-sand-mine-lawsuit-slides-to-year-7-as-problems-get-worse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triple-pg-sand-mine-lawsuit-slides-to-year-7-as-problems-get-worse Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:40:11 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53055 8/14/25 – A State of Texas lawsuit against the Triple PG sand mine that began in 2019 will now be tried, at the earliest, in 2026. Meanwhile problems at the mine have gotten worse. Breaches in their dikes that triggered the lawsuit have recurred. And five pipelines carrying highly volatile liquids (HVL) are now exposed […]

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]]> 1006740 Five Highly-Volatile-Liquid Pipelines Exposed at Triple PG Mine on Caney Creek https://houstonnewmedia.org/five-highly-volatile-liquid-pipelines-exposed-at-triple-pg-mine-on-caney-creek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-highly-volatile-liquid-pipelines-exposed-at-triple-pg-mine-on-caney-creek Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:13:27 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52741 7/24/25 – Five pipelines carrying highly volatile liquids (HVLs) have become exposed and undermined by erosion associated with sand-mining activity near Caney Creek in Porter. Some of the pipelines have been shored up. Others hang suspended in mid-air. See below. This is not the miner’s first tangle with pipelines. In 2020, miners exposed a Kinder […]

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]]> 994143 Triple PG Sand Mine Trial Delays Total 5 Years Now https://houstonnewmedia.org/triple-pg-sand-mine-trial-delays-total-5-years-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triple-pg-sand-mine-trial-delays-total-5-years-now Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:22:36 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=45438 June 5, 2024 – The Triple PG sand mine trial, originally scheduled for 2020, has been rescheduled yet again for March 2025 – a five year delay and counting. A new schedule shows the Texas Attorney General lawsuit against the Triple PG sand mine in Porter may go to a jury on March 24, 2025. […]

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]]> 778088 Royal Pines Builds Stormwater Detention Basin, But… https://houstonnewmedia.org/royal-pines-builds-stormwater-detention-basin-but/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=royal-pines-builds-stormwater-detention-basin-but Sun, 26 Feb 2023 03:44:08 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=37893 The controversial new Royal Pines subdivision that flooded a neighbor four times in two months has finally built a stormwater detention basin. The good news: The basin should capture water flowing from one direction toward the neighbor. The bad news: The height of the berm around the pond could back up water from the opposite […]

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]]> 556385 Triple PG Wastewater Apparently Killing Trees on Neighboring Property https://houstonnewmedia.org/triple-pg-wastewater-apparently-killing-trees-on-neighboring-property/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triple-pg-wastewater-apparently-killing-trees-on-neighboring-property Mon, 06 Jun 2022 20:59:00 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33032 Despite multiple reprimands from the TCEQ and a lawsuit by the Texas Attorney General, the Triple PG mine apparently continues to discharge process wastewater onto neighboring properties. Photos taken on 5/4/22 show those neighboring properties under water despite unusually dry weather and record heat recently. Those same properties were not flooded just days after Tropical […]

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]]> 346383 Triple PG Sand Mine Case Finally Starting Discovery https://houstonnewmedia.org/triple-pg-sand-mine-case-finally-starting-discovery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triple-pg-sand-mine-case-finally-starting-discovery Fri, 27 May 2022 21:56:21 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32856 Discovery will soon begin in the Texas Attorney General’s case against the Triple PG sand mine in Porter. The AG is suing the mine on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). TCEQ investigations documented repeated breaches of the mine’s dikes over a period of several years prior to filing the lawsuit. The […]

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]]> 340253 Royal Pines Goes Pineless https://houstonnewmedia.org/royal-pines-goes-pineless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=royal-pines-goes-pineless Sun, 15 May 2022 21:12:47 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32634 About a month after it began, the developers of Royal Pines have cleared a swath of trees about 1,000 feet wide and a half mile long. Photos Taken 5/15/22 Clearing Started Before Permits Issued Plans Show 80+ Homes in Pre-Atlas 14 Floodplain The following links will show you the general plan and layouts for the […]

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]]> 328196 Digest: Updates on Six Lake Houston Area Flood-Related Stories https://houstonnewmedia.org/digest-updates-on-six-lake-houston-area-flood-related-stories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=digest-updates-on-six-lake-houston-area-flood-related-stories Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:46:40 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27581 Below is a quick digest of six flood-related stories affecting the Lake Houston Area. Dredging is a Slow Go Mechanical dredgers are slowly working their way through the channel south of Royal Shores. It connects the East and West Forks of the San Jacinto. Without dredging, the dredging equipment itself would not be able to […]

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]]> 149748 Daredevils at Triple PG Mine Continue to Push Safety Envelope https://houstonnewmedia.org/daredevils-at-triple-pg-mine-continue-to-push-safety-envelope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daredevils-at-triple-pg-mine-continue-to-push-safety-envelope Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:29:48 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=23166 Two daredevil sand mining companies, Triple PG Sand Development, LLC and Texas Concrete, have stepped up their efforts to mine sand between pipelines that carry natural gas and highly volatile liquids. AG Lawsuit Filed in 2019 In October of last year, the Texas Attorney General sued the Triple PG mine in Porter for up to […]

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