TCEQ permits one Houston co.’s Gulf Coast plant, fines another

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a pair of decisions last week impacting Houston companies and the oil and gas industry on Texas’ Gulf Coast.

During a phone conference on April 8, the TCEQ granted an air quality permit to Annova LNG, one of three Houston-based companies that have proposed liquefied natural gas facilities at the Port of Brownsville. The TCEQ granted the permit despite objections of the nearby cities of Port Isabel and South Padre Island, which wanted a hearing…