June 2023 TCEQ Updates - Abiy Berehe

1. TCEQ Update
Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
June 6, 2023
Pflugerville, Texas

2. Updates …
 Recent Staff Changes
 Sunset and the 88th Legislature
 Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee Activities
 Groundwater Management
Performance Review
 Reminders

3. Recent Staff Changes
 Kelly Mills is now the new Deputy
Director for the Water Quality Planning
Division
 Brent Wade, Deputy Executive
Director has retired
 Steven Schar will serve as Interim Deputy
Executive Director

4. Sunset and the 88th Legislature
 TCEQ’s Sunset bill was passed in both
houses and sent to the governor for his
signature
 Tracked several pieces of legislation
 Senate Bill 2440
 House Bill 4256

5. Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee Activities
 Held as hybrid on April 19, 2023
 Approved two white papers
 Agency Legislative Roundtable
Discussions at its upcoming meeting on
July 12, 2023
 Published the 2022 Joint Groundwater
Monitoring and Contamination Report

6. Groundwater Management
Performance Review
 Three GCDs are presently out of compliance
 Petition for Inquiry (Title 30 Texas Administrative
Code §293.23) - Saratoga Undergroundwater
Conservation District
 Petitioner retracted their Petition for Inquiry
 TCEQ removed the item from the Commission's
docket

7. GCD Registration Form
 TCEQ Groundwater Conservation District
Registration Form – (TCEQ- 20867)
 Recently updated the GCD Registration
Form
 Submit or Email to: GPAT@tceq.texas.gov
 Any GCD related documents, send them
to Water Availability Division

8. Contacts
Abiy Berehe
abiy.berehe@tceq.texas.gov, 512-239-5480
Groundwater Planning and Assessment Team
Water Availability Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality