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Water Commission Right in Denying Permits
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb07385.x
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , slurry , waste management , commission , groundwater , environmental science , executive order , resource conservation and recovery act , boiling , business , environmental engineering , law , engineering , political science , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , finance , organic chemistry
United Resource Recovery Inc. (URR) proposed to build a hazardous waste disposal facility with two components: (1) a surface facility where liquid hazardous wastes would be blended with fly ash and a secret catalyst to create a slurry and (2) leached‐out caverns in the Boiling Salt Dome into which the slurry would be injected for storage. After numerous proceedings, the Texas Water Commission issued an order denying all permit applications because URR had failed to show groundwater would be protected if the slurry was deposited in the wells. A trial court affirmed the order.