the border environment of texas with adjoining states in mexico: the good, the bad, and the ugly...
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The Border Environment of Texas with Adjoining States in Mexico: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Stephen M. Niemeyer, P.E.Border Affairs
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Things we will cover today
• Background• Border 101• Colonias
• Air• Regional Haze• El Paso Air Quality
• Water• Rio Grande
• Quantity, Quality• Waste
• Scrap Tires• Other
• Fracking• Emergency Response
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Border Background
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U.S.-Mexico Border: Border 2020 Regional Workgroups
Four-State Regional
Workgroup
Tri-State Regional
Workgroup
GULF TASK
FORCE
FALCON TASK
FORCE AMISTAD TASK
FORCE
California - Baja California
Arizona - Sonora
Colonias
Air
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Big Bend National Park—view from Dagger Mountain243 mile visual range
Big Bend National Park—view from Dagger Mountain12 mile visual range
Water
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Texas-Border Region with neighboring states & Rio Grande Basin
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Source: Center for Research in Water Resources, UT Austin
Santa Elena Canyon
Source: Texas Tribune Photo by: Jessica Lutz
Giant Cane (Arundo Donax)
Source: Texas Tribune Photo by: Jessica Lutz
Waste
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Tire Fire in Nuevo Laredo – May 28, 2014
Other
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Eagle Ford Shale
Emergency Response
¡Fín!
Stephen M. Niemeyer, P.E.Border Affairs Manager and Colonias CoordinatorTexas Commission on Environmental [email protected] 512-239-3606