Maverick County receives Notice of Violation for used scrap tires storage
By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal Copyright 2015
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) issued a letter to Maverick County Commissioner of Precinct 2, Rosy Cantu, dated July 1, 2015, notifying her and Maverick County that they are in non-compliance with their Caballo Dorado Maverick County Farigrounds Facility being used as a used scrap tires storage facility because it violates TCEQ environmental rules and creates a nuisance and an endangerment to human health, welfare, and the environment.
The TCEQ letter was written by Arnaldo Lanese, Section Manager of the Laredo Office of TCEQ. A copy of the letter was forwarded to Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo.
TCEQ received a complaint on April 27, 2015 regarding the use of the Caballo Dorado Maverick County Fairgrounds as a scrap tire storage facility. TCEQ Investigator Jose Salinas, Jr. did an investigation of the Caballo Dorado Maverick County Fairgrounds Facility on May 7, 2015.
Salinas found over 10,000 used scrap tires being stored at the Caballo Dorado Maverick County Fairgrounds as well as household waste disposed there.
TCEQ found that Maverick County has failed to prevent the disposal of municipal solid waste and requested Maverick County to correct the violation by no later than September 28, 2015. The letter states that the storage of used scrap tires and disposal of household waste at the County Facility creates a nuisance and an endangerment to human health, welfare, and the environment.
