Jon Niermann expects to assist project developers with permitting at Vinson & Elkins and to defend clients in enforcement actions.

The developer's CEO said if the city of Austin doesn't approve its Save Our Springs amendment request, it plans to disannex ...

As Lee County residents continue their fight to keep a compost facility out of the area two state representatives are lending ...

Fort Bend County officials and residents have won a small victory in their battle against an incoming concrete crushing plant ...

A concrete plant in Austin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it’s investigating the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s permitting process for concrete batch plants.

In 1984, while Ronald Reagan was securing a landslide reelection and Apple introduced the Macintosh, the Railroad Commission ...

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield ...

Vinson & Elkins has hired Jon Niermann, former chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), as a partner in its Austin office. Mr. Niermann is a longstanding public servant ...

This week the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting final comments on pending rulemaking (Rule Project Number 2024-027-113-AI) to establish new methane requirements for oil and ...

In its proposal to exclude eight counties from stricter federal pollution rules, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cited either bad air ... eight other counties — Travis (which includes ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the state’s environmental ... The commission also hosted an in-person comment session in Austin and a virtual comment session.