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Railroad Commission Approves More Waste Disposal in East Texas

Inside Climate News · By Martha Pskowski · last updated
Oil and gas commissioners overruled the recommendations of technical staff, authorizing an oilfield waste site in Paxton, Texas. It is one of several proposed East Texas facilities that will accept waste from Louisiana.

By Martha Pskowski

After years of deliberations, the technical staff of the Texas Railroad Commission recommended that regulators deny a permit to dispose of oilfield waste in the small town of Paxton. But at the commission’s January open meeting, the elected commissioners voted 2-1 to approve the permit anyway.

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