'I'm not here to vilify industry. I'm here to ask why the burden of environmental policing falls on the people who live next door to it. We're told that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality exists to protect our air, water and communities. But what happens when that protection is delayed, diluted or delegated?'
Those were the words of Timothy Ruggiero at the TCEQ public hearing on air quality standards for the proposed 100X Concrete Batch Plant at 10400 Osburn Road.
That site, which sits near Highpoint Performance Horses and Texas Tulips, also abuts the Running Springs neighborhood where Timothy and his wife Christine Ruggiero live.
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