ENVIRONMENT
Hockley residents raise environmental concerns with 82-acre development
BY JISHNU NAIR
construction company Jacob White Construction and CEO of property management company Live Lone Star, according to company websites. The Enclave Rose Hill is expected to break ground in the third quarter of 2022. DeAnn Thigpen, whose public relations rm represents Live Lone Star, provided a statement to Commu- nity Impact Newspaper . “We are committed to working with residents and being a part of the community,” Thigpen said. “We are continuing to have face-to-face meetings with neighbors surround- ing the various sides of the project, many who have been very under- standing and forthcoming about potential concerns.” The TCEQ provided responses to public comments in late April, and residents can le for a contested case hearing until May 30. Danielle Comeau, who has lived in the area for 20 years, said she is
Residents of the Three Pines sub- division in Hockley are protesting the pending approval of a wastewa- ter treatment plant and residential development set to go up near their homes in 2022, citing the plant’s discharge into Spring Creek, which they believe could a ect communi- ties downstream. The Texas Commission on Envi- ronmental Quality gave preliminary approval to the project despite listen- ing to complaints at a public hearing in February. The plant would treat domestic wastewater before discharg- ing it into Spring Creek, according to the permit’s application. FM 2920 Land Company Ltd. led the TCEQ application for the plant, which is intended to serve an 82-acre manufactured housing development known as The Enclave Rose Hill. The company is headed up by developer Je Mickler, president of Houston-area
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Trees are being cleared at a proposed wastewater treatment plant site in Hockley despite resident complaints and a pending approval of a nal decision from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Jishnu Nair/Community Impact Newspaper)
“frustrated” with the processes that allowed the projects to happen. “It just feels like these government agencies are trying to pass the buck when it comes to these processes,” Comeau said. “They’re supposed to be helping us.” Residents have also alleged the plant could damage several wetlands con- nected to water pathways, which are protected by the federal government.
In the TCEQ’s preliminary deci- sion, the agency said the plant was “not expected to have an e ect on any federal endangered or threat- ened aquatic or aquatic-dependent species or proposed species or their critical habitat.” Thigpen said the company con- ducted threatened and endangered species assessments as well as assess- ments of the area’s wetlands.
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