Just about all kinds of illegal dumping can be controlled by local governments, including sloppy oil and gas waste hauling as shown here in Jim Wells County. Local governments in the oil patch can exercise criminal enforcement powers to keep their communities clean (shown here: multiple criminal violations of Texas Water Code Chapter 29, handled at the county level). Classes on this and other kinds of dumping provide continuing education credits to code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians (approved by the Department of State Health Services) and peace officers (TCLEOSE). Here are the subjects our classes cover.
Other Nuisance Violations
Or maybe your community is struggling with how to proceed following the Texas Supreme Court's ruling in City of Dallas v. Stewart. Our class on dealing with substandard structure and all other forms of ordinance abatement will give you a 22-step way to proceed with preparing cases for review and prosecution by your city or county attorney. Click on the link above to download and read the full decision of the court.
Local Control of Illegal Dumping
The Texas 2012 Edition of this book is temporarily out-of-print while we make some additions. Please watch this space for availability ... should be pretty soon.
The Texas 2012 Edition of this book is temporarily out-of-print while we make some additions. Please watch this space for availability ... should be pretty soon.
Cleaning Up Your Community: Citizens Guide to Local Enforcement
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Download a free copy of this book by clicking here.
Buy a Book ... or get one free!
We sell one book and give away a .pdf of another for free. The one we sell, Local Control of Illegal Dumping, is the standard field guide used by Texas officers. The free .pdf is about 100 pages long and is a good summary of the enforcement options available to local cities and counties. Together they provide virtually all of the information governments and citizens need to fight pollution with local resources.
We sell one book and give away a .pdf of another for free. The one we sell, Local Control of Illegal Dumping, is the standard field guide used by Texas officers. The free .pdf is about 100 pages long and is a good summary of the enforcement options available to local cities and counties. Together they provide virtually all of the information governments and citizens need to fight pollution with local resources.
Hosting a class in your city is easy and makes great economic sense, especially with today's tight budgets. This might be the easiest and least expensive way to assure that your officers get the information, and continuing education hours, they need.
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Laws and Other Resources
Looking for copies of the most frequently used anti-pollution laws or need other resources to become better informed or to do a better job? Here we post copies of relevant laws and rules, discussion papers on various topics, presentations, and our popular field guides for officers and officials. Feel free to download and use this material to fight local pollution with local resources.
Frequently used environmental laws
Additional useful resources
Looking for copies of the most frequently used anti-pollution laws or need other resources to become better informed or to do a better job? Here we post copies of relevant laws and rules, discussion papers on various topics, presentations, and our popular field guides for officers and officials. Feel free to download and use this material to fight local pollution with local resources.
Frequently used environmental laws
Additional useful resources
Please feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions on illegal dumping or other forms of pollution, to discuss the political issues that surround local empowerment, to send us pictures of dumping, or just to have a private conversation about a situation. The people working on these issues around our state are absolutely amazing, and we love to hear from you. So tell us about your successes and challenges, and maybe we can help. My email address is ockels@tidrc.com