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Formation of T.E.L.E.A.

  

T.E.L.E.A. is a 501(c)(3) organization developed by a group of environmental investigators from across Texas under the organizational drive of Barbara Foreman and Dale Burnette of the Special Investigations Section, TNRCC. By late 1997, it had become clear that the previous three years' efforts by the TNRCC, COGs, and local training academies were starting to pay off. By that time, nearly 400 officers from around the State had completed the TNRCC/Southern Environmental Enforcement Network's three-day training. Many others had completed one and two-day training events offered by other agencies. Recognizing that the time for a professional association had come, in December 1997, a small group of Texas officers, regulators, and policymakers met at the Austin Police Academy and began the process that has resulted in today's T.E.L.E.A.

Formal Organizational Objectives

 

  • Create a statewide network of technical and criminal environmental enforcement professionals.
  • Increase the utilization of traditional law enforcement officers in criminal environmental enforcement efforts.
  • Provide a forum for sharing information regarding changes in laws, regulatory policies, and technological developments in environmental law enforcement.
  • Increase education and professionalism in environmental law enforcement through training and certification.
  • Increase public awareness and support for criminal environmental law enforcement.

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Water

Water

Water

Water theft and pollution represent just a few of the many crimes committed against vital water resources, resulting in significant and often irreparable harm. These offenses take various forms and occur across numerous regions. 


Examples of specific criminal provisions related to water pollution include:

  • Discharging oil or hazardous substa

Water theft and pollution represent just a few of the many crimes committed against vital water resources, resulting in significant and often irreparable harm. These offenses take various forms and occur across numerous regions. 


Examples of specific criminal provisions related to water pollution include:

  • Discharging oil or hazardous substances
  • Failing to report oil and hazardous substance spills
  • Violating pretreatment standards by discharging to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW)
  • Tampering with monitoring equipment or methods

Pile of trash

Land

Water

Water

Land pollution mainly happens due to bad waste disposal, overusing chemical fertilizers and pesticides in farming, dumping industrial waste, mining, and cutting down forests, which all mess up the soil. To tackle this issue, we can focus on better waste management, encourage eco-friendly farming, enforce tougher rules on industrial waste, plant more trees, and boost recycling efforts. 

City Skyline covered in smog

Air

Water

Air

  

Examples of specific criminal provisions related to air pollution often include knowingly violating emission standards set by environmental laws. Such acts can include:

· Knowingly exceeding permitted pollutant levels.

· Tampering with pollution control equipment

· Failing to report emissions violations

· Intentionally releasing hazardous air pollutants without proper permits

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