HOUSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday demanded that Texas immediately take steps to reissue Clean Water Act permits to some 80 facilities that have been operating without the necessary paperwork, a public request that signaled the latest round in a long battle. The EPA issued a news release with its request late Thursday, prompting a rapid back-and-forth with Texas environmental regulators. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality quickly put out a statement saying it had been cooperating with the EPA to resolve the problems and already had two proposals on the table. It accused the federal agency of deciding "to jump the gun prematurely with this notice."
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