Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Civil Judgments Issued
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 29 Nov 2023This is data represented in the Annual Enforcement Report, pursuant to Texas Water Code Section 5.126, and published each December following the end of the fiscal year. If administrative orders and penalties issued by the TCEQ do not achieve environmental compliance, the agency may refer the matter to the Office of the Attorney General for civil enforcement.
This dataset has the following 12 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program | program | text | TCEQ regulatory program area | MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AIR QUALITY MULTI-MEDIA PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS view top 100 |
| Case No. | case_no | text | A system generated number used to uniquely identify a specific enforcement action | 49998 51914 45890 41707 55674 view top 100 |
| District Court Docket No. | district_court_docket_no | text | A unique number assigned to a civil judgment by a District Court for tracking purposes. This is used for Cases that have been referred to the Attorney General's Office. | D-1-GN-14-003376 D-1-GN-19-001795 D-1-GN-18-002771 2014-35385 2014-39586 view top 100 |
| Customer Name | respondent_name | text | Customer name of the legal entity (Defendant) associated to the civil judgment | TEXAS RAIN HOLDING COMPANY, INC. SUBURBAN UTILITY CO MAGELLAN TERMINALS HOLDINGS, L.P. NORMAN BARNETT ACCENT DEVELOPERS LLC view top 100 |
| TCEQ ID | tceq_id | text | Additional ID associated with the regulated entity. A denormalized system-generated identifier, from a referenced entity in another application area, with a removed relationship. | 0 ZBA001A 1690007 1010111 1190005 view top 100 |
| County | county | text | County where regulated entity (facility, site, plant, etc.) is located | HARRIS ECTOR *MULTIPLE BEXAR HIDALGO view top 100 |
| Judgment Date | order_date | calendar_date | Date the Civil Judgment became effective | 2016-05-23T00:00:00.000 2020-06-10T00:00:00.000 2018-01-10T00:00:00.000 2021-09-02T00:00:00.000 2016-11-09T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Penalty Assessed | penalty_assessed | number | Total amount of penalties (in dollars) that was assessed in the judgment | 0 30000 10000 50000 5000 view top 100 |
| Penalty Deferred | penalty_deferred | number | Portion of the Penalty Assessed amount that was deferred contingent upon compliance with the judgment | 0 5663 7500 8640 10000 view top 100 |
| Payable Amount | payable_amount | number | Portion of the Penalty Assessed amount that was required to be paid (minus any Deferred amount) | 0 10000 30000 5000 20000 view top 100 |
| Attorney Fees | attorney_fees | number | Amount that the Defendant (customer) is ordered to pay for attorneys' fees | 5000 0 10000 2000 7500 view top 100 |
| Court Costs | court_costs | number | Amount that the Defendant (customer) is ordered to pay to cover court costs | 0 268 275 281 290 view top 100 |