EPA backs Texas crude oil port over progressives’ objections

EPA’s Southwest Region 6 is formally recommending that the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) approve the construction of Texas GulfLink (TGL), a deepwater crude oil export facility off the coast of Brazoria County, TX, despite opposition from a range of environmental groups and progressive Democrats. The Oct. 25 recommendation follows EPA’s analysis of plans for the TGL deep-water port (DWP) under the Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA) and other laws. “EPA does not object to the...