Water Development Board

Founded in 1993, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an agency that is responsible for the protection of the state s human and natural resources. The agency has a work force of more than 2,500 employees and maintains over 15 regional offices. It administers the Office of Permitting and Registration, which is responsible for the implementation of the federal and state laws and regulations governing various aspects of permitting for air, water and waste programs. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality coordinates several programs related to recycling, remediation, and improving air and water quality. The agency coordinates the Texas Clean School Bus program, which is designed to improve the health of school children and bus drivers by reducing emissions of diesel exhaust from school buses. It also issues licenses for landscape irrigation programs, wastewater operators and on-site sewage facilities.