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TCEQ Organization Map

Organization map of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

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Download a PDF of our TCEQ Organization Chart or a text version of the chart. Go to the TCEQ Directory.

TCEQ Organizational Chart Commissioners: Bryan W. Shaw, Ph.D., Chairman; Buddy Garcia; Carlos Rubinstein Office of the Governor for the State of Texas General Counsel Public Interest Counsel Chief Auditor Chief Clerk Executive Director Agency Communications Intergovernmental Relations Small Business and Environmental Assistance Office of Administrative Services Financial Administration Human Resources and Staff Development Information Resources Support Services Budget and Planning Chief Engineer's Office Air Quality Toxicology Office of Compliance and Enforcement Enforcement Remediation Field Operations Support Field Operations Central Texas Field Operations Coastal and East Texas Field Operations North Central and West Texas Office of Legal Services Environmental Law General Law Litigation Office of Waste Air Permits Permitting and Registration Support Waste Permits Radioactive Materials Office of Water Water Planning Water Quality Field Operations Border & Permian Basin Water Supply Chief Financial Officer Office of Air Water Availability / Critical Infrastructure

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Office of Administrative Services
This office serves and supports agency personnel and external customers, supplying the essential administrative infrastructure required to maintain business operations.
Office of Air
This office oversees all of our air permitting activities.
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
This office enforces compliance with the state’s environmental laws, responds to emergencies and natural disasters that threaten human health and the environment, oversees dam safety and watermaster programs, and monitors air quality within Texas. In addition, the office oversees the operations of 16 regional and two special-project offices across the state.
Office of Legal Services
This office manages legal services for the agency in environmental law, enforcement litigation, bankruptcy, and general agency operations. The office gives legal counsel and support to the executive director, the agency programs, and—along with the general counsel and the public interest counsel—the commissioners. The office ensures that commission decisions follow the law, and that rules we develop comply with statutory authority and are applied consistently.
Office of Waste
This office implements federal and state laws related to the regulation of aboveground and underground petroleum storage tanks (PSTs); generation, treatment, storage, and disposal of municipal, industrial, low-level radioactive, and hazardous wastes; and the recovery and processing of uranium and disposal of byproduct. It also oversees state cleanup of contaminated sites.
Office of Water
This office works toward clean and available water and is responsible for all aspects of planning, permitting, and monitoring to protect the state's water resources.
Office of the Chief Engineer
This office develops and implements statewide and regional plans, rules, strategies, and technical guidance to attain quality standards for air.
Office of the Commissioners
Three full-time commissioners are appointed by the governor to establish overall agency direction and policy, and to make final determinations on contested permitting and enforcement matters.
Office of the Executive Director
The executive director, who is hired by the commissioners, is responsible for managing the agency's day-to-day operations.
TCEQ Organization Chart (Text Version)
Download this text listing of the agency's organization.
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Last Modified Mon, 13 Feb 2012
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