What's New:
Release of Videos on Land Acquisitions
TCEQ Executive Director Baker is pleased to announce the release of videos highlighting the purchase of land for conservation purposes. These purchases were funded by grants Texas received from RESTORE Bucket 2, as well as funds from criminal penalties assessed on responsible parties for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The penalty funds were given to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) who worked with Texas state agencies to identify conservation-appropriate properties available for purchase. All the properties purchased with RESTORE and NFWF funds will provide long-term ecological benefits to the state of Texas.
06/28/2021
Bkt 2/FPL 3b Approval – $79 million in Funding Approved for Texas
The RESTORE Council approved $302 million in Bkt 2 grants for programs and projects in the Funded Priority List (FPL) 3b.
04/28/2021
2020 Texas TIG Annual Public Meeting Notice
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its 2020 annual public meeting on November 4, 2020 via an online video presentation.
04/26/2021
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Annual Public Meeting
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its 2019 annual public meeting on December 4, 2019 via an online video presentation.
04/26/2021
Bucket 1 Direct Component: Multi-Year Implementation Plan (MIP) Grants Awarded
TCEQ has received four grant awards from the U.S. Department of Treasury in association with projects included in the Texas Bkt 1 accepted Multi-Year Implementation Plan (MIP).
09/01/2020
Bucket 5 Centers of Excellence: Grant II Awarded
$3.5 million Centers of Excellence grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Treasury on August 1, 2020.
08/17/2020
Bucket 3 State Expenditure Plan (SEP): Approved
The RESTORE Council Chair approved the Texas SEP Amendment #1 (2020) on July 30, 2020.
08/17/2020
Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has played a key role in helping recover the natural resources that were harmed by the spill.
04/22/2020
Deepwater Horizon Natural Damage Assessment Trustee Council issues 10-year statement
The Natural Damage Assessment Trustee council has issued a statement commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Spill.
04/20/2020
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Annual Public Meeting
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group will hold its 2019 annual public meeting on December 4, 2019 via an online video presentation.
11/26/2019
Applications Closed
From October 1, 2020, through December 10, 2020, the Texas Trustee agencies (GLO, TPWD, and TCEQ) accepted restoration project ideas that will address injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to consider in their next restoration plan. Submissions are no longer being accepted.
Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF)
Learn about restoration funded by the criminal case settlements from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Where the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is working with state and federal agencies to administer spill restoration.
Government Trustees Restoring the Gulf (NRDA)
Learn about the state and federal Natural Resource Trustees and the efforts underway to restore the resources harmed by the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill through the Oil Pollution Act's natural resource damage process.
Civil Penalties Funding Gulf Restoration (RESTORE Act)
Learn about the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, set up when Congress passed the federal RESTORE Act in 2012, to administer civil penalty funding for spill restoration and economic recovery and the Texas RESTORE Advisory Board (TxRAB).