Old San Jacinto River News Archive

Flood related articles

• Coast Alliance Newsletter Article about the San Jacinto River
• Home Owners Sue San Jacinto River Authority for flood damages
• FEMA rules may force pair from home -- A flood story from Lake Travis
• New septic tank regulations -- TNRCC and County get sneaky!!
• Colonial Settles pipeline lawsuits
• Environmental Lawsuit Scheduled for February
• Superfund Site Along The San Jacinto River Saved From Watery Disaster (news article)
• Ship Channel, San Jacinto River Study cites improvements in toxicity.
• Abstract of NTSB Meeting -- Pipeline Special Investigation
• Safety panel faults design of pipelines in Flood explosions
• NTSB Criticizes Pipeline Companies for Oct 1994 disaster
• Partial minutes of the Oct. 19th SJRA Board of Directors meetings. News Discussed!
• Board releases accident data on '94 San Jacinto inferno.
• Flood Flames and Fear -- Time Magazines article on the Flood

Abandoned Barge removal

• Bentsen announces contract to remove San Jacinto River barges
• Coast Guard awards barge removal contract to Beaumont company
• Bentsen says barge removal starts in July
  
• Senator Bentsen Rallies For River Barge Cleanup
• Cost of cleaning up oil spill hits $3.5 million
• Update on Abandoned Barge Removal on the lower San Jacinto River
• Rep. Bentsen will fight to fund barge removal.
• Town Meeting -- Bentsen seeks barge funds
• Congress sends $1.5 million down San Jacinto River to move barges
• Ken Bentsen announced the approval of $1.5 million to remove abandoned barges
• Click here for Congressman Bentsen's news release!
• Republican Candidate for 25th District Brent Perry against using federal funds to remove barges.
• First Step taken in Barge cleanup -- Bentsen secures $1 million in funds!!!
• Bentsen gets $1 million for Barge Removal
• Lake Houston Sun Editorial on Barge removal
• Seeing eye to eye on barges?
• Congressman, officials tour San Jacinto River.
• Coast Guard says 33 old Barges safe
• Barge Removal now totals $2 million--Bentsen, DeLay combine efforts
• House Committee OK's $2 million to clean up barges
• Bosse, others continue looking for owners of abandoned barges

Other news of the past

• Coast Alliance Newsletter Article about the San Jacinto River
• Beach City vows to battle proposed industrial landfill
  
• Couple Survives attack on San Jacinto River
• Major apartment complex to be built on the San Jacinto
• EPA wants to end Exxon discharges into North Galveston Bay (mouth of the San Jacinto System)
• What the New Law actually says about septic
• New State Regulations Threaten existance of Banana Bend
• Coastal Management Plan Finally Approved
• Dredging the Houston Ship Channel, Corps of Engineers Finalize Plans!
• Bad News For Pipeline Lawsuits
• Families Mourn loss of three boys in drownings
• Coast Guard Bueys Restored
• Houston Ship Channel Dredging to Begin Soon
• New Waste Pit being developed on Highland Shores Drive
• Oil Coated marshlands cleanup testing ground -- Bonner Experiments
• Oil's well, that ends well--Dr. Bonner's Experiments slated for San Jac River this spring
• ARCO and Lyondell announce serious flairing incidents.
• Update on our River Neighbors -- Lyondell Expands!
• SJRA Members Visit Congressman Bentsen in Washington
• Bay Day Festival 1996 coming soon!
• Minutes of SJRA Board of Directors Meeting, April 1996
• Public Notice -- May meeting of Board of Directors for SJRA
• Oil Spill test set for San Jacinto River on Saturday
• Crosby High School Environmental Club need your help!