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Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation

Draft Housing Revitalization Plan - Notice of Public Comment

The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (the "Corporation") invites public comment on its Draft Housing Revitalization Plan (the "Plan"), developed to support the administration of grant funding provided by the Texas Department of Transportation for affordable housing initiatives in communities impacted by the North Houston Highway Improvement Project.

A copy of the Draft Housing Revitalization Plan is available on the Corporation's website at:

www.tsahc.org

TSAHC will accept public comment on the Plan until May 22, 2026.

Written comment may be sent to Michael Wilt by email at mwilt@tsahc.org or by mail at:

Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation

Attention: Michael Wilt

6701 Shirley Avenue

Austin, Texas 78752

All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date of the comment period.

TRD-202601716

David Long

President

Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation

Filed: April 21, 2026

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Local Government Bond, Tax and Project Transparency Database Resource Guide

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts invites members of the public to review and provide feedback on the draft Resource Guide for the Local Government Bond, Tax and Project Transparency Database, now available on the comptroller's website at https://comptroller.texas.gov/transparency/local/hb103/hb103-simple.php

A finalized Resource Guide that considers the public's feedback will be published online in early May 2026. The Resource Guide document is expected to include Helpful Definitions, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section. The Resource Guide is intended to assist users in submitting information as required by House Bill 103, 89th Legislation, R.S., 2025. As the reporting process moves forward, the comptroller wants to ensure stakeholders, local officials, and members of the public have a clear understanding of both the program and the reporting requirements and procedures. Public input is a vital part of this process, as it ensures the final resources provide all stakeholders and the public with the best information.

Please submit your feedback by the close of business on May 8th, 2026 to Transparency@cpa.texas.gov.

TRD-202601644

Victoria North

General Counsel for Fiscal and Agency Affairs

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Filed: April 16, 2026

Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner

Notice of Rate Ceilings

The Consumer Credit Commissioner of Texas has ascertained the following rate ceilings by use of the formulas and methods described in §303.003, and §303.009, Texas Finance Code.

The weekly ceiling as prescribed by §303.003 and §303.009 for the period of 04/27/26 - 05/03/26 is 18.00% for consumer¹ credit.

The weekly ceiling as prescribed by §303.003 and §303.009 for the period of 04/27/26 - 05/03/26 is 18.00% for commercial² credit.

¹ Credit for personal, family, or household use.

² Credit for business, commercial, investment, or other similar purpose.

TRD-202601735

Leslie L. Pettijohn

Commissioner

Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner

Filed: April 22, 2026

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Agreed Orders

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ, agency, or commission) staff is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Agreed Orders (AOs) in accordance with Texas Water Code (TWC), §7.075. TWC, §7.075 requires that before the commission may approve the AOs, the commission shall allow the public an opportunity to submit written comments on the proposed AOs. TWC, §7.075 requires that notice of the proposed orders and the opportunity to comment must be published in the Texas Register no later than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period closes, which in this case is June 2, 2026. TWC, §7.075 also requires that the commission promptly consider any written comments received and that the commission may withdraw or withhold approval of an AO if a comment discloses facts or considerations that indicate that consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the statutes and rules within the commission's jurisdiction or the commission's orders and permits issued in accordance with the commission's regulatory authority. Additional notice of changes to a proposed AO is not required to be published if those changes are made in response to written comments.

A physical copy of each proposed AO is available for public inspection at both the commission's central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building C, 1st Floor, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-2545 and at the applicable regional office listed as follows. Additionally, copies of the proposed AO can be found online by using either the Chief Clerk's eFiling System at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/efilings or the TCEQ Commissioners' Integrated Database at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid, and searching either of those databases with the proposed AO's identifying information, such as its docket number. Written comments about an AO should be sent to the enforcement coordinator designated for each AO at the commission's central office at Enforcement Division, MC 128, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 and must be postmarked by 5:00 p.m. on June 2, 2026. Written comments may also be sent to the enforcement coordinator by email to ENFCOMNT@tceq.texas.gov or by facsimile machine at (512) 239-2550. The commission enforcement coordinators are available to discuss the AOs and/or the comment procedure at the listed contact information; however, TWC, §7.075 provides that comments on the AOs shall be submitted to the commission in writing.

(1) COMPANY: Ash Grove Cement Company; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1607-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: RN104561576; LOCATION: Denton, Denton County; TYPE OF FACILITY: bulk cement handling site; PENALTY: $7,500; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Michael Wilkins, (325) 698-6134; REGIONAL OFFICE: 1977 Industrial Boulevard, Abilene, Texas 79602-7833, REGION 3 - ABILENE.

(2) COMPANY: CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1123-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: RN100218072; LOCATION: Sugar Land, Fort Bend County; TYPE OF FACILITY: metal can manufacturing facility; PENALTY: $22,000; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Krystina Sepulveda, (956) 430-6045; REGIONAL OFFICE: 1804 West Jefferson Avenue, Harlingen, Texas 78550-5247, REGION 15 - HARLINGEN.

(3) COMPANY: City of Beasley; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-0586-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101721595; LOCATION: Beasley, Fort Bend County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $56,187; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $56,187; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Samantha Smith, (512) 239-2099; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(4) COMPANY: City of Bulverde; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-1647-WQ-E; IDENTIFIER: RN107742272; LOCATION: Bulverde, Comal County; TYPE OF FACILITY: municipal separate storm sewer system; PENALTY: $47,250; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $37,800; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Jasmine Jimerson, (512) 239-2552; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(5) COMPANY: City of Graham; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1823-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101916880; LOCATION: Graham, Young County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $28,125; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $22,500; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Samantha Smith, (512) 239-2099; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(6) COMPANY: City of Midland; DOCKET NUMBER: 2022-0669-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101608891; LOCATION: Midland, Midland County; TYPE OF FACILITY: municipal treatment facility; PENALTY: $245,700; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $245,700; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Bethany Batchelor, (713) 767-3586; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(7) COMPANY: City of New Deal; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1002-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101389294; LOCATION: New Deal, Lubbock County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $2,250; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $1,800; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ilia Perez Ramirez, (512) 239-2556; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(8) COMPANY: City of Pecos City; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1134-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101257434; LOCATION: Pecos, Reeves County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $31,655; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ilia Perez Ramirez, (512) 239-2556; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(9) COMPANY: City of Wolfforth; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1284-WQ-E; IDENTIFIER: RN105481972; LOCATION: Wolfforth, Lubbock County; TYPE OF FACILITY: municipal separate storm water system; PENALTY: $7,500; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $6,000; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Cynthia Sidoa, (713) 767-3525; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(10) COMPANY: Countryside Acres Homeowners Association, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1926-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN110652849; LOCATION: Stanton, Midland County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $4,000; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ryan Fukawa, (512) 239-4678; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(11) COMPANY: DEYMA DAVILA; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1627-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN106914047; LOCATION: Andrews, Andrews County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $2,282; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ronica Rodriguez, (512) 239-2510; REGIONAL OFFICE: 500 North Shoreline Boulevard, Suite 500, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401, REGION 14 - CORPUS CHRISTI.

(12) COMPANY: DS Carrizo Properties, LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1890-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN110950656; LOCATION: Crystal City, Dimmit County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $1,950; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Tessa Bond, (512) 239-1269; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(13) COMPANY: El Compa #1 LLC, Alma Delia Gonzalez, and Jose Ricardo Gonzalez; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-0369-MSW-E; IDENTIFIER: RN111740171; LOCATION: San Antonio, Bexar County; TYPE OF FACILITY: municipal solid waste facility; PENALTY: $6,825; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Eunice Adegelu, (512) 239-5082; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(14) COMPANY: Fazan F.S Wireless LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1383-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101868727; LOCATION: Seguin, Guadalupe County; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail sales of gasoline; PENALTY: $9,563; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Bryce Huck, (512) 239-4655; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(15) COMPANY: Freeport LNG Development, L.P.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2022-1255-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: RN103196689; LOCATION: Quintana, Brazoria County; TYPE OF FACILITY: natural gas liquefaction facility; PENALTY: $129,050; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Katie Phillips, (713) 767-3628; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(16) COMPANY: Glendale Water Supply Corporation; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1724-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101436319; LOCATION: Trinity, Trinity County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $1,085; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Savannah Jackson, (512) 239-4306; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(17) COMPANY: Gulf Coast Authority; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-1646-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN102183340; LOCATION: Friendswood, Harris County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $73,600; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $73,600; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Samantha Smith, (512) 239-2099; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(18) COMPANY: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 230; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-0010-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN103885927; LOCATION: Houston, Harris County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $39,875; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Kolby Farren, (512) 239-2098; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(19) COMPANY: Moriah TFS Operations, LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-0827-MLM-E; IDENTIFIER: RN111353710; LOCATION: Midland, Midland County; TYPE OF FACILITY: aggregate production operation; PENALTY: $22,032; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Elizabeth Vanderwerken, (512) 239-5900; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(20) COMPANY: Nora Padilla; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-0330-MSW-E; IDENTIFIER: RN111977252; LOCATION: Del Rio, Val Verde County; TYPE OF FACILITY: municipal solid waste disposal site; PENALTY: $3,937; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Rachel Murray, (903) 535-5149; REGIONAL OFFICE: 2916 Teague Drive, Tyler, Texas 75701-3734, REGION 5 - TYLER.

(21) COMPANY: Pilot Travel Centers LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2026-0336-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: RN103952347; LOCATION: Mustang Ridge, Caldwell County; TYPE OF FACILITY: underground storage tank system; PENALTY: $1,875; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Kensington Mikulenka, (512) 239-4675; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(22) COMPANY: Quadvest, L.P.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1775-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN104541503; LOCATION: Pinehurst, Montgomery County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $9,000; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Kolby Farren, (512) 239-2098; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(23) COMPANY: RWC Material, LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-1523-MLM-E; IDENTIFIER: RN111378964; LOCATION: Tilden, McMullen County; TYPE OF FACILITY: aggregate production operation; PENALTY: $14,500; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Elizabeth Vanderwerken, (512) 239-5900; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(24) COMPANY: Rivercrest Independent School District; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-0983-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101701100; LOCATION: Bogata, Red River County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $15,750; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $12,600; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Elizabeth Vanderwerken, (512) 239-5900; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(25) COMPANY: Seaboard Water Supply Corporation; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1463-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN101211696; LOCATION: Odem, San Patricio County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $5,265; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Ronica Rodriguez, (512) 239-2510; REGIONAL OFFICE: 500 North Shoreline Boulevard, Suite 500, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401, REGION 14 - CORPUS CHRISTI.

(26) COMPANY: Shumaker Enterprises, Inc.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2026-0123-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN100720234; LOCATION: Austin, Travis County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $1,712; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Savannah Jackson, (512) 239-4306; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(27) COMPANY: South Houston Green Power, LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2026-0142-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: RN103934493; LOCATION: Texas City, Galveston County; TYPE OF FACILITY: fossil fuel electric power generation site; PENALTY: $7,500; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Desmond Martin, (512) 239-2814; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(28) COMPANY: Southern Montgomery County Municipal Utility District; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-1645-MWD-E; IDENTIFIER: RN103219028; LOCATION: Spring, Montgomery County; TYPE OF FACILITY: wastewater treatment facility; PENALTY: $28,125; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $22,500; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Samantha Smith, (512) 239-2099; REGIONAL OFFICE: 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, REGION 12 - HOUSTON.

(29) COMPANY: Southwestern Public Service Company; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-0614-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: RN100224534; LOCATION: Earth, Lamb County; TYPE OF FACILITY: electricity generation plant; PENALTY: $14,488; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Casey Cobb, (512) 239-0351; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(30) COMPANY: St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Austin, Texas, Inc. of St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago; DOCKET NUMBER: 2026-0036-EAQ-E; IDENTIFIER: RN112222484; LOCATION: Leander, Williamson County; TYPE OF FACILITY: construction site; PENALTY: $1,250; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Jasmine Jimerson, (512) 239-2552; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(31) COMPANY: TA Operating LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1615-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: RN102424884; LOCATION: Beaumont, Jefferson County; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail sales of gasoline; PENALTY: $22,353; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Stephanie McCurley, (512) 239-2607; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(32) COMPANY: TOM-TOM INVESTMENTS, INC.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-0593-PST-E; IDENTIFIER: RN102271301; LOCATION: San Antonio, Bexar County; TYPE OF FACILITY: convenience store with retail sales of gasoline; PENALTY: $39,028; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Bryce Huck, (512) 239-4655; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(33) COMPANY: Union Carbide Corporation; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-1755-AIR-E; IDENTIFIER: RN102181526; LOCATION: Seadrift, Calhoun County; TYPE OF FACILITY: chemical manufacturing plant; PENALTY: $5,050; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OFFSET: $2,020; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Johnnie Wu, (512) 239-2524; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

(34) COMPANY: Wyly Property Rentals, LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2025-0801-PWS-E; IDENTIFIER: RN106102577; LOCATION: Stephenville, Erath County; TYPE OF FACILITY: public water supply; PENALTY: $3,213; ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR: Corinna Willis, (512) 239-2504; REGIONAL OFFICE: 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753, CENTRAL OFFICE - AUSTIN.

TRD-202601709

Gitanjali Yadav

Deputy Director, Litigation Division

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 21, 2026

Combined Notice of Public Meeting and Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision for Water Quality Land Application Permit for Municipal Wastewater New Permit No. WQ0016844001

APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. HK Bellas Ranch, LLC, 24607 Fairway Springs, San Antonio, Texas 78260, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for new Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0016844001, to authorize the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 250,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on July 8, 2025.

The facility will be located at 4356 U.S. Highway 181 North, in Wilson County, Texas 78114. The treated effluent will be discharged to Kicaster Creek, thence to the San Antonio River in Segment No. 1911 of the San Antonio River Basin. The unclassified receiving water use is limited aquatic life use for Kicaster Creek. The designated uses for Segment No. 1911 are primary contact recreation and high aquatic life use. In accordance with 30 Texas Administrative Code §307.5 and TCEQ's Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (June 2010), an antidegradation review of the receiving waters was performed. A Tier 1 antidegradation review has preliminarily determined that existing water quality uses will not be impaired by this permit action. Numerical and narrative criteria to protect existing uses will be maintained. A Tier 2 review is not required since no exceptional, high, or intermediate aquatic life use water bodies have been identified in the discharge route. Existing uses will be maintained and protected. The preliminary determination can be reexamined and may be modified if new information is received. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application.

https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-98.21088,29.206225&level=18

The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director's preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at Floresville City Hall, 1120 D Street, Floresville, in Wilson County, Texas. The application and associated notices are available electronically for viewing and copying at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/pending-permits/tpdes-applications.

ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE NOTICE. Alternative language notice in Spanish is available at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/plain-language-summaries-and-public-notices. El aviso de idioma alternativo en español está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/plain-language-summaries-and-public-notices.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The TCEQ will hold a public meeting on this application due to significant public interest.

The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. A public meeting will be held and will consist of two parts, an Informal Discussion Period and a Formal Comment Period. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act. During the Informal Discussion Period, the public will be encouraged to ask questions of the applicant and TCEQ staff concerning the permit application. The comments and questions submitted orally during the Informal Discussion Period will not be considered before a decision is reached on the permit application and no formal response will be made. Responses will be provided orally during the Informal Discussion Period. During the Formal Comment Period on the permit application, members of the public may state their formal comments orally into the official record. A written response to all timely, relevant and material, or significant comments will be prepared by the Executive Director. All formal comments will be considered before a decision is reached on the permit application. A copy of the written response will be sent to each person who submits a formal comment or who requested to be on the mailing list for this permit application and provides a mailing address. Only relevant and material issues raised during the Formal Comment Period can be considered if a contested case hearing is granted on this permit application.

The Public Meeting is to be held:

Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.

Wilson County Expo & Community Center

435 TX-97 E Floresville, Texas 78114

Persons with disabilities who need special accommodations at the meeting should call the Office of the Chief Clerk at (512) 239-3300 or (800) RELAY-TX (TDD) at least five business days prior to the meeting.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director's decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court.

TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period; and the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group's representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member's location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group's purpose.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue final approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed, the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director's decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/comment within 30 days from the date of newspaper publication of this notice, or by the date of the public meeting, whichever is later.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners' Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Search the database using the permit number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/comment, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Any personal information you submit to the TCEQ will become part of the agency's record; this includes email addresses. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at (800) 687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en español, puede llamar al (800) 687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from HK Bella's Ranch, LLC at the address stated above or by calling Ms. Lauren Crone, P.E., Sr. Project Manager/LJA Engineering, at (512) 439-4700.

Issuance Date: April 22, 2026

TRD-202601730

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Combined Notice of Public Meeting and Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision for Water Quality Land Application Permit for Municipal Wastewater New Permit No. WQ0016909001

APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. SV2 Alexander LLC, Janice Germann, and Douglas Germann, 1001 Cypress Creek Road, Suite 203, Cedar Park, Texas 78613, have applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new permit, TCEQ Permit No. WQ0016909001 to authorize the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 131,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 37.6 acres of public access green space. This permit will not authorize the discharge of pollutants into water in the state. TCEQ received this application on November 21, 2025.

The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site will be located approximately 1.21 miles northeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 3405 and U.S. Highway 183, in Williamson County, Texas 78642. The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site will be located in the drainage basin of the San Gabriel/North Fork San Gabriel River in Segment No. 1248 of the Brazos River Basin. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.864166,30.720555&level=18

The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director's preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at Liberty Hill Public Library, Circulation Desk, 355 Main Street, Liberty Hill, in Williamson County, Texas. The application and associated notices are available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/pending-permits/tlap-applications.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments about this application. The TCEQ will hold a public meeting on this application because it was requested by a local legislator and there is significant public interest.

The Public Meeting is to be held:

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Legacy Ranch Temporary High School (Cafeteria)

450 CR 258

Liberty Hill, Texas 78642

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director's decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue final approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed, the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director's decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

Further information may also be obtained from SV2 Alexander LLC, Janice Germann, and Douglas Germann at the address stated above or by calling Ms. Janela Revilla, P.E., JA Wastewater LLC, at (737) 864-3476.

Issuance Date: April 17, 2026

TRD-202601729

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Enforcement Orders

An agreed order was adopted regarding Christopher Lynn Floyd, Docket No. 2024-0109-MSW-E on April 20, 2026 assessing $3,937 in administrative penalties. Information concerning any aspect of this order may be obtained by contacting Jun Zhang, Staff Attorney at (512) 239-3400, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087.

TRD-202601731

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of District Petition - D-02252026-042

Notice issued March 19, 2026

TCEQ Internal Control No. D-02252026-042: Killam Ranch Properties, Ltd., (Petitioner) filed a petition for creation of San Ygnacio Municipal Utility District No. 1 (District) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The petition was filed pursuant to Article XVI, §59 of the Constitution of the State of Texas; Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code; 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 293; and the procedural rules of the TCEQ. The petition states that: (1) the Petitioner holds title to a majority in value of the land to be included in the proposed District; (2) there are no lienholders on the property to be included in the proposed District; (3) the proposed District will contain approximately 110.07 acres located within Webb County, Texas; and (4) none of the land within the proposed District is within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city. The territory to be included in the proposed District is depicted in the vicinity map designated as Exhibit "A", which is attached to this document. The petition further states that the proposed District will: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, maintain, own, operate, repair, improve and extend a waterworks system for residential purposes; (2) construct, acquire, improve, extend, maintain and operate works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment and appliances helpful or necessary to provide more adequate drainage for the District; (3) control, abate, and amend local storm waters or other harmful excesses of water; and (4) purchase, construct, acquire, improve, maintain and operate such additional facilities, systems, plants and enterprises, and road facilities, as shall be consistent with all of the purposes for which the District is created. According to the petition, a preliminary investigation has been made to determine the cost of the project, and it is estimated by the Petitioner that the cost of said project will be approximately $8,885,000 ($7,195,000 for water and drainage plus $1,690,000 for roads).

INFORMATION SECTION

To view the complete issued notice, view the notice on our website at www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/cc/pub_notice.html or call the Office of the Chief Clerk at (512) 239-3300 to obtain a copy of the complete notice. When searching the website, type in the issued date range shown at the top of this document to obtain search results. The TCEQ may grant a contested case hearing on the petition if a written hearing request is filed within 30 days after the newspaper publication of the notice. To request a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number, and fax number, if any; (2) the name of the Petitioner and the TCEQ Internal Control Number; (3) the statement "I/we request a contested case hearing"; (4) a brief description of how you would be affected by the petition in a way not common to the general public; and (5) the location of your property relative to the proposed District's boundaries. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the petition. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address provided in the information section below. The Executive Director may approve the petition unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days after the newspaper publication of this notice. If a hearing request is filed, the Executive Director will not approve the petition and will forward the petition and hearing request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. If a contested case hearing is held, it will be a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Written hearing requests should be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. For information concerning the hearing process, please contact the Public Interest Counsel, MC 103, at the same address. For additional information, individual members of the general public may contact the Districts Review Team, at (512) 239-4691. Si desea información en español, puede llamar al (512) 239-0200. General information regarding TCEQ can be found at our website at www.tceq.texas.gov.

TRD-202601724

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of District Petition - D-03172026-029

Notice issued April 16, 2026

TCEQ Internal Control No. D-03172026-029: SA Not for You, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, Holly P. Garza, individually, and SA Landon Ridge, LP, a Texas limited partnership, (Petitioners) filed a petition for creation of Bolton Road Municipal Utility District of Guadalupe County (District) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The petition was filed pursuant to Article XVI, §59 of the Constitution of the State of Texas; Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code; 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 293; and the procedural rules of the TCEQ. The petition states that: (1) the Petitioners hold a majority in value of the land to be included in the proposed District; (2) there are no lienholders on the property to be included in the proposed District; (3) the proposed District will contain approximately 293.89 acres located within Guadalupe County, Texas; and (4) some of the land within the proposed Districts is partially within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Cibolo. The territory to be included in the proposed District is depicted in the vicinity map designated as Exhibit "A", which is attached to this document. The petition further states that the proposed District will: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, provide, operate, maintain, repair, improve, or extend inside or outside of its boundaries any and all works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances necessary or helpful to supply and distribute water for municipal, domestic, industrial, or commercial purposes or provide adequate drainage for the District; (2) collect, transport, process, dispose of and control domestic, industrial, or commercial wastes; (3) gather, conduct, divert, abate, amend, and control local storm water or other local harmful excesses of water in the District; and (4) purchase, construct, acquire, provide, operate, maintain, repair, improve, or extend inside or outside of its boundaries such additional facilities, including roads, systems, plants, and enterprises as shall be consonant with the purposes for which the District is created. According to the petition, a preliminary investigation has been made to determine the cost of the project, and it is estimated by the Petitioners that the cost of said project will be approximately $70,985,000 for water, wastewater, drainage and roads.

INFORMATION SECTION

TRD-202601726

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of District Petition - D-04012026-004

Notice issued April 16, 2026

TCEQ Internal Control No. D-04012026-004: DRP Greenbough 12, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (Petitioner) filed a petition for creation of Bexar County Municipal Utility District No. 1 (District) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The petition was filed pursuant to Article XVI, §59 of the Constitution of the State of Texas; Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code; 30 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 293; and the procedural rules of the TCEQ. The petition states that: (1) the Petitioner holds a majority in value of the land to be included in the proposed District; (2) there are no lienholders on the property to be included in the proposed District; (3) the proposed District will contain approximately 51.76 acres located within Bexar County, Texas; and (4) the land is not currently within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of any city. The territory to be included in the proposed District is depicted in the vicinity map designated as Exhibit "A" attached to this document. The petition further states that the proposed District will purchase, design, construct, acquire, improve, extend, own, operate, maintain, repair, convey, finance, and issue bonds for: (i) an adequate and efficient water works and sanitary sewer system for domestic purposes; (ii) works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances helpful or necessary to provide more adequate drainage for the District, and control, abate, and amend local storm waters or other harmful excess water; (iii) park and recreational facilities; (iv) roads and improvements in aid of roads; and (v) such other additional facilities, systems, plants, and enterprises as may be consistent with any or all of the purposes for which the District is created. According to the petition, a preliminary investigation has been made to determine the cost of the project, and it is estimated by the Petitioners that the cost of said project will be approximately $11,230,000 ($8,510,000 for water, wastewater, and drainage plus $2,720,000 for roads).

INFORMATION SECTION

TRD-202601725

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of Opportunity to Comment on a Default Order of Administrative Enforcement Actions

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) staff is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Default Order (DO). The commission staff proposes a DO when the staff has sent the Executive Director's Preliminary Report and Petition (EDPRP) to an entity outlining the alleged violations; the proposed penalty; the proposed technical requirements necessary to bring the entity back into compliance; and the entity fails to request a hearing on the matter within 20 days of its receipt of the EDPRP or requests a hearing and fails to participate at the hearing. Similar to the procedure followed with respect to Agreed Orders entered into by the executive director of the commission, in accordance with Texas Water Code (TWC), §7.075, this notice of the proposed order and the opportunity to comment is published in the Texas Register no later than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period closes, which in this case is June 2, 2026. The commission will consider any written comments received, and the commission may withdraw or withhold approval of a DO if a comment discloses facts or considerations that indicate that consent to the proposed DO is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the statutes and rules within the commission's jurisdiction, or the commission's orders and permits issued in accordance with the commission's regulatory authority. Additional notice of changes to a proposed DO is not required to be published if those changes are made in response to written comments.

A copy of the proposed DO is available for public inspection at both the commission's central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building A, 3rd Floor, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-3400 and at the applicable regional office listed as follows. Additionally, copies of the DO can be found online by using either the Chief Clerk's eFiling System at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/efilings or the TCEQ Commissioners' Integrated Database at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid, and searching either of those databases with the proposed DO's identifying information, such as its docket number. Written comments about the DO should be sent to the attorney designated for the DO at the commission's central office at P.O. Box 13087, MC 175, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 2, 2026. The commission's attorney is available to discuss the DO and/or the comment procedure at the listed phone number; however, TWC, §7.075, provides that comments on the DO shall be submitted to the commission in writing.

(1) COMPANY: Troy L. Williams; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-1264-PWS-E; TCEQ ID NUMBER: RN101220390; LOCATION: 195 Thomas Lake Road in Huntsville, Walker County; TYPE OF FACILITY: a public water system; PENALTY: $3,125; STAFF ATTORNEY: A'twar Wilkins, Litigation, MC 175, (512) 239-6515; REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, (713) 767-3500.

TRD-202601713

Gitanjali Yadav

Deputy Director, Litigation Division

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 21, 2026

Notice of Opportunity to Comment on a Shutdown/Default Order of an Administrative Enforcement Action

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) staff is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Shutdown/Default Order (S/DO). Texas Water Code (TWC), §26.3475, authorizes the commission to order the shutdown of any underground storage tank (UST) system found to be noncompliant with release detection, spill and overfill prevention, and/or, after December 22, 1998, cathodic protection regulations of the commission, until such time as the owner/operator brings the UST system into compliance with those regulations. The commission proposes a Shutdown Order after the owner or operator of a UST facility fails to perform required corrective actions within 30 days after receiving notice of the release detection, spill, and overfill prevention, and/or after December 22, 1998, cathodic protection violations documented at the facility. The commission proposes a Default Order when the staff has sent an Executive Director's Preliminary Report and Petition (EDPRP) to an entity outlining the alleged violations, the proposed penalty, the proposed technical requirements necessary to bring the entity back into compliance, and the entity fails to request a hearing on the matter within 20 days of its receipt of the EDPRP or requests a hearing and fails to participate at the hearing. In accordance with TWC, §7.075, this notice of the proposed order and the opportunity to comment is published in the Texas Register no later than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period closes, which in this case is June 2, 2026. The commission will consider any written comments received and the commission may withdraw or withhold approval of an S/DO if a comment discloses facts or considerations that indicate that consent to the proposed S/DO is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the statutes and rules within the commission's jurisdiction, or the commission's orders and permits issued in accordance with the commission's regulatory authority. Additional notice of changes to a proposed S/DO is not required to be published if those changes are made in response to written comments.

A copy of the proposed S/DO is available for public inspection at both the commission's central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building A, 3rd Floor, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-3400 and at the applicable regional office listed as follows. Additionally, copies of the proposed S/DO can be found online by using either the Chief Clerk's eFiling System at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/efilings or the TCEQ Commissioners' Integrated Database at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid, and searching either of those databases with the proposed S/DO's identifying information, such as its docket number. Written comments about the S/DO shall be sent to the attorney designated for the S/DO at the commission's central office at P.O. Box 13087, MC 175, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 2, 2026. The commission's attorney is available to discuss the S/DO and/or the comment procedure at the listed phone number; however, comments on the S/DO shall be submitted to the commission in writing.

(1) COMPANY: ELMONT FOOD MART, INC.; DOCKET NUMBER: 2024-1320-PST-E; TCEQ ID NUMBER: RN110290921; LOCATION: 12255 Huffmeister Road in Cypress, Harris County; TYPE OF FACILITY: UST system and a convenience store with retail sales of gasoline; STAFF ATTORNEY: Jennifer Peltier, Litigation, MC 175, (512) 239-0544; REGIONAL OFFICE: Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk Street, Suite H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452, (713) 767-3500.

TRD-202601711

Gitanjali Yadav

Deputy Director, Litigation Division

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 21, 2026

Notice of Opportunity to Comment on an Agreed Order of Administrative Enforcement Actions

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or commission) staff is providing an opportunity for written public comment on the listed Agreed Order (AO) in accordance with Texas Water Code (TWC), §7.075. TWC, §7.075, requires that before the commission may approve the AOs, the commission shall allow the public an opportunity to submit written comments on the proposed AO. TWC, §7.075, requires that notice of the opportunity to comment must be published in the Texas Register no later than the 30th day before the date on which the public comment period closes, which in this case is June 2, 2026. TWC, §7.075, also requires that the commission promptly consider any written comments received and that the commission may withdraw or withhold approval of an AO if a comment discloses facts or considerations that indicate that consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the statutes and rules within the commission's jurisdiction or the commission's orders and permits issued in accordance with the commission's regulatory authority. Additional notice of changes to a proposed AO is not required to be published if those changes are made in response to written comments.

A physical copy of the proposed AO is available for public inspection at both the commission's central office, located at 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building A, 3rd Floor, Austin, Texas 78753, (512) 239-3400 and at the applicable regional office listed as follows. Additionally, copies of the proposed AO can be found online by using either the Chief Clerk's eFiling System at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/efilings or the TCEQ Commissioners' Integrated Database at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid, and searching either of those databases with the proposed AO's identifying information, such as its docket number. Written comments about an AO should be sent to the attorney designated for the AO at the commission's central office at P.O. Box 13087, MC 175, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 2, 2026. The designated attorney is available to discuss the AO and/or the comment procedure at the listed phone number; however, TWC, §7.075, provides that comments on an AO shall be submitted to the commission in writing.

(1) COMPANY: South Texas Sand & Logistics LLC; DOCKET NUMBER: 2022-0843-WQ-E; TCEQ ID NUMBER: RN111505467; LOCATION: northeast of the intersection of Acuna Street and San Hilario Avenue West near Cantina, Dimmit County; TYPE OF FACILITY: aggregate production operation; PENALTY: $8,750; STAFF ATTORNEY: Misty James, Litigation, MC 175, (512) 239-0631; REGIONAL OFFICE: Laredo Regional Office, 707 East Calton Road, Suite 304, Laredo, Texas 78041-3887, (956) 791-6611.

TRD-202601712

Gitanjali Yadav

Deputy Director, Litigation Division

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 21, 2026

Notice of Public Hearing on Assessment of Administrative Penalties and Requiring Certain Actions of Bruce and Rhonda Carnley SOAH Docket No. 582-26-15923 TCEQ Docket No. 2024-1601-MLM-E

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ or the Commission) has referred this matter to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). An Administrative Law Judge with the State Office of Administrative Hearings will conduct a public hearing via Zoom videoconference:

10:00 a.m. (CT) - May 14, 2026

To join the Zoom meeting via computer or smart device:

https://soah-texas.zoomgov.com

Meeting ID: 161 984 0712

Password: TCEQDC1

To join the Zoom meeting via telephone dial:

+1 (669) 254-5252

Meeting ID: 161 984 0712

Password: 5247869

The purpose of the hearing will be to consider the Executive Director's Preliminary Report and Petition mailed December 15, 2025 concerning assessing administrative penalties against and requiring certain actions of Bruce and Rhonda Carnley, for violations in Williamson County, Texas, of: 30 Texas Administrative Code §213.4(a)(1) and §281.25(a)(4) and 40 Code of Federal Regulations §122.26(c).

The hearing will allow Bruce and Rhonda Carnley, the Executive Director, and the Commission's Public Interest Counsel to present evidence on whether a violation has occurred, whether an administrative penalty should be assessed, and the amount of such penalty, if any. The first convened session of the hearing will be to establish jurisdiction, afford Bruce and Rhonda Carnley, the Executive Director of the Commission, and the Commission's Public Interest Counsel an opportunity to negotiate and to establish a discovery and procedural schedule for an evidentiary hearing. Unless agreed to by all parties in attendance at the preliminary hearing, an evidentiary hearing will not be held on the date of this preliminary hearing. Upon failure of Bruce and Rhonda Carnley to appear at the preliminary hearing or evidentiary hearing, the factual allegations in the notice will be deemed admitted as true, and the relief sought in the notice of hearing may be granted by default. The specific allegations included in the notice are those set forth in the Executive Director's Preliminary Report and Petition, attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes. Bruce and Rhonda Carnley, the Executive Director of the Commission, and the Commission's Public Interest Counsel are the only designated parties to this proceeding.

Legal Authority: Tex. Water Code §7.054 and chs. 7 and 26 and 30 Texas Administrative Code chs. 70, 213 and 281; Tex. Water Code §7.058, and the Rules of Procedure of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the State Office of Administrative Hearings, including 30 Texas Administrative Code §70.108 and §70.109 and ch. 80, and 1 Texas Administrative Code ch. 155.

Further information regarding this hearing may be obtained by contacting William Hogan, Staff Attorney, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Litigation Division, Mail Code 175, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, telephone (512) 239-3400. Information concerning your participation in this hearing may be obtained by contacting Sheldon Wayne, Staff Attorney, Office of Public Interest Counsel, Mail Code 103, at the same P. O. Box address given above, or by telephone at (512) 239-6363.

Any document filed prior to the hearing must be filed with TCEQ's Office of the Chief Clerk and SOAH. Documents filed with the Office of the Chief Clerk may be filed electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/efilings or sent to the following address: TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk, Mail Code 105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. When contacting the Commission or SOAH regarding this matter, reference the SOAH docket number given at the top of this notice.

In accordance with 1 Texas Administrative Code §155.401(a), Notice of Hearing, "Parties that are not represented by an attorney may obtain information regarding contested case hearings on the public website of the State Office of Administrative Hearings at www.soah.texas.gov, or in printed format upon request to SOAH."

Persons who need special accommodations at the hearing should call the SOAH Docketing Department at (512) 475-3445, at least one week before the hearing.

Issued: April 17, 2026

TRD-202601733

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of Public Hearing on Assessment of Administrative Penalties and Requiring Certain Actions of Gary Michael Null SOAH Docket No. 582-26-15927 TCEQ Docket No. 2024-0858-WQ-E

10:00 a.m. (CT) - May 14, 2026

To join the Zoom meeting via computer or smart device:

https://soah-texas.zoomgov.com

Meeting ID: 161 984 0712

Password: TCEQDC1

To join the Zoom meeting via telephone dial:

+1 (669) 254-5252

Meeting ID: 161 984 0712

Password: 5247869

The purpose of the hearing will be to consider the Executive Director's Preliminary Report and Petition mailed June 27, 2025 concerning assessing administrative penalties against and requiring certain actions of Gary Michael Null, for violations in Wood County, Texas, of: Tex. Water Code §26.121(a)(2).

The hearing will allow Gary Michael Null, the Executive Director, and the Commission's Public Interest Counsel to present evidence on whether a violation has occurred, whether an administrative penalty should be assessed, and the amount of such penalty, if any. The first convened session of the hearing will be to establish jurisdiction, afford Gary Michael Null, the Executive Director of the Commission, and the Commission's Public Interest Counsel an opportunity to negotiate and to establish a discovery and procedural schedule for an evidentiary hearing. Unless agreed to by all parties in attendance at the preliminary hearing, an evidentiary hearing will not be held on the date of this preliminary hearing. Upon failure of Gary Michael Null to appear at the preliminary hearing or evidentiary hearing, the factual allegations in the notice will be deemed admitted as true, and the relief sought in the notice of hearing may be granted by default. The specific allegations included in the notice are those set forth in the Executive Director's Preliminary Report and Petition, attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes. Gary Michael Null, the Executive Director of the Commission, and the Commission's Public Interest Counsel are the only designated parties to this proceeding.

Legal Authority: Tex. Water Code §7.054 and Tex. Water Code chs. 7 and 26, and 30 Texas Administrative Code ch. 70; Tex. Water Code §7.058, and the Rules of Procedure of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the State Office of Administrative Hearings, including 30 Texas Administrative Code §70.108 and §70.109 and ch. 80, and 1 Texas Administrative Code ch. 155.

Further information regarding this hearing may be obtained by contacting Jun Zhang, Staff Attorney, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Litigation Division, Mail Code 175, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, telephone (512) 239-3400. Information concerning your participation in this hearing may be obtained by contacting Sheldon Wayne, Staff Attorney, Office of Public Interest Counsel, Mail Code 103, at the same P.O. Box address given above, or by telephone at (512) 239-6363.

Persons who need special accommodations at the hearing should call the SOAH Docketing Department at (512) 475-3445, at least one week before the hearing.

Issued: April 17, 2026

TRD-202601734

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of Public Meeting for TPDES Permit for Industrial Wastewater New Permit No. WQ0005488000

APPLICATION. Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, P.O. Box 1541, Corpus Christi, Texas 78403, which proposes to operate Harbor Island Desalination Facility, a seawater desalination facility, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new permit, Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0005488000, to authorize the discharge of water treatment wastes at a daily average flow not to exceed 191,200,000 gallons per day (gpd) via Outfall 001. The TCEQ received this application on April 1, 2025.

The facility is located at 225 State Highway 361, approximately 0.8 miles south of the intersection of Harbor Island Road and State Highway 361, in the City of Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas 78373. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application.

https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.07277,27.848611&level=18

The effluent is discharged via pipe under the Aransas Pass Channel, the Lydia Ann Channel, and San Jose Island by a submerged multi-port diffuser approximately 9,800 feet (2,987 meters) from shore directly into the Gulf of America in Segment No. 2501 of the Gulf of America. The designated uses for Segment No. 2501 are primary contact recreation, exceptional aquatic life use, and oyster waters.

In accordance with Title 30 Texas Administrative Code Section 307.5 and TCEQ's Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (June 2010), an antidegradation review of the receiving waters was performed. A Tier 1 antidegradation review has preliminarily determined that existing water quality uses will not be impaired by this permit action.

Numerical and narrative criteria to protect existing uses will be maintained. A Tier 2 review has preliminarily determined that no significant degradation of water quality is expected in the Gulf of America, which has been identified as having exceptional aquatic life use. Existing uses will be maintained and protected. The preliminary determination can be reexamined and may be modified if new information is received.

The TCEQ Executive Director reviewed this action for consistency with the Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) goals and policies in accordance with the regulations of the General Land Office and has determined that the action is consistent with the applicable CMP goals and policies.

ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE NOTICE. Alternative language notice in Spanish is available at https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/pending-permits/tpdes-applications. El aviso de idioma alternativo en español está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/pending-permits/tpdes-applications.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. A public meeting will be held and will consist of two parts, an Informal Discussion Period and a Formal Comment Period. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act. During the Informal Discussion Period, the public will be encouraged to ask questions of the applicant and TCEQ staff concerning the permit application. The comments and questions submitted orally during the Informal Discussion Period will not be considered before a decision is reached on the permit application and no formal response will be made. Responses will be provided orally during the Informal Discussion Period. During the Formal Comment Period on the permit application, members of the public may state their formal comments orally into the official record. A written response to all timely, relevant and material, or significant comments will be prepared by the Executive Director. All formal comments will be considered before a decision is reached on the permit application. A copy of the written response will be sent to each person who submits a formal comment or who requested to be on the mailing list for this permit application and provides a mailing address. Only relevant and material issues raised during the Formal Comment Period can be considered if a contested case hearing is granted on this permit application.

The Public Meeting is to be held:

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Ortiz Center

402 Charles Zahn, Jr. Drive

Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

INFORMATION. Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments anytime during the meeting or by mail before the close of the public comment period to the Office of the Chief Clerk, TCEQ, Mail Code MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/comment. If you need more information about the permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at (800) 687-4040. Si desea información en español, puede llamar (800) 687-4040. General information about the TCEQ can be found at our website at https://www.tceq.texas.gov.

The permit application, Executive Director's preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at La Retama Central Library, 805 Comanche Street, Corpus Christi, and at Ellis Memorial Library, 700 West Avenue A, Port Aransas, in Nueces County, Texas, and at Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library, 110 North Lamont Street, Aransas Pass, in Aransas County, Texas. The application, including any updates, and associated notices are available electronically at the following webpage:

https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/pending-permits/tpdes-applications

Further information may also be obtained from Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County at the address stated above or by calling Ms. Sarah Garza, Director of Environmental Planning & Compliance, at (361) 885-6163.

Issued: April 17, 2026

TRD-202601727

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

Notice of Public Meeting Renewal Permit No. WQ0015866001

APPLICATION. Utilities, Inc. of Texas, P.O. Box 140164, Austin, Texas 78714, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0015866001 which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 300,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on September 26, 2025.

The facility will be located approximately one mile northeast of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 306 and Jolie Drive, in Comal County, Texas 78070. The treated effluent will be discharged to an unnamed tributary of Devil's Hollow, thence to Devil's Hollow, thence to Canyon Lake in Segment No. 1805 of the Guadalupe River Basin. The unclassified receiving water uses are minimal aquatic life use for the unnamed tributary of Devil's Hollow and limited aquatic life use for Devil's Hollow. The designated uses for Segment No. 1805 are primary contact recreation, public water supply, aquifer protection, and exceptional aquatic life use. All determinations are preliminary and subject to additional review and/or revisions. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application.

https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-98.356111,29.953055&level=18

The Public Meeting is to be held:

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Hampton Inn Bulverde Texas Hill Country

499 Singing Oaks

Spring Branch, Texas 78070

INFORMATION. Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments anytime during the meeting or by mail before the close of the public comment period to the Office of the Chief Clerk, TCEQ, Mail Code MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/comment. If you need more information about the permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at (800) 687-4040. Si desea información en español, puede llamar (800) 687-4040. General information about the TCEQ can be found at our website at https://www.tceq.texas.gov.

The permit application, Executive Director's preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at the Mammen Family Public Library, references, 131 Bulverde Crossing Road, Bulverde, Texas. The application and associated notices are available electronically for viewing and copying at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/wastewater/pending-permits/tpdes-applications.

Further information may also be obtained from Utilities, Inc. of Texas at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Chuck Barry, Environmental Health & Safety Manager, at (737) 376-2534.

Issuance Date: April 17, 2026

TRD-202601728

Laurie Gharis

Chief Clerk

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Filed: April 22, 2026

General Land Office

Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency Agreement/Concurrence Under the Texas Coastal Management Program

On January 10, 1997, the State of Texas received federal approval of the Coastal Management Program (CMP) (62 Federal Register pp. 1439 - 1440). Under federal law, federal agency activities and actions affecting the Texas coastal zone must be consistent with the CMP goals and policies identified in 31 TAC Chapter 26. Requests for federal consistency review were deemed administratively complete for the following project(s) during the period of April 6, 2026 to April 17, 2026. As required by federal law, the public is given an opportunity to comment on the consistency of proposed activities in the coastal zone undertaken or authorized by federal agencies. Pursuant to 31 TAC §§30.20(f), 30.30(h), and 30.40(e), the public comment period extends 30 days from the date published on the Texas General Land Office web site. The notice was published on the web site on Friday, April 24, 2026. The public comment period for this project will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 24, 2026.

Federal License and Permit Activities:

Applicant: Texas International Terminals LTD (TXIT)

Location: The project site is located in the Galveston Ship Channel/Galveston Bay at a location just east of the Pelican Island Causeway, at 4800 Port Industrial Road, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.

Latitude and Longitude: 29.3067388, -94.824028

Project Description: The applicant proposes to modify DA Permit SWG-2012-00602 to mechanically and/or hydraulically dredge an 18-acre siltation basin to a maximum depth of -60 mean lower low water (MLLW) within the 33-acre TXIT berth. Approximately 289,000 cubic yards (CY) of new cut material would be removed and placed in any of the following previously approved sites: Pierce Marsh beneficial use (BU) site (SWG-2015-00313), Snake Island, SPPA, Federal dredge material placement areas (DMPAs) including San Jacinto and Pelican Island; five Port of Galveston (POG) former ship slips (#12, #14, #37, #39, and #41), POG placement area (PA), Pelican Island BU Site; and TXIT BU DMPA (SWG-2025-00116). This request also includes an additional 5 years of maintenance dredging of approximately 300,000 CY of material annually, including the maintenance material from the proposed siltation basin within the berth, and disposal of maintenance material all placement areas stated above, as well as federal open water placement areas 50 and 51. The purpose of the project is to allow for safe navigation to the TXIT berth by expanding and deepening the previously authorized siltation basin in order to capture sediment that leads to the excessive accumulation of silt in the berth.

The applicant has stated that they have avoided and minimized the environmental impacts to waters of the United States associated with the proposed activity by designing the proposed dredging to be the minimum necessary to conduct safe navigation and operations. There are also no special aquatic sites identified in the project area. The applicant has not proposed any compensatory mitigation for the proposed activity because there will be no adverse impacts to special aquatic sites. The USACE will determine the type and amount of compensatory mitigation necessary to offset losses of waters of the United States which may result from the proposed activity in accordance with 33 CFR §332.

Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application #SWG-2012-00602. This application will be reviewed pursuant to Section 10 and Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Note: The consistency review for this project may be conducted by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as part of its certification under §401 of the Clean Water Act.

CMP Project No: 26-1120-F1

Applicant: Jay Barrow

Location: The project site is located in canal adjacent to West Galveston Bay, at the intersection of Bob Smith Drive and Pelican Road, in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.

Latitude and Longitude: 29.1921924, -94.9843466

Project Description: The applicant proposes to mechanically dredge 20,835 cubic yards (CY) below the mean high water line in 1.471-acre area of West Bay to create a 50-foot-wide by 414-foot-long canal. The applicant then proposes to discharge 5,460 CY of the dredged material into 0.125 acres of open water and discharge 37,800 CY into 0.868 acres of tidal and non-tidal wetlands for a 21-foot by 65-foot containment berm and residential lots. The applicant also proposes work associated with the construction of a 440-foot concrete bulkhead that will link to an existing bulkhead for bank stabilization. The applicant offered the following compensatory mitigation plan offset unavoidable impacts to waters of the US: The applicant will provide funding to the Galveston Island State Park for the creation of 2 acres of wetlands, east of, and adjacent to Jamaica Beach.

Type of Application: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit application #SWG-2025-00062. This application will be reviewed pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Note: The consistency review for this project may be conducted by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as part of its certification under §401 of the Clean Water Act.

CMP Project No: 26-1124-F1

Further information on the applications listed above, including a copy of the consistency certifications or consistency determinations for inspection, may be obtained from the Texas General Land Office Public Information Officer at 1700 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701, or via email at pialegal@glo.texas.gov. Comments should be sent to the Texas General Land Office Coastal Management Program Coordinator at the above address or via email at federal.consistency@glo.texas.gov.

TRD-202601710

Jennifer Jones

Chief Clerk and Deputy Land Commissioner

General Land Office

Filed: April 21, 2026

Office of the Governor

Notice of Application and Priorities for the Justice Assistance Grant Program Federal Application

The Governor's Public Safety Office (PSO) is planning to apply for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 formula funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The FFY 2025 allocation to Texas is $16.1 million.

The PSO proposes to use the FFY 2025 award to bolster local and statewide initiatives by funding programs that address violent crimes and organized criminal activity, mental health crisis response, technological advancement within the criminal justice system, substance abuse diversion, and recidivism reduction.

Comments regarding the proposed use of JAG funds should be submitted in writing within 30 days from the date of this announcement in the Texas Register. Comments may be submitted to the attention of Ms. Alyssa Smith, Public Safety Office (PSO), Texas Office of the Governor, by email at Alyssa.Smith@gov.texas.gov or by mail to the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, Post Office Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711. You may also request a copy of the application upon its completion from Ms. Smith.

TRD-202601640

Alyssa Smith

Administrator, Federal Justice Programs

Office of the Governor

Filed: April 15, 2026

Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Updates to Medicaid Payment Rates

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will conduct a public hearing on May 26, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., to receive public comments on proposed updates to Calendar Fee Review, Quarterly HCPCS, and Special Review Updates.

This hearing will be conducted as an in-person and online event. To join the hearing from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, register for the hearing in advance using the following link:

Registration URL:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5703367378165398613

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Instructions for dialing-in by phone will be provided after you register.

Members of the public may attend the rate hearing in person, which will be held in the Public Hearing Room 1.401, 1.402, 1.403 & 1.404 in the North Austin Complex located at 4601 W Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, or they may access a live stream of the meeting at https://hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings. For the live stream, select the "North Austin Complex Live" tab. A recording of the hearing will be archived and accessible on demand at https://www.hhs.texas.gov/about/live-archived-meetings under the "Archived" tab. The hearing will be held in compliance with Texas Human Resources Code section 32.0282, which requires public notice of and hearings on proposed Medicaid reimbursements.

Any updates to the hearing details will be posted on the HHSC website at https://www.hhs.texas.gov/about/meetings-events.

Proposal. The effective date of the proposed payment rates for the topics presented during the rate hearing will be as follows:

Effective January 1, 2026:

-Medical Transportation Program/Individual Transportation Participant (MTP/ITP)

-Indian Health Services

Effective September 1, 2026:

Calendar Fee Review

-Cardiovascular System Surgery

-Digestive System Surgery

-Eye and Ocular Adnexa Surgery

-G Codes

-G Codes Hospital

-G Codes Rural Hospital

-Medical Transportation Program (MTP)-Non-Emergency Medical -Transportation (NEMT) - T2003

-Physician Administered Drugs - Non-Oncology

-Physician Administered Drugs - Oncology

-Physician Administered Drugs - Vaccines & Toxoids

-Proton Therapy

-R Codes

-Renal Dialysis Medication

-Respiratory System Surgery

-T Codes

-Urinary System Surgery

-Vision Devices

Quarterly HCPCS Updates

-Q3 HCPCS Drugs

-Q3 HCPCS TOS 9-J-L

-Q3 HCPCS Vaccines

-Q4 HCPCS Drugs

Special Review

-Special Dental Review

Methodology and Justification. The proposed payment rates were calculated in accordance with Title 1 of the Texas Administrative Code:

Section 355.8001, Reimbursement for Vision Care Services;

Section 355.8023, Reimbursement Methodology for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS);

Section 355.8061, Outpatient Hospital Reimbursement;

Section 355.8085, Reimbursement Methodology for Physicians and Other Practitioners;

Section 355.8441, Reimbursement Methodologies for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Services (also known as Texas Health Steps);

Section 355.8561, Billing (Reimbursement Methodology for the Medical Transportation Program);

Section 355.8610, Reimbursement for Clinical Laboratory Services; and

Section 355.8620, Reimbursement Methodology for Services provided in Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities.

Rate Hearing Packet. A briefing packet describing the proposed payment rates will be made available at https://pfd.hhs.texas.gov/rate-packets on or before May 15, 2026. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the briefing packet on or after that date by contacting Provider Finance by telephone at (512) 730-7401; by fax at (512) 730-7475; or by e-mail at PFDAcuteCare@hhs.texas.gov.

Written Comments. Written comments regarding the proposed payment rates may be submitted in lieu of, or in addition to, oral testimony until 5 p.m. the day of the hearing. Written comments may be sent by U.S. mail to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Attention: Provider Finance, Mail Code H-400, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030; by fax to Provider Finance at (512) 730-7475; or by e-mail to PFDAcuteCare@hhs.texas.gov. In addition, written comments may be sent by overnight mail to Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Attention: Provider Finance, Mail Code H-400, North Austin Complex, 4601 Guadalupe St, Austin, Texas 78751.

Preferred Communication. For quickest response please use e-mail or phone if possible for communication with HHSC related to this rate hearing.

Persons with disabilities who wish to participate in the hearing and require auxiliary aids or services should contact Provider Finance at (512) 730-7401 at least 72 hours before the hearing so appropriate arrangements can be made.

TRD-202601700

Karen Ray

Chief Counsel

Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Filed: April 20, 2026

Department of State Health Services

Licensing Actions for Radioactive Materials (.pdf)

TRD-202601637

Molly Fudell

Deputy General Counsel

Department of State Health Services

Filed: April 15, 2026

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Scratch Ticket Game Number 2706 "QUEEN OF SPADES"

1.0 Name and Style of Scratch Ticket Game.

A. The name of Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706 is "QUEEN OF SPADES". The play style is "key number match".

1.1 Price of Scratch Ticket Game.

A. The price for Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706 shall be $20.00 per Scratch Ticket.

1.2 Definitions in Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706.

A. Display Printing - That area of the Scratch Ticket outside of the area where the overprint and Play Symbols appear.

B. Latex Overprint - The removable scratch-off covering over the Play Symbols on the front of the Scratch Ticket.

C. Play Symbol - The printed data under the latex on the front of the Scratch Ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. Each Play Symbol is printed in Symbol font in black ink in positive except for dual-image games. The possible black Play Symbols are: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, SPADE SYMBOL, QUEEN SYMBOL, $20.00, $50.00, $75.00, $100, $200, $500, $1,000, $20,000 and $1,000,000.

D. Play Symbol Caption - The printed material appearing below each Play Symbol which explains the Play Symbol. One caption appears under each Play Symbol and is printed in caption font in black ink in positive. The Play Symbol Caption which corresponds with and verifies each Play Symbol is as follows:

Figure 1: GAME NO. 2706 - 1.2D (.pdf)

E. Serial Number - A unique thirteen (13) digit number appearing under the latex scratch-off covering on the front of the Scratch Ticket. The Serial Number is for validation purposes and cannot be used to play the game. The format will be: 0000000000000.

F. Bar Code - A twenty-four (24) character interleaved two (2) of five (5) Bar Code which will include a four (4) digit game ID, the seven (7) digit Pack number, the three (3) digit Ticket number and the ten (10) digit Validation Number. The Bar Code appears on the back of the Scratch Ticket.

G. Game-Pack-Ticket Number - A fourteen (14) digit number consisting of the four (4) digit game number (2706), a seven (7) digit Pack number, and a three (3) digit Ticket number. Ticket numbers start with 001 and end with 025 within each Pack. The format will be: 2706-0000001-001.

H. Pack - A Pack of the "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game contains 025 Tickets, packed in plastic shrink-wrapping and fanfolded in pages of one (1). The front of Ticket 001 will be shown on the front of the Pack; the back of Ticket 025 will be revealed on the back of the Pack. All Packs will be tightly shrink-wrapped. There will be no breaks between the Tickets in a Pack. Every other Pack will reverse i.e., reverse order will be: the back of Ticket 001 will be shown on the front of the Pack and the front of Ticket 025 will be shown on the back of the Pack.

I. Non-Winning Scratch Ticket - A Scratch Ticket which is not programmed to be a winning Scratch Ticket or a Scratch Ticket that does not meet all of the requirements of these Game Procedures, the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), and applicable rules adopted by the Texas Lottery and Charitable Bingo Division of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation ("Texas Lottery") pursuant to the State Lottery Act and referenced in 16 TAC, Chapter 140.

J. Scratch Ticket Game, Scratch Ticket or Ticket - Texas Lottery "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706.

2.0 Determination of Prize Winners. The determination of prize winners is subject to the general Scratch Ticket validation requirements set forth in Texas Lottery Rule 140.302, Scratch Ticket Game Rules, these Game Procedures, and the requirements set out on the back of each Scratch Ticket. A prize winner in the "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game is determined once the latex on the Scratch Ticket is scratched off to expose sixty-six (66) Play Symbols. If a player matches any of the YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols to any of the WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbols, the player wins the prize for that number. If the player reveals a "SPADE" Play Symbol, the player wins 5 TIMES the prize for that symbol. If the player reveals a "QUEEN" Play Symbol, the player wins $100 instantly! No portion of the Display Printing nor any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of the Scratch Ticket.

2.1 Scratch Ticket Validation Requirements.

A. To be a valid Scratch Ticket, all of the following requirements must be met:

1. Exactly sixty-six (66) Play Symbols must appear under the Latex Overprint on the front portion of the Scratch Ticket;

2. Each of the Play Symbols must have a Play Symbol Caption underneath, unless specified, and each Play Symbol must agree with its Play Symbol Caption;

3. Each of the Play Symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully legible;

4. Each of the Play Symbols must be printed in black ink except for dual image games;

5. The Scratch Ticket shall be intact;

6. The Serial Number and Game-Pack-Ticket Number must be present in their entirety and be fully legible;

7. The Serial Number must correspond, using the Texas Lottery's codes, to the Play Symbols on the Scratch Ticket;

8. The Scratch Ticket must not have a hole punched through it, be mutilated, altered, unreadable, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;

9. The Scratch Ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part;

10. The Scratch Ticket must have been issued by the Texas Lottery in an authorized manner;

11. The Scratch Ticket must not have been stolen, nor appear on any list of omitted Scratch Tickets or non-activated Scratch Tickets on file at the Texas Lottery;

12. The Play Symbols, Serial Number and Game-Pack-Ticket Number must be right side up and not reversed in any manner;

13. The Scratch Ticket must be complete and not miscut, and have exactly sixty-six (66) Play Symbols under the Latex Overprint on the front portion of the Scratch Ticket, exactly one Serial Number and exactly one Game-Pack-Ticket Number on the Scratch Ticket;

14. The Serial Number of an apparent winning Scratch Ticket shall correspond with the Texas Lottery's Serial Numbers for winning Scratch Tickets, and a Scratch Ticket with that Serial Number shall not have been paid previously;

15. The Scratch Ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective or printed or produced in error;

16. Each of the sixty-six (66) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures;

17. Each of the sixty-six (66) Play Symbols on the Scratch Ticket must be printed in the Symbol font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; the Scratch Ticket Serial Numbers must be printed in the Serial font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and the Game-Pack-Ticket Number must be printed in the Game-Pack-Ticket Number font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;

18. The Display Printing on the Scratch Ticket must be regular in every respect and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and

19. The Scratch Ticket must have been received by the Texas Lottery by applicable deadlines.

B. The Scratch Ticket must pass all additional validation tests provided for in these Game Procedures, the Texas Lottery's Rules governing the award of prizes of the amount to be validated, and any confidential validation and security tests of the Texas Lottery.

C. Any Scratch Ticket not passing all of the validation requirements is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. However, the Executive Director of the Texas Lottery ("Executive Director") may, solely at the Executive Director's discretion, refund the retail sales price of the Scratch Ticket. In the event a defective Scratch Ticket is purchased, the only responsibility or liability of the Texas Lottery shall be to replace the defective Scratch Ticket with another unplayed Scratch Ticket in that Scratch Ticket Game (or a Scratch Ticket of equivalent sales price from any other current Texas Lottery Scratch Ticket Game) or refund the retail sales price of the Scratch Ticket, solely at the Executive Director's discretion.

2.2 Programmed Game Parameters.

A. Consecutive Non-Winning Tickets within a Pack will not have matching patterns, in the same order, of either Play Symbols or Prize Symbols.

B. A Ticket can win as indicated by the prize structure.

C. A Ticket can win up to thirty (30) times.

D. On winning and Non-Winning Tickets, the top cash prizes of $1,000, $20,000 and $1,000,000 will each appear at least one (1) time, except on Tickets winning thirty (30) times and with respect to other parameters, play action or prize structure.

E. All non-winning YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols will be different.

F. Non-winning Prize Symbols will not match a winning Prize Symbol on a Ticket.

G. Tickets winning more than one (1) time will use as many WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbols as possible to create matches, unless restricted by other parameters, play action or prize structure.

H. All WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbols will be different.

I. All YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols will never equal the corresponding Prize Symbol (i.e., 20 and $20).

J. On all Tickets, a Prize Symbol will not appear more than six (6) times, except as required by the prize structure to create multiple wins.

K. On Non-Winning Tickets, a WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbol will never match a YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbol.

L. The "QUEEN" (WIN$100) Play Symbol will win $100 instantly and will win as per the prize structure.

M. The "QUEEN" (WIN$100) Play Symbol will never appear more than one (1) time on a Ticket.

N. The "QUEEN" (WIN$100) Play Symbol will never appear on a Non-Winning Ticket.

O. The "QUEEN" (WIN$100) Play Symbol will never appear as a WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbol.

P. The "QUEEN" (WIN$100) Play Symbol will only appear with the $100 Prize Symbol.

Q. The "SPADE" (WINX5) Play Symbol will never appear as a WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbol.

R. The "SPADE" (WINX5) Play Symbol will never appear on a Non-Winning Ticket.

S. The "SPADE" (WINX5) Play Symbol will win 5 TIMES the prize for that Play Symbol and will win as per the prize structure.

T. The "SPADE" (WINX5) Play Symbol will never appear more than one (1) time on a Ticket.

2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.

A. To claim a "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game prize of $20.00, $50.00, $75.00, $100, $200 or $500, a claimant shall sign the back of the Scratch Ticket in the space designated on the Scratch Ticket and may present the winning Scratch Ticket to any Texas Lottery Retailer. The Texas Lottery Retailer shall verify the claim and, if valid, and upon presentation of proper identification, if appropriate, make payment of the amount due the claimant and physically void the Scratch Ticket; provided that the Texas Lottery Retailer may, but is not required, to pay a $50.00, $75.00, $100, $200 or $500 Scratch Ticket Game. In the event the Texas Lottery Retailer cannot verify the claim, the Texas Lottery Retailer shall provide the claimant with a claim form and instruct the claimant on how to file a claim with the Texas Lottery. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, a check shall be forwarded to the claimant in the amount due. In the event the claim is not validated, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly. A claimant may also claim any of the above prizes under the procedure described in Section 2.3.B and Section 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.

B. To claim a "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game prize of $1,000, $20,000 or $1,000,000, the claimant must sign the winning Scratch Ticket and may present it at one of the Texas Lottery's Claim Centers. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, payment will be made to the bearer of the validated winning Scratch Ticket for that prize upon presentation of proper identification. When paying a prize of $600 or more, the Texas Lottery shall file the appropriate income reporting form with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and shall withhold federal income tax at a rate set by the IRS if required. In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.

C. As an alternative method of claiming a "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game prize, the claimant may submit the signed winning Scratch Ticket and a thoroughly completed claim form via mail. If a prize value is $1,000,000 or more, the claimant must also provide proof of Social Security number or Tax Payer Identification (for U.S. Citizens or Resident Aliens). Mail all to: Texas Lottery, P.O. Box 16600, Austin, Texas 78761-6600. The Texas Lottery is not responsible for Scratch Tickets lost in the mail. In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.

D. Prior to payment by the Texas Lottery of any prize, the Texas Lottery shall deduct the amount of a delinquent tax or other money from the winnings of a prize winner who has been finally determined to be:

1. delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money to a state agency and that delinquency is reported to the Comptroller under Government Code §403.055;

2. in default on a loan made under Chapter 52, Education Code;

3. in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, Education Code; or

4. delinquent in child support payments in the amount determined by a court or a Title IV-D agency under Chapter 231, Family Code.

E. If a person is indebted or owes delinquent taxes to the State, other than those specified in the preceding paragraph, the winnings of a person shall be withheld until the debt or taxes are paid.

2.4 Allowance for Delay of Payment. The Texas Lottery may delay payment of the prize pending a final determination by the Executive Director, under any of the following circumstances:

A. if a dispute occurs, or it appears likely that a dispute may occur, regarding the prize;

B. if there is any question regarding the identity of the claimant;

C. if there is any question regarding the validity of the Scratch Ticket presented for payment; or

D. if the claim is subject to any deduction from the payment otherwise due, as described in Section 2.3.D of these Game Procedures. No liability for interest for any delay shall accrue to the benefit of the claimant pending payment of the claim.

2.5 Payment of Prizes to Persons Under 18. If a person under the age of 18 years is entitled to a cash prize under $600 from the "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game, the Texas Lottery shall deliver to an adult member of the minor's family or the minor's guardian a check or warrant in the amount of the prize payable to the order of the minor.

2.6 If a person under the age of 18 years is entitled to a cash prize of $600 or more from the "QUEEN OF SPADES" Scratch Ticket Game, the Texas Lottery shall deposit the amount of the prize in a custodial bank account, with an adult member of the minor's family or the minor's guardian serving as custodian for the minor.

2.7 Scratch Ticket Claim Period. All Scratch Ticket prizes must be claimed within 180 days following the end of the Scratch Ticket Game or within the applicable time period for certain eligible military personnel as set forth in Texas Government Code §466.408. Any rights to a prize that is not claimed within that period, and in the manner specified in these Game Procedures and on the back of each Scratch Ticket, shall be forfeited.

2.8 Disclaimer. The number of prizes in a game is approximate based on the number of Scratch Tickets ordered. The number of actual prizes available in a game may vary based on number of Scratch Tickets manufactured, testing, distribution, sales and number of prizes claimed. A Scratch Ticket Game may continue to be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed.

3.0 Scratch Ticket Ownership.

A. Until such time as a signature is placed upon the back portion of a Scratch Ticket in the space designated, a Scratch Ticket shall be owned by the physical possessor of said Scratch Ticket. When a signature is placed on the back of the Scratch Ticket in the space designated, the player whose signature appears in that area shall be the owner of the Scratch Ticket and shall be entitled to any prize attributable thereto. Notwithstanding any name or names submitted on a claim form, the Executive Director shall make payment to the player whose signature appears on the back of the Scratch Ticket in the space designated. If more than one name appears on the back of the Scratch Ticket, the Executive Director will require that one of those players whose name appears thereon be designated by such players to receive payment.

B. The Texas Lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen Scratch Tickets and shall not be required to pay on a lost or stolen Scratch Ticket.

4.0 Number and Value of Scratch Prizes. There will be approximately 6,000,000 Scratch Tickets in Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706. The approximate number and value of prizes in the game are as follows:

Figure 2: GAME NO. 2706 - 4.0 (.pdf)

A. The actual number of Scratch Tickets in the game may be increased or decreased at the sole discretion of the Texas Lottery.

5.0 End of the Scratch Ticket Game. The Executive Director may, at any time, announce a closing date (end date) for the Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706 without advance notice, at which point no further Scratch Tickets in that game may be sold. The determination of the closing date and reasons for closing will be made in accordance with the Scratch Ticket closing procedures and the Scratch Ticket Game Rules. See 16 TAC §140.302 (j).

6.0 Governing Law. In purchasing a Scratch Ticket, the player agrees to comply with, and abide by, these Game Procedures for Scratch Ticket Game No. 2706, the State Lottery Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 466), applicable rules adopted by the Texas Lottery pursuant to the State Lottery Act and referenced in 16 TAC, Chapter 140, and all final decisions of the Executive Director.

TRD-202601721

Deanne Rienstra

General Counsel Lottery and Charitable Bingo

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Filed: April 22, 2026

Scratch Ticket Game Number 2727 "ALL ABOUT THE 8S"

1.0 Name and Style of Scratch Ticket Game.

A. The name of Scratch Ticket Game No. 2727 is "ALL ABOUT THE 8S". The play style is "key number match".

1.1 Price of Scratch Ticket Game.

A. The price for Scratch Ticket Game No. 2727 shall be $5.00 per Scratch Ticket.

1.2 Definitions in Scratch Ticket Game No. 2727.

A. Display Printing - That area of the Scratch Ticket outside of the area where the overprint and Play Symbols appear.

B. Latex Overprint - The removable scratch-off covering over the Play Symbols on the front of the Scratch Ticket.

C. Play Symbol - The printed data under the latex on the front of the Scratch Ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. Each Play Symbol is printed in Symbol font in black ink in positive except for dual-image games. The possible black Play Symbols are: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 88 SYMBOL, 888 SYMBOL, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, $50.00, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $100,000.

Figure 1: GAME NO. 2727 - 1.2D (.pdf)

G. Game-Pack-Ticket Number - A fourteen (14) digit number consisting of the four (4) digit game number (2727), a seven (7) digit Pack number, and a three (3) digit Ticket number. Ticket numbers start with 001 and end with 075 within each Pack. The format will be: 2727-0000001-001.

H. Pack - A Pack of the "ALL ABOUT THE 8S" Scratch Ticket Game contains 075 Tickets, packed in plastic shrink-wrapping and fanfolded in pages of one (1). The Packs will alternate. One will show the front of Ticket 001 and back of 075 while the other fold will show the back of Ticket 001 and front of 075.

J. Scratch Ticket Game, Scratch Ticket or Ticket - Texas Lottery "ALL ABOUT THE 8S" Scratch Ticket Game No. 2727.

2.0 Determination of Prize Winners. The determination of prize winners is subject to the general Scratch Ticket validation requirements set forth in Texas Lottery Rule 140.302, Scratch Ticket Game Rules, these Game Procedures, and the requirements set out on the back of each Scratch Ticket. A prize winner in the "ALL ABOUT THE 8S" Scratch Ticket Game is determined once the latex on the Scratch Ticket is scratched off to expose fifty-one (51) Play Symbols. BONUS Play Instructions: If the player reveals 2 matching prize amounts in the same BONUS play area, the player wins that amount. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - KEY NUMBER MATCH Play Instructions: If a player matches any of the YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols to any of the WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbols, the player wins the prize for that number. If the player reveals an "88" Play Symbol, the player wins DOUBLE the prize for that symbol. If the player reveals an "888" Play Symbol, the player wins TRIPLE the prize for that symbol. No portion of the Display Printing nor any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of the Scratch Ticket.

2.1 Scratch Ticket Validation Requirements.

A. To be a valid Scratch Ticket, all of the following requirements must be met:

1. Exactly fifty-one (51) Play Symbols must appear under the Latex Overprint on the front portion of the Scratch Ticket;

2. Each of the Play Symbols must have a Play Symbol Caption underneath, unless specified, and each Play Symbol must agree with its Play Symbol Caption;

3. Each of the Play Symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully legible;

4. Each of the Play Symbols must be printed in black ink except for dual image games;

5. The Scratch Ticket shall be intact;

6. The Serial Number and Game-Pack-Ticket Number must be present in their entirety and be fully legible;

7. The Serial Number must correspond, using the Texas Lottery's codes, to the Play Symbols on the Scratch Ticket;

8. The Scratch Ticket must not have a hole punched through it, be mutilated, altered, unreadable, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;

9. The Scratch Ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part;

10. The Scratch Ticket must have been issued by the Texas Lottery in an authorized manner;

11. The Scratch Ticket must not have been stolen, nor appear on any list of omitted Scratch Tickets or non-activated Scratch Tickets on file at the Texas Lottery;

12. The Play Symbols, Serial Number and Game-Pack-Ticket Number must be right side up and not reversed in any manner;

13. The Scratch Ticket must be complete and not miscut, and have exactly fifty-one (51) Play Symbols under the Latex Overprint on the front portion of the Scratch Ticket, exactly one Serial Number and exactly one Game-Pack-Ticket Number on the Scratch Ticket;

15. The Scratch Ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective or printed or produced in error;

16. Each of the fifty-one (51) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures;

17. Each of the fifty-one (51) Play Symbols on the Scratch Ticket must be printed in the Symbol font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; the Scratch Ticket Serial Numbers must be printed in the Serial font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and the Game-Pack-Ticket Number must be printed in the Game-Pack-Ticket Number font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery;

18. The Display Printing on the Scratch Ticket must be regular in every respect and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and

19. The Scratch Ticket must have been received by the Texas Lottery by applicable deadlines.

2.2 Programmed Game Parameters.

A. GENERAL: The top Prize Symbol will appear on every Ticket, unless restricted by other parameters, play action or prize structure.

B. GENERAL: Consecutive Non-Winning Tickets within a Pack will not have matching patterns, in the same order, of either Play Symbols or Prize Symbols.

C. BONUS: A non-winning Prize Symbol in a BONUS play area will never match a winning Prize Symbol in another BONUS play area.

D. BONUS: A Ticket will not have matching non-winning Prize Symbols across the three (3) BONUS play areas.

E. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: No prize amount in a non-winning spot will correspond with the YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbol (i.e., 05 and $5).

F. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: There will be no matching non-winning YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols on a Ticket.

G. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: There will be no matching WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbols on a Ticket.

H. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: A non-winning Prize Symbol will never match a winning Prize Symbol.

I. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: A Ticket may have up to three (3) matching non-winning Prize Symbols, unless restricted by other parameters, play action or prize structure.

J. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: The "88" (DBL) Play Symbol will only appear on winning Tickets, as dictated by the prize structure.

K. ALL ABOUT THE 8S - Key Number Match: The "888" (TRP) Play Symbol will only appear on winning Tickets, as dictated by the prize structure.

2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.

A. To claim a "ALL ABOUT THE 8S" Scratch Ticket Game prize of $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, $50.00, $100 or $500, a claimant shall sign the back of the Scratch Ticket in the space designated on the Scratch Ticket and may present the winning Scratch Ticket to any Texas Lottery Retailer. The Texas Lottery Retailer shall verify the claim and, if valid, and upon presentation of proper identification, if appropriate, make payment of the amount due the claimant and physically void the Scratch Ticket; provided that the Texas Lottery Retailer may, but is not required, to pay a $30.00, $50.00, $100 or $500 Scratch Ticket Game. In the event the Texas Lottery Retailer cannot verify the claim, the Texas Lottery Retailer shall provide the claimant with a claim form and instruct the claimant on how to file a claim with the Texas Lottery. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, a check shall be forwarded to the claimant in the amount due. In the event the claim is not validated, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly. A claimant may also claim any of the above prizes under the procedure described in Section 2.3.B and Section 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.

B. To claim a "ALL ABOUT THE 8S" Scratch Ticket Game prize of $1,000, $5,000 or $100,000, the claimant must sign the winning Scratch Ticket and may present it at one of the Texas Lottery's Claim Centers. If the claim is validated by the Texas Lottery, payment will be made to the bearer of the validated winning Scratch Ticket for that prize upon presentation of proper identification. When paying a prize of $600 or more, the Texas Lottery shall file the appropriate income reporting form with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and shall withhold federal income tax at a rate set by the IRS if required. In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.

C. As an alternative method of claiming a "ALL ABOUT THE 8S" Scratch Ticket Game prize, the claimant may submit the signed winning Scratch Ticket and a thoroughly completed claim form via mail. If a prize value is $1,000,000 or more, the claimant must also provide proof of Social Security number or Tax Payer Identification (for U.S. Citizens or Resident Aliens). Mail all to: Texas Lottery, P.O. Box 16600, Austin, Texas 78761-6600. The Texas Lottery is not responsible for Scratch Tickets lost in the mail. In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly.