State v. Associated Metals & Minerals Corp.

RAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an enforcement action brought by the State of Texas and Galveston County, pursuant to sections 4.02 and 4.03 of the Texas Clean Air Act, 1 against Associated Metals and Minerals Corporation, doing business as Gulf Chemical and Metallurgical Company (Gulf Chemical or Gulf), to enjoin alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. The question before us is whether the trial court had jurisdiction to render a modified judgment in which it temporarily suspended parts of a Texas Air Control Board (TACB) construction permit and specified maximum emission rates to be…