Hunter Industrial Facilities, Inc. v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

KIDD, Justice.

This case of first impression involves the interpretation and application of certain statutory standards under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. 2 In 1989, appellant Hunter Industrial Facilities, Inc. (“HIFI”) filed applications with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 3 (“the Commission”) for fourteen permits to construct and operate an above-ground waste storage and processing facility in the North Dayton Salt Dome. HIFI planned to use ten solution-mined salt caverns for the disposal of hazardous waste 4 and three deep injection wells to dispose of nonhazardous…