
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
NOTICE OF HEARING
Hays Commons Development, Inc.
SOAH Docket No. 582-26-10081
TCEQ Docket No. 2025-1295-MWD
TCEQ Permit No. WQ0016373001
APPLICATION.
Hays Commons Development, Inc., 2100 Northland Drive, Austin, Texas 78756, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new permit, Proposed TCEQ Permit No. WQ0016373001 to authorize the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 150,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 60 acres of non-public access land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into water in the state.
The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site will be located approximately 0.25 miles southwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1626 and State Highway 45 Southwest, in Hays County, Texas 78610. The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site will be located in the drainage basin of Onion Creek in Segment No. 1427 of the Colorado 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=-97.8623,30.12753&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 the Kyle Public Library, 550 Scott Street, Kyle, Texas.
CONTESTED CASE HEARING.
The State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) will conduct a preliminary hearing via Zoom videoconference. A Zoom meeting is a secure, free meeting held over the internet that allows video, audio, or audio/video conferencing.
10:00 a.m. (CT) – March 10, 2026
To join the Zoom meeting via computer:
https://soah-texas.zoomgov.com/
Meeting ID: 161 245 6331
Password: MWD268
or
To join the Zoom meeting via telephone:
(669) 254-5252 or (646) 828-7666
Meeting ID: 161 245 6331
Password: 947840
For questions regarding the preliminary hearing, visit the SOAH website at: http://www.soah.texas.gov/
or call SOAH at (512) 475-4993.
The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to establish jurisdiction, name the parties, establish a procedural schedule for the remainder of the proceeding, and to address other matters as determined by the judge. The evidentiary hearing phase of the proceeding, which will occur at a later date, will be similar to a civil trial in state district court. The hearing will address the disputed issues of fact identified in the TCEQ order concerning this application issued on October 28, 2025. In addition to these issues, the judge may consider additional issues if certain factors are met.
The hearing will be conducted in accordance with Chapter 2001, Texas Government Code; Chapter 26, Texas Water Code; and the procedural rules of the TCEQ and SOAH, including 30 TAC Chapter 80 and 1 TAC Chapter 155. The hearing will be held unless all timely hearing requests have been withdrawn or denied.
To request to be a party, you must attend the hearing and show you would be adversely affected by the application in a way not common to members of the general public. Any person may attend the hearing and request to be a party. Only persons named as parties may participate at the hearing.
In accordance with 1 Tex. Admin. 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."
INFORMATION.
If you need more information about the hearing process for this application, please call the Public Education Program, toll free, at (800) 687-4040. General information about the TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.tceq.texas.gov.
Further information may also be obtained from Hays Commons Development, Inc. at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Daniel Ryan, P.E., Vice President, LJA Engineering, Inc., at (512) 439-4700.
Persons with disabilities who need special accommodations at the hearing should call the SOAH Docketing Department at (512) 475-4993, at least one week prior to the hearing.
Issued: January 23, 2026
Laurie Gharis, Chief Clerk
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
February 2 2026
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