The TCEQ's public Web site is designed to provide online access to certain public information from the agency. The TCEQ balances carefully the public's right to an open government with the privacy needs of the individual.
Other than information automatically collected and stored by our Web server when you visit our Web site, we collect no personal identifying information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us. Please note that e-mails sent to the agency are not encryption protected via Secure Sockets Layers by our server and may be subject to interception by common third-party Internet tools.
Some TCEQ Web applications require users to log on with a user name and password. These applications may use "cookies" to keep track of log-on information. A cookie is a small piece of information that a Web server stores in your Web browser or on your hard drive. We use cookies to prevent third parties from hijacking Web sessions after users have logged in. The TCEQ uses only "session" cookies. This means that the cookies go away after you have logged off the Web application, ending your session with us.
All information collected, including server log information and information submitted on electronic forms, is subject to disclosure to others upon request according to the requirements of the Texas Public Information Act (codified at Texas Government Code, Section 552.011, Vernon's 2000) and the State Government Privacy Policies Act (codified at Texas Government Code, Section 559, Vernon's 2001).
Individuals are entitled to request and review their personal information that the agency gathers on its forms (both print and electronic forms). They may also have any errors in their information corrected. For assistance, contact us at 512/239-3282.
Web Server Logs
For site management functions, information is collected by our Web server for our own analysis purposes. This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personal identifying information, and will not be released to any outside parties unless legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.
We use Web log analysis tools to create summary statistics, which are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to those who visit our site, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. The following information is collected for this analysis:
User Client domain name - The domain name (or IP address if DNS is disabled) of the user/client requesting access.
HTTP header, "user-agent" - The user-agent information includes the type of browser, its version, and the operating system it's running on.
HTTP header, "referrer" - The referrer specifies the page from which the client accessed the current page.
System date - The date and time of the user/client request.
Full request - The exact request the user/client made.
Status - The status code the server returned to the user/client.
Content length - The content length, in bytes, of the document sent to the user/client.
Method - The request method used.
Universal Resource Identifier (URI) - The location of a resource on the server.
Protocol - The transport protocol and version used.
The TCEQ endeavors to follow the State Web Site Link and Privacy Policy, which addresses linking to and from state agency Web sites. In addition, we will consider linking to a private Web site (other than state agencies or universities) if the answer to all the following questions is "yes":
Links to other Web sites from our site are provided solely as a courtesy and will take you off the TCEQ Web server. Agency staff or customers have found that the target Web site may contain useful information. Because the TCEQ has no control over the posting of material to such Web sites, the agency cannot take responsibility for the validity of the content. (See our Site Disclaimer for additional information.)
If you encounter an inactive link, please use the "Questions or Comments" e-mail option at the top of the TCEQ page offering the link. In your message, please include the URL of the page on which you encountered the broken link.
When you e-mail the TCEQ, please know that personal e-mail addresses are generally confidential by law and cannot be disclosed.
If anyone requests an e-mail address under the Public Information Act without a clear exception to this requirement, the TCEQ must deny that request and seek a Texas Attorney General opinion on whether the e-mail address may be released.
The TCEQ does not sell e-mail addresses.
With respect to documents available from this Web server, or documents from other servers made available through this Web server, neither the State of Texas nor the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), nor any of their employees, nor any of their contractors, subcontractors, or their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.
The TCEQ maintains this Web site as a public service and the content of our site is considered "public domain." We have no restrictions on linking to our site as long as a fee is not charged to access our material. However, we would appreciate acknowledgment on your site of any items you use and for them to be linked to in the proper context. See also our policy on linking to and from the TCEQ Web site.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is committed to making its Web site accessible to all users.
We have included features designed to improve accessibility for users with disabilities. The following are some examples of these features.
The TCEQ is committed to making its Web site compliant with Conformance Level "A" of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) accessibility rating. Visit www.w3c.org/ for more information.
Currently, all new and significantly modified Web pages intended for publication on our Web site are reviewed for accessibility. The agency is planning to incorporate the use of tools that aid in the development and review of accessible Web pages.
For assistance:
If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our Web site interferes with your ability to access the information, please contact the TCEQ Web Accessibility Coordinator via webmast@tceq.state.tx.us or call 512/239-0028. For assistance in contacting us using Relay Texas, visit the Relay Texas Web site at www.puc.state.tx.us/relay/ for more information.
When you contact us, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the format in which you prefer to receive the material, the Web address of the requested material, and your contact information. This information will enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you.
Additional information about accessibility programs in Texas is available from the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities at www.governor.state.tx.us/disabilities/.
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