Civil Enforcement Manual

Spine (PDF) 32K
Cover (PDF) 187K
Title Page (PDF) 35K
Overall Objective and Purpose (PDF) 19K
Biography of Cathy Sisk, Chief of Environmental Division, Harris County (PDF) 10K
Biography of Clarissa Kay Bauer, Senior Assistant County Attorney,
Harris County Attorney’s Office (PDF) 10K
Map of the Houston-Galveston Area Council Region (PDF) 727K

Table of Contents
Table of Contents (PDF) 13K

I. General Outline for Preparing an Environmental Lawsuit
General Outline for Preparing an Environmental Lawsuit (PDF) 14K

II. Illegal Dumping of Solid Waste
(Texas Health & Safety Code 361)

A. Elements
Elements (PDF) 11K

B. Forms

1. Harris County v. Polotko
CC Order Dump (DOC) 30K
Petition Dump (DOC) 47K
TI Dump (DOC) 35K
Judgment Dump (DOC) 45K

2. Harris County v. Adams
CC Order Dump2 (DOC) 25K
Petition Dump2 (DOC) 45K
TI Dump2 (DOC) 40K
Judgment Dump2 (DOC) 30K

III. Illegal Discharge Into or Adjacent to Waters of the State
(Water Code 26)

A. Elements
Elements (PDF) 6K

B. Forms
Harris County v. Gulf Transportation, Inc.
CC Order Water (DOC) 31K
Petition Water (DOC) 54K
TI Water (DOC) 38K

IV. Air Quality – Clean Air Act
(Texas Health & Safety Code 382)

A. Elements
Elements (PDF) 7K

B. Forms

1. Harris County v. Addicks Services, Inc.
CC Order Trench Burner (DOC) 30K
Petition Trench Burner (DOC) 56K
TI Trench Burner (DOC) 36K
TI Canned Brief (DOC) 47K
Judgment Trench Burner (DOC) 44K

2. Harris County v. Wood Resources
CC Order Waste Burning (DOC) 32K
Petition Waste Burning (DOC) 55K
TI Waste Burning (DOC) 30K

V. Creation of an Illegal Public Health Nuisance
(Texas Health & Safety Code 343)

A. Elements
Elements (PDF) 6K

B. Forms

1. Harris County v. Santos and John Valdez
CC Letter and Order Nuisance (DOC) 60K
Petition Nuisance (DOC) 40K
Order to Show Cause (DOC) 60K

2. Harris County v. Las Brisas Investment Corp.
Final Judgment Nuisance (DOC) 209K

3. Harris County v. Ann Norra
Compliance Order Nuisance (OSSF) (DOC) 34K
Petition Nuisance (OSSF) (DOC) 39K
Petition Nuisance (OSSF) 3rd amended (DOC) 64K
TI Nuisance (OSSF) (DOC) 36K
Requests for Admission Nuisance (OSSF) (DOC) 111K
Request for Production Nuisance (OSSF) (DOC) 52K

VI. Discovery Examples

Request for Admissions (DOC) 56K
Interrogatories (DOC) 47K
Request for Production (DOC) 55K

VII. Case Law Summaries
Case Summaries (DOC) 67K

VIII Appendix