The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association — a nonprofit to protect the Trinity and Edwards Aquifers — has sent its First Amended Notice of Intent to bring a legal action against Far South Mining, LLC, for a proposed rock quarry and rock crushing operation in Hays County.
TESPA requested FSM abandon its plans for a rock quarry on Needmore Ranch between Wimberley and San Marcos. The NOI, sent on Nov. 7, triggers a 60-day waiting period required by law before TESPA’s lawsuit against FSM can be filed in federal court. This waiting period will end on Jan. 6, 2023.
This notice is not the first served by TESPA against FSM; the two organizations had previously reached a settlement concerning the groundwater permit for the same site earlier this year. The result of this was that Needmore may only use groundwater pumped under its permit for agricultural irrigation and wildlife use.
