Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Max Midstream, LLC v. San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, Texas Campaign for the Environment, and S. Diane Wilson

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided March 12, 2025·No. 15-24-00036-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00036-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/12/2025 4:57 PM NO. 15-24-00036-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY and MAX MIDSTREAM, LLC, Appellants,

v.

S. DIANE WILSON, TEXAS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND SAN ANTONIO BAY ESTUARINE WATERKEEPER, Appellees.

On Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas Cause No. D-1-GN-22-002153

APPELLEES’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING

Erin Gaines, Bar No. 24093462 Ilan Levin, Bar No. 00798328 Earthjustice Karis Adams, Bar No. 24131210 845 Texas Avenue, Suite 200 Ethan Siegel, Bar No. 24124647 Houston, Texas 77002 Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Phone: (512) 720-5354 4920 Interstate 35 egaines@earthjustice.org Austin, Texas 78751-2717 Phone: (512) 619-7287 ilevin@trla.org Attorney for Appellees Texas Campaign for karisadams@trla.org the Environment & San Antonio Bay esiegel@trla.org Estuarine Waterkeeper Attorneys for Appellee S. Diane Wilson TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF

APPEALS:

Appellees S. Diane Wilson, Texas Campaign for the Environment and San

Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, file this Unopposed Motion for Extension of

Time to File a Motion for Rehearing on this Court’s Final Judgment in this case

issued February 27, 2025, pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b)

and 49.9.

Appellees’ Motion for Rehearing is currently due on March 14, 2025. By

this Motion for Extension of Time, Appellees request a 15-day extension to file its

Motion for Rehearing, making the new deadline to file March 31, 2025.

This extension is not sought for the purpose of delay, but to enable counsel

to balance other competing case deadlines and to prepare and submit a Motion for

Rehearing that is helpful to the Court. This is Appellees’ first request for an

extension of time to file its Motion.

As set forth in the Certificate of Conference, this Motion for Extension of

Time is unopposed.

1 Conclusion & Prayer

For the reasons described above, Appellees respectfully request that the

Court grant this Motion for a 15-day extension of time, extending the deadline to

file Appellees’ Motion for Rehearing until March 31, 2025.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Erin Gaines Erin Gaines, Bar No. 24093462 Earthjustice 845 Texas Avenue, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (512) 720-5354 egaines@earthjustice.org

Attorney for Appellees Texas Campaign for the Environment & San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper

/s/ Ilan Levin Ilan Levin, Bar No. 00798328 Karis Adams, Bar No. 24131210 Ethan Siegel, Bar No. 24124647 Texas RioGrande Legal Aid 4920 Interstate 35 Austin, Texas 78751-2717 Phone: (512) 619-7287 ilevin@trla.org karisadams@trla.org esiegel@trla.org

Attorneys for Appellee S. Diane Wilson

2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a)(5), I certify that I

have conferred with counsel for all parties to this case regarding this Unopposed

Motion for Extension of Time to File a Motion for Rehearing, and they have

apprised me that their clients do not oppose extending the deadline for this

motion.

/s/ Erin Gaines

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 12th day of March 2025, a true and correct copy

of this UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

MOTION FOR REHEARING was electronically served upon the following

counsel of record via the Court’s electronic filing system:

Sara J. Ferris Derek Seal Office of the Attorney General McGinnis Lockridge LLP sara.ferris@oag.texas.gov dseal@mcginnislaw.com

Erin K. Snody April Lucas Office of the Attorney General McGinnis Lockridge LLP erin.snody@oag.texas.gov alucas@mcginnislaw.com

Attorneys for Appellant, Texas Jordan Mullins Commission on Environmental McGinnis Lockridge LLP Quality jmullins@mcginnislaw.com

Attorneys for Appellant, Max Midstream LLC

4 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Erin Gaines on behalf of Erin Gaines Bar No. 24093462 egaines@earthjustice.org Envelope ID: 98393949 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellees' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing Status as of 3/12/2025 5:10 PM CST

Associated Case Party: Max Midstream, LLC

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Derek Seal dseal@mcginnislaw.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Jordan Mullins jmullins@mcginnislaw.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

April Lucas alucas@mcginnislaw.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Kim McBride kmcbride@mcginnislaw.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Annalisa Guartuche annalisa.guartuche@oag.texas.gov 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Sara Ferris sara.ferris@oag.texas.gov 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

David Laurent david.laurent@oag.texas.gov 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Erin Snody erin.snody@oag.texas.gov 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM ERROR

Associated Case Party: San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper

Erin Gaines egaines@earthjustice.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Michelle Carlos mcarlos@earthjustice.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Claire Huebler chuebler@earthjustice.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Ilan Levin ilevin@environmentalintegrity.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Case Contacts Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Erin Gaines on behalf of Erin Gaines Bar No. 24093462 egaines@earthjustice.org Envelope ID: 98393949 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellees' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Motion for Rehearing Status as of 3/12/2025 5:10 PM CST

Case Contacts

Colton Halter colton.halter@oag.texas.gov 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Debbie Trevino debbie.trevino@dinsmore.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Texas Campaign for the Environment

Erin Gaines egaines@earthjustice.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Michelle Carlos mcarlos@earthjustice.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Claire Huebler chuebler@earthjustice.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Ilan Levin ilevin@environmentalintegrity.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: S.DianeWilson

Ethan Siegel esiegel@trla.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Karis Adams karisadams@trla.org 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Calhoun Port Authority

Petrus J.Wassdorf pwassdorf@hslawmail.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Michael Woodward 21979300 mwoodward@hslawmail.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT

Barton Hejny 24082231 bhejny@hslawmail.com 3/12/2025 4:57:30 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

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