Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Harris County, Texas, Super Neighborhood 48 Trinity/Houston Gardens, Dyersforest Heights Civic Club, and Progressive Fifth Ward Community Association

11/21/2025 10:54 AM
Velva L. Price
District Clerk
Travis County
D-1-GN-24-001116

Cause No. D-1-GN-24-001116
Rosa Oneal

FILED IN
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT TEXASOF
15th COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN,
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48 § 11/21/2025 3:44:37 PM
TRINITY/HOUSTON § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
GARDENS, DYERSFOREST § Clerk

HEIGHTS CIVIC CLUB, and §
PROGRESSIVE FIFTH §
WARD COMMUNITY §
ASSOCIATION §
Plaintiffs, §
§ TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS
v. §
§
TEXAS COMMISSION ON §
ENVIRONMENTAL §
QUALITY, §
Defendant. § 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF APPEAL

Defendant, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

(“TCEQ”), files this Notice of Appeal stating its intent to appeal the trial

court’s Final Judgment signed on October 23, 2025, and attached to this

Notice as Exhibit A. This appeal is authorized under Section 51.012 of

the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. In accordance with Texas

Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, TCEQ timely files this Notice of

Appeal. This appeal is taken to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals.
Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON
Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER
First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA
Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

AUSTIN KINGHORN
Deputy Attorney General for Civil
Litigation

KELLIE E. BILLINGS-RAY
Chief, Environmental Protection Division

/s/ Ian Lancaster
IAN LANCASTER
Assistant Attorney General
State Bar No. 24097964
ian.lancaster@oag.texas.gov

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Environmental Protection Division
P.O. Box 12548, MC-066
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Tel: (512) 463-2012
Fax: (512) 320-0911

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT
TEXAS COMMISSION ON
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Harris County, Texas, et al. v. TCEQ
Defendant’s Notice of Appeal 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
Defendant’s Notice of Appeal has been served on the persons listed below,
on November 21, 2025, through an electronic filing manager and/or by
email:

Sarah Jane Utley Amy Catherine Dinn
Bethany Dwyer Caroline Crow
Ryan Cooper Noor Mozaffar
HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY’S LONE STAR LEGAL AID
OFFICE P.O. Box 398
1019 Congress Avenue, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77001
Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 652-0077 ext. 8108
Tel: (713) 274-5124 Fax: (713) 652-3141
Fax: (713) 437-4211 adinn@lonestarlegal.org
sarah.utley@harriscountytx.gov ccrow@lonestarlegal.org
bethany.dwyer@harriscountytx.gov nmozaffar@lonestarlegal.org
ryan.cooper@harriscountytx.gov
Attorneys for Appellees
Adam M. Friedman Harris County, Texas, Super
Hailey Culhane Neighborhood 48
MCELROY, SULLIVAN, MILLER & Trinity/Houston Gardens,
WEBER, L.L.P. Dyersforest Heights Civic
P.O. Box 12127 Club, and Progressive Fifth
Austin, Texas 78711 Ward Community Association
Tel: (512) 327-8111
Fax: (512) 350-2681
afriedman@msmtx.com
hculhane@msmtx.com

/s/ Ian Lancaster
IAN LANCASTER

Harris County, Texas, et al. v. TCEQ
Defendant’s Notice of Appeal 3
EXHIBIT A

October 23, 2025, Final Judgment
10/24/2025 10:54:57 AM
Velva L. Price
District Clerk
Travis County
D-1-GN-24-001116
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.

James McCarley on behalf of Ian Lancaster
Bar No. 24097964
scott.mccarley@oag.texas.gov
Envelope ID: 108328742
Filing Code Description: Notice of Appeal
Filing Description: DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF APPEAL
Status as of 11/21/2025 11:04 AM CST

Associated Case Party: HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Adam MFriedman afriedman@msmtx.com 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Sarah Utley 24042075 sarah.utley@harriscountytx.gov 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Amy Dinn 24026801 adinn@lonestarlegal.org 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Bethany Dwyer 24084190 bethany.dwyer@cao.hctx.net 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Caroline Crow 24118360 caroline.riviere.crow@gmail.com 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Hailey Culhane 24127440 hculhane@msmtx.com 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Noor Mozaffar 24133046 noor.mozaffar32@gmail.com 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Ryan Cooper 24123649 Ryan.Cooper@harriscountytx.gov 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Quincy Smith qsmith@msmtx.com 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Ian Lancaster ian.lancaster@oag.texas.gov 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

James ScottMcCarley scott.mccarley@oag.texas.gov 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Caroline Crow ccrow@lonestarlegal.org 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Adam Friedman afriedman@msmtx.com 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Noor Mozaffar nmozaffar@lonestarlegal.org 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT