A grassroots group of residents who fought a years-long battle against a concrete batch plant locating near their homes and schools won a major victory Wednesday, Oct. 21, when the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ruled to dismiss an air quality permit that would have allowed the company to build the plant.
The permit application from J7 Ready Mix was denied with prejudice during a hearing in Austin. J7 Ready Mix of Alvarado had applied for an air quality permit to build a concrete batch plant at 5428 East FM 1187, between Burleson and Mansfield, in unincorporated Tarrant County.
Brandon McElroy, who founded the nonprofit Green Air Solutions to lead the fight against J7, said in an interview that the denial was a decisive win…