AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7 -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the following news release:

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling $2,216,394 against 55 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations.

Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: 20 air quality, one Edwards Aquifer, one industrial hazardous waste, one industrial wastewater discharge, six multi-media, 17 municipal wastewater discharges, one petroleum storage tank, three public water systems, and two water quality.

Default orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: one petroleum storage tank, one public water system, and one water quality.

In addition, on O...