{"id":6428,"date":"2018-11-26T21:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T03:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?page_id=6428"},"modified":"2019-06-10T18:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:26:37","slug":"filing-a-complaint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?page_id=6428","title":{"rendered":"Filing A Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>What to do if you think someone might be dumping or building illegally on the bayou? Or in a way that is damaging?<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cohtora.houstontx.gov\/approot\/soldpermits\/online_permit.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to check whether a property owner has a permit from the City of Houston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how to complain to the City of Houston<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicworks.houstontx.gov\/floodplain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Floodplain Management Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how to complain to the <a href=\"https:\/\/epermits.harriscountytx.gov\/External_Complaints.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">permits office of the Harris County Engineering Department.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is how to complain to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swg.usace.army.mil\/Business-With-Us\/Regulatory\/Violations-Compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galveston District of the Corps of Engineers<\/a>. You can also call the District&#8217;s Regulatory Hotline at <span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\">409-766-3869.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is how to complain to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tceq.texas.gov\/compliance\/complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Commission on Environmental Quality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can report acts of pollution to air, water, or land, by calling the Houston Police Department\u2019s Environmental Investigations Unit at 713-525-2728.<\/p>\n<p>You can also report chemical spills, possible illegal use of pesticides, and other environmental violations to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pesticide-incidents\/how-report-spills-and-environmental-violations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dumping of debris into ditches, streams, or bayous is a violation of the Houston Code of Ordinances Section 28-1. To report a violation or a maintenance problem, call the City\u2019s Service Helpline by dialing 3-1-1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 What to do if you think someone might be dumping or building illegally on the bayou? Or in a way that is damaging? &nbsp; Here is how to check whether a property owner has a permit from the City of Houston. Here is how to complain to the City&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6428"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7320,"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428\/revisions\/7320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}