Company that wants to build oilfield dump in East Texas gave $53,750 in campaign donations to regulators

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McBride Operating LLC and its owner, Joseph McBride, contributed to the political campaigns of the three commissioners on the Texas Railroad Commission now considering his request.

in giving the company another opportunity to address concerns about its controversial application to build an oilfield waste site in the city of Paxton.

“Chairman Craddick considers fact and merit alone,” said Mia Hutchens Hale, Craddick’s director of public affairs. “Maintaining public trust is of utmost importance and she operates with complete transparency.” , Inside Climate News spoke with residents who have spent years fighting the McBride oilfield waste dump permit. They fear the dump would contaminate their wells and local waterways that feed into the Sabine River. The commission’s technical permitting division has administratively denied the permit, but commissioners have given McBride several opportunities to modify the application.

McBride contributed $12,500 during the two weeks prior to the December commission meeting at which the company’s application was discussed — $10,000 to Craddick and $2,500 to Wright, who hasHicks said his client has donated to numerous political campaigns — from president to the Texas Supreme Court. But Texas Ethics Commission filings show the majority of McBride’s donations go to the regulators at the Railroad Commission.

Commissioners can accept unlimited contributions during their six-year terms, except during the six-month legislative session held every two years, when statewide officeholders cannot accept contributions. The

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