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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/28/spacex-is-testing-a-flame-deflector-for-starship-without-permits.html
>CNBC has learned that the company didn’t apply for the environmental permits that would typically allow it to discharge industrial process wastewater into the area surrounding that launchpad.
>SpaceX hasn’t disclosed how much water a system test consumes at the site, where that water will run off and what it contains.
>In an email to CNBC, a spokesperson for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the state’s environmental regulator, confirmed that as of July 28, SpaceX had not applied for what is called a Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit at its Starbase facility.
>SpaceX hasn’t said why it went ahead without a permit and didn’t respond to a request for comment.
This is bad. Look at this article from Lora Kolodny. Eric Roesch told CNBC in an interview that SpaceX is fucked