Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Harris County, Texas, Super Neighborhood 48 Trinity/Houston Gardens, Dyersforest Heights Civic Club, and Progressive Fifth Ward Community Association

11/21/2025 10:54 AM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County D-1-GN-24-001116 Cause No. D-1-GN-24-001116 Rosa Oneal FILED IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, § IN THE DISTRICT COURT TEXASOF 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48 § 11/21/2025 3:44:37 PM TRINITY/HOUSTON § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE GARDENS, DYERSFOREST § Clerk HEIGHTS CIVIC CLUB, and § PROGRESSIVE FIFTH § WARD COMMUNITY § ASSOCIATION § Plaintiffs, § § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS v. § § TEXAS COMMISSION ON § ENVIRONMENTAL § QUALITY, § Defendant. § 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF APPEAL Defendant, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”), files this Notice of Appeal stating its intent to appeal the trial court’s Final Judgment signed on October 23, 2025, and attached to this Notice as Exhibit A. This appeal is authorized under Section 51.012 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. In accordance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, TCEQ timely files this Notice of Appeal. This appeal is taken to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals.

Respectfully submitted, KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation KELLIE E. BILLINGS-RAY Chief, Environmental Protection Division /s/ Ian Lancaster IAN LANCASTER Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24097964 [email protected] OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Environmental Protection Division P.O. Box 12548, MC-066 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel: (512) 463-2012 Fax: (512) 320-0911 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Harris County, Texas, et al. v. TCEQ Defendant’s Notice of Appeal 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendant’s Notice of Appeal has been served on the persons listed below, on November 21, 2025, through an electronic filing manager and/or by email:

Sarah Jane Utley Amy Catherine Dinn Bethany Dwyer Caroline Crow Ryan Cooper Noor Mozaffar HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY’S LONE STAR LEGAL AID OFFICE P.O. Box 398 1019 Congress Avenue, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77001 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 652-0077 ext. 8108 Tel: (713) 274-5124 Fax: (713) 652-3141 Fax: (713) 437-4211 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Appellees Adam M. Friedman Harris County, Texas, Super Hailey Culhane Neighborhood 48 MCELROY, SULLIVAN, MILLER & Trinity/Houston Gardens, WEBER, L.L.P. Dyersforest Heights Civic P.O. Box 12127 Club, and Progressive Fifth Austin, Texas 78711 Ward Community Association Tel: (512) 327-8111 Fax: (512) 350-2681 [email protected] [email protected]

/s/ Ian Lancaster IAN LANCASTER Harris County, Texas, et al. v. TCEQ Defendant’s Notice of Appeal 3 EXHIBIT A October 23, 2025, Final Judgment 10/24/2025 10:54:57 AM Velva L. Price District Clerk Travis County D-1-GN-24-001116 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

James McCarley on behalf of Ian Lancaster Bar No. 24097964 [email protected] Envelope ID: 108328742 Filing Code Description: Notice of Appeal Filing Description: DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF APPEAL Status as of 11/21/2025 11:04 AM CST Associated Case Party: HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Adam MFriedman [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Sarah Utley 24042075 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Amy Dinn 24026801 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Bethany Dwyer 24084190 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Caroline Crow 24118360 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Hailey Culhane 24127440 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Noor Mozaffar 24133046 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Ryan Cooper 24123649 [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Quincy Smith [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Ian Lancaster [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT James ScottMcCarley [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT

Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Caroline Crow [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Adam Friedman [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT Noor Mozaffar [email protected] 11/21/2025 10:54:17 AM SENT