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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            April 6, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1570

                 For:

                                 Collinsworth, David (Brazos River Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

                 On:

                                 Romig, Robert (Sunset Advisory Commission)

            HB 1606

                 For:

                                 Williams, Jeremiah D. (Upper Brushy Creek WCID)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Girard, Alysha (Upper Brushy Creek WCID)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cook, Kelly (TCEQ)

            HB 2652

                 For:

                                 Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (Self; Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Belding Farms/Cockrell)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund [SAWDF])

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bezanson, David (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Groundwater Conservation District clients of the firm.)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD; Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Moorhead, Scott (Audubon Texas)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Devils River Conservancy)

                                 Sledge, Shauna (San Antonio River Authority)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow, Inc.)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

                 On:

                                 Nygren, Kimberly (TCEQ)

            HB 2716

                 For:

                                 Bonnot, Shane (Coastal Conservation Association)

                                 Brown, Kirby (Ducks Unlimited)

                                 Fitzsimons, Joseph (Self)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas wildlife association)

                 Against:

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bezanson, David (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Cofer, George (Self)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Friends of San Saba)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Association)

                                 Huddleston, Cheri (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Johnson Jr., Robert E. (King Ranch Inc.)

                                 Jones, Ben (Self; Texas Conservation Alliance)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Moorhead, Scott (Audubon Texas)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (Self; Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Reeves, Mickey Reeves (Backcountry Hunters and Anglers)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Wilbanks, Chad (Prestige Oysters)

                                 Wilbanks, Chad (Miso's Oysters)

                 Against:

                                 Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Chancellor, Erin (TCEQ)

                                 Dupnik, John (TWDB)

                                 Murphy, James (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

                                 Nygren, Kimberly (TCEQ)

            HB 2990

                 For:

                                 Brady, Andrew (Harris County Pollution Control Services Department)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Chancellor, Erin (TCEQ)

                                 Fritz, Charly (TCEQ)

            HB 3079

                 For:

                                 Carlton, John (Jonah Water Special Utility District; Travis County Water Control and

                                 Improvement District No 10; Wells Branch Municipal Utility District)

                                 Kirkle, Sarah (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                                 Slobodin, Howard (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Sean (Armbrust and Brown, PLLC)

                                 Booth, Michael (Self)

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Kelly, David (North Texas Municipal Water District)

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Tarrant Regional Water District)

                                 Robbins, Dean (Norteast Texas Municipal Water District)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sledge, Brian (Self; SledgeLaw Group PLLC)

                                 Smith, Jennifer (Wells Branch MUD; Benbrook Water Authority)

                                 Wells, Hope (The San Antonio Water System)

                                 Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

            HB 3476

                 For:

                                 Sequeira, Simon (Quadvest)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Hausenfluck, Amber (City of McAllen)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 3619

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Groundwater Conservation District clients of the firm.)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (Self; Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund [SAWDF])

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)

                                 Herrington, Chris (City of Austin)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Belding Farms/Cockrell)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Sledge, Shauna (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; Prairielands GCD;

                                 Upper Trinity GCD)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                 On:

                                 Nygren, Kimberly (TCEQ)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3689

                 For:

                                 Freeland, Joe (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 3717

                 For:

                                 Laughman, Robert (Self; Texas association of WaterC ompanies)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 4036

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Dupnik, John (TWDB)

                                 Trevino, Rebecca (Texas water development board)

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