MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Thursday, July 13, 2006
10:00 a.m.
Dallas City Hall, Room 6ES
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural
Resources was held on Thursday, July 13, 2006, in the Dallas
City Hall, Room 6ES
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Craig Estes Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Juan Hinojosa
Senator Mike Jackson
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Frank Madla
Senator Kel Seliger
Senator Todd Staples
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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. The
following business was transacted:
The following testified before the committee on Interim Charge
1:
-Commissioner Kathleen White, Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality
-Commissioner Larry Soward, Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality
-David Schanbacher, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
-Richard Hyde, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Electric Reliability Panel:
-Sam R. Jones, Electric Reliability Council of Texas
-Commissioner Barry Smitherman, Public Utility Commission
of Texas
TERC Update:
-George Beatty, Jr., Texas Environmental Research Consortium
At 12:40, the chair announced the Committee would stand in
recess until 1:00 p.m.
The committee came back to order at 1:06 p.m.
Environmental Panel on Interim Charge 1:
-Ramon Alvarez, Environmental Defense
-Tom "Smitty" Smith
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Panel:
-Stephen Jenkins, TXU
-Randy Eminger, Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas
-Richard Furman, Retired Consulting Engineer
Industry Panel on Interim Charge 1:
-Steven Winn, NRG Energy
-Mike McCall, TXU Wholesale
-Monty Jasper, American Electric Power
The chair opened public testimony.
The following testified before the committee:
-Linda Koop, City of Dallas, City Council Member
-Adlene Harrison, self
-Nile Fischer, Representative Lon Burnam
-Molly Rooke, League of Women Voters of Dallas
-Rich Herweck, Self
-Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition
-Lou Ann Ligon, Breath of Life - The Impact
-William Pulley, Self
-Jim Harris, Self
-Campbell B Read, Interfaith Environmental Alliance
- Victoria Gruben, Sierra Club
-Rita Beving, Downwinders at Risk/Sierra Club
-James H. Henderson, Self
-Marsha Paisley, Citizens of Dallas
-Nora Czigan, Dallas Sierra Club
-Mary Anne Mayer Redmond , Citizens of Texas
-Benjamin Johnson, Self
-Anthony Pace , Pace Family
-Thomas Manaugh, Self
-J. Bankston, COR
-Lois Day, grandchildren
-Robert Haley, Self
-Becky Bornhorst, Downwinders at Risk
-Dean Gamboa, Citizens of Dallas
-Gary Stuard, Interfaith Environmental Alliance
-Rod Russell-Ides, Self
The following submitted written testimony:
-Susanne Yeagley, Self
-Bradley Young, Self and Family
-Frances O. McElvaney, Self
-Paula "Shakti" Biskamp, Self and Husband
-Linda Maitri Smithhisler, Self and Family
-Karen Hadden, SEED Coalition
-Mary Anne Mayer Redmond, Citizens of Texas
-Benjamin Johnson, Self
-Thomas Manaugh, Self
The following registered, but did not testify:
-Dan Everheart, Private Citizen
-Joy Glatz, Green Party of Dallas County
-Bryan Carpenter, Self
-John William (Bill) Matthews, Dallas Peace Center
-Dennis Baum, Self and Family
-Rosa R. Orenstein, Personal
-Jan Sanders, Self
-Liz Wally, Self
-Al Daniels, Glen Cove/Meadow Park Homeowners Association
-Margie Haley, Self
-Dan Dodd, Running for Congress TX-3
-Ann Trenton, Self
-Candy Halliburton, Self
There being no further business, Senator Averitt moved that the
Committee stand recessed until 8:00 a.m. on July 14, 2006.
Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Kip Averitt, Chair
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Teddy Carter, Clerk