SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Natural Resources

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Thursday, March 31, 2005

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister

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Consideration of the following:


SB 123            Barrientos
Relating to air quality control measures proposed pursuant to an
early action compact.

SB 331            Lindsay
Relating to the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.

SB 363            Lindsay
Relating to the general powers, authority, and directors of the
West Harris County Regional Water Authority.

SB 485            Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of underground and aboveground storage
tanks.

SB 509            Armbrister
Relating to the repeal of the restriction on the amount of money in
the water infrastructure fund that may be used for certain purposes
in a fiscal year.

SB 839            Wentworth
Relating to the authority of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation
District to require permits for certain wells.

SB 878            Lindsay
Relating to a municipal utility district's use of money received
under a contract with a municipality.

SB 949            Armbrister
Relating to the mediation of certain proceedings conducted by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.

SB 947            Armbrister
Relating to the release of a solid waste in connection with
dredging and placement or storage of dredged material by a
political subdivision.

SB 1065            Madla
Relating to the regulation of certain water wells by the Presidio
County Underground Water Conservation District.

SB 1170            Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of gas production by the Railroad
Commission of Texas.

SB 1175            Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of oil production by the Railroad
Commission of Texas.

SB 1297            Armbrister
Relating to the elements of the criminal offense of discharging
used oil into water in the state.

SB 1298            Armbrister
Relating to restrictions on the transfer of a fuel tank to a metal
recycling entity.

SB 1299            Armbrister
Relating to an exception to the prohibition against commingling
used oil with solid waste if the commingling is incident to the
dismantling of scrap, used, or obsolete metals.

Pending Business:


SB 480            Hinojosa
Relating to the authority of a city to take certain actions with
regard to certain pipelines.

SB 484            Barrientos / et al.
Relating to restrictions on the imposition of the operating permit
fee under the Clean Air Act.

SB 519            Armbrister
Relating to compliance histories for and incentives to reward
compliance performance by entities regulated by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.

SB 575            Armbrister
Relating to notice to surface owners of oil and gas exploration and
production operations.

SB 620            Janek
Relating to the deadline for evaluating and ranking competitive
sealed proposals for certain construction services submitted to a
navigation district or port authority.

SB 699            Hinojosa
Relating to the relationship between the amount of an
administrative penalty imposed by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality and the economic benefit of the violation to
the alleged violator.

SB 948            Armbrister
Relating to the assessment and regulation of emissions events.

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