WITNESS LIST
Environmental Regulation Committee
March  27, 2007 - 8:00 AM
HB  375
 
    For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Taylor, Dub (State Energy Conservation Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
 
 
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
Pitts, Jr., John (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1252 - Committee Substitute  (Bonnen)
 
     On:
Hyde, Richard A. (TCEQ)
 
 
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Baum, Walt (AECT (Association of Electric Companies of Texas))
 
 
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
 
 
Meroney, Mike (The Huntsman Corporation)
 
 
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
 
 
Ratliff, Shannon (CITGO)
 
 
Warndof, Donna (TIPRO - Tx. Independent Producers and Royalty Owners)
 
 
Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
 
 
HB  1253 - Committee Substitute  (Bonnen)
 
     On:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Baum, Walt (AECT (Association of Electric Companies of Texas))
 
 
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Warndof, Donna (TIPRO - Tx. Independent Producers and Royalty Owners)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Blanchard, Patrick (Calpine Corporation)
 
 
 
 
HB  1391 - Committee Substitute  (Lucio)
 
    For:
Thane, Michael (City of Round Rock, Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Petersen, Ken (Texas Rural Water Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Laughman, Bob (Aqua Texas, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  1457 - Committee Substitute  (Driver)
 
    For:
Turner, Bob (Texas Poultry Federation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Foster, John (Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board)
 
 
 
 
HB  1526 - Committee Substitute  (Hancock)
 
    For:
Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen, Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Sidnell, Jennifer (TCEQ)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anderson, Lisa (Shell Oil)
 
 
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston - Office of Mayor Bill White)
 
 
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
 
 
Meroney, Mike (The Huntsman Corporation)
 
    For:
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
 
 
Ratliff, Shannon (CITGO)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Sunoco Chemicals)
 
 
 
 
HB  1695 - Committee Substitute  (Lucio)
 
    For:
Crow, Melinda  (Self and Arrowhead Water Company Ratepayers)
 
 
Schaeffer, Brian D. (Texas Association of Campground Owners - TACO)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Laughman, Bob (Aqua Texas, Inc.)
 
 
McClellan, Suzi (Office of Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  1742 - Committee Substitute  (King)
 
    For:
Casto, Larry (City of Dallas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Batcheller, Alan (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
 
 
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Sweeney, Caroline (Tx Commission on Environmental Quality)
 
 
 
 
HB  1882 - Committee Substitute  (Hancock)
 
    For:
Allan, Jonathan S. (City of Helotes)
 
 
Boyer-Owens, Linda  (Self)
 
 
Chardavoyne, David E. (San Antonio Water System)
 
 
Green, Renee D. (Bexar County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kemler, Vance (TxSWANA Texas Chapter, Solid Waste Assn of North America & the City of Denton)
 
 
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Baker, Sarah (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
 
 
Brown, Jennifer (City of San Antonio, Texas)
 
 
Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
 
 
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  2318
 
    For:
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)
 
 
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Batterton, Carol (Water Environment Assocation of Texas)
 
 
Baum, Walt (AECT - Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association)
 
 
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
 
 
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
 
 
Meroney, Mike (The Huntsman Corporation)
 
 
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
 
 
Ratliff, Shannon (CITGO)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Sunoco Chemicals)
 
 
 
 
HB  2482 - Amendment  (Bonnen)
 
     On:
Bishop, Colin (Texas On-Site Wastewater Association)
 
 
Snowden, Jeff A. (Texas Onsite Wastewater Association)
 
 
Suchecki, Ron (TOWA)
 
 
 
 
HB  2541 - Committee Substitute  (Kuempel)
 
    For:
Allan, Jonathan S. (City of Helotes)
 
 
Boyer-Owens, Linda  (Self)
 
    For:
Chardavoyne, David E. (San Antonio Water System)
 
 
Green, Renee D. (Bexar County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Alder, Jerome (Austin Wood Recycling)
 
 
Johnson, Casey (C&D Waste Ltd of Lubbock, TX)
 
 
Kemler, Vance (TxSWANA Texas Chapter, Solid Waste Assn of North America & City of Denton)
 
 
McKay, Bart (Silver Creek Materials & Compost)
 
 
Neely, Adrian L. (Triad C&D Recycling)
 
 
Rose, Mark (Living Earth Technology The Letco Group)
 
 
Wheatley, Wade (Texas Disposal Systems)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Shankle, Glenn (Tx Commission on Environmental Quality)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Baker, Sarah (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
 
 
Brown, Jennifer (City of San Antonio)
 
 
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Glenn, Eric (Tx. Aggregate & Concrete Assoc)
 
 
 
 
HB  2712 - Committee Substitute  (Bonnen)
 
    For:
Bye, Richard (CenterPoint Energy, Atmos Energy, Texas Gas Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Schanbacher, David (TCEQ)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garcia, Kathy (CPS Energy -San Antonio)
 
 
Grundman, Rick (Texas Gas Service)
 
 
Romero, Celina (Atmos Energy)
 
 
 
 
HB  2714
 
    For:
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Gregory, Bob (Texas Disposal Systems)
 
 
Krupnick, Matt (Dell Inc.)
 
 
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Howden, Robert (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Meroney, Mike (The Huntsman Corporation)
 
 
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Pope, Clay (City of Austin)
 
 
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)
 
 
Rocha, Susan C. (City of Round Rock)
 
 
Salazar, David A. (City of Kyle)
 
 
Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)
 
 
Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
 
 
HB  3960
 
Against:
O'Brien, Beth (Public Citizen)
 
 
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)
 
 
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barrett, Andy (Aqua Texas, Inc.)
 
 
DuBois, Doug (Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association)
 
 
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil and Gas Association)