MINUTES

 

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS

Friday, October 29, 2010

9:00 a.m.

Capitol Extension, Room E1.012

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with HCR 57, a public hearing of the

Joint Committee on Environmental Flows was held on Friday, October 29, 2010, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Troy Fraser Senator Glenn Hegar Senator Joan Huffman Representative Allan Ritter Representative Jodie Laubenberg Representative Doug Miller Joe Crutcher Karen Hixon Carlos Rubinstein		None

 

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Co-Chairman Ritter called the meeting to order at 9:01 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The Advisory Group heard the following testimony:

 

Update on Texas Environmental Flows Advisory Committee

Bob Huston, Chairman

 

Update on Existing Basin, Bay Area Stakeholder Committees, and Bay Expert Science Teams

Todd Chenoweth, TCEQ

 

Co-Chairman Ritter instructed the clerk to read the slate of finalists for the Rio Grande, the Rio Grande estuary, and the Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Area Environmental Flows Stakeholder Committee.

 

Senator Hegar moved that the slate of finalists for the Rio Grande, the Rio Grande estuary, and the Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Area Environmental Flows Stakeholder Committee.

be adopted and appointed.  With 9 ayes and 0 nays, the motion passed.

 

Co-Chairman Ritter instructed the clerk to read the slate of finalists for the Brazos River Basin and Bay Area Environmental Flows Stakeholder Committee.

 

Senator Huffman moved that the slate of finalists for the Brazos River Basin and Bay Area Environmental Flows Stakeholder Committee be adopted and appointed.  With 9 ayes and 0 nays, the motion passed.

 

There be no further business at 9:22 a.m., Co-Chairman Ritter moved that the Advisory Group be adjourned.  Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

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Senator Troy Fraser, Co-Chair

 

 

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Representative Allan Ritter, Co-Chair

 

 

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Tatum Reagan, Clerk