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WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
March 19, 2009 - 01:00 PM or upon adjournment
SB  16
 
FOR:
 
Blackburn, Laura  (also providing written testimony)  (League of Women Voters of Texas),  Seabrook, TX
 
Braziel, Robert   (Texas Automobile Dealer Association),  Austin, TX
 
Cauduro, Paul   (Texas Association of Builders),  Austin, TX
 
Hadden, Karen   (SEED Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Huff, Harold   (Self),  Catsprings, TX
 
Metzger, Luke   (Environment Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Nease, Nelson   (Cardinal Glass Industries),  Austin, TX
 
Nicholson, Ken   (Clean Energy),  Weatherford, TX
 
Noel, Adele   (CAC),  Austin, TX
 
Patterson, Deron   (PPG Industries and Texas Glass Association),  Sugar Land, TX
 
Reed, Cyrus  (also providing written testimony)  (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter),  Austin, TX
 
Robertson, Kate   Energy Efficiency Specialist (also providing written testimony)  (Environmental Defense Fund),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Tom 'Smitty'  (also providing written testimony)  (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Winland, Christopher   (Good Company Associations and ARCA, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Wisdom, Christina   (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Bella, Peter   (Alamo Area Council of Governments),  San Antonio, TX
 
Bellsnyder, Luke   (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Brugge, Parker  (also providing written testimony)  (Consumer Electronics Association),  Arlington, TX
 
Fainter Jr., John   (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Hartnett White, Kathleen  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Public Policy Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Hastings, Debbie   (Texas Oil and Gas Association),  Austin, TX
 
Minick, Stephen   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Jim   (Independent Pool and Spa Service Association),  Austin, TX
 
Soward, Larry   Commissioner  (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality),  Austin, TX
 
Tucker, Kevin   (APEC),  Austin, TX
 
Vasquez, Michael   (Texas Conference of Urban Counties),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Barkside, Jay   (Dallas Regional Chamber),  Dallas, TX
 
Castillo, Yvonne   (Texas Society of Architects),  Austin, TX
 
Casto, Larry   (City of Dallas, Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition),  Dallas, TX
 
Cubria, Melissa   (Texas Public Interest Research Group),  Austin, TX
 
Findeisen, Les   (Texas Motor Transportation Association),  Austin, TX
 
Leo, Myra   (Alliance of Automobile Manufactures),  Austin, TX
 
Maxwell Hunt, Amy   (Texas Business for Clean Air),  Austin, TX
 
Patterson Jr., T.J.   (City of Fort Worth),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Payne, Brinton   (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Shelton, Emily   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
Suhm, Vic   (North Texas Commission of Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition),  Grapevine, TX
 
Whitehurst, Darren   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Beauhouef, Rick   (Easy Pools, LLC),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Hyde, Richard   Director of Air Permits  (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
 
Schanbacher, David   (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
 
Taylor, Dub   (State Energy Conservation Office),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Johnson, Mathew   (Texas Chapters of the US Green Building Council),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Woodard, Shane   (Spectra Energy),  Austin, TX
SB  848
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Johnson, Cliff   (Self),  Austin, TX
SB  876
 
FOR:
 
Kramer, Ken   (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Brookins, Linda   (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
SB  914
 
FOR:
 
Perkins, Val   (Liberty Lakes Fresh Water Supply District),  Houston, TX
SB  940
 
FOR:
 
Bennett, Kathleen  (also providing written testimony)  (Houston Geological Society),  Houston, TX
 
Cowan, Matthew   (Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists),  Houston, TX
 
Mathewson, Christopher   (Self),  College Station, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Linton, Keith  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Horton, Charles   Interim Executive Director  (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists),  Austin, TX
 
Roeling, Barbara   (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists),  Austin, TX
SB  941
 
FOR:
 
Bennett, Kathleen  (also providing written testimony)  (Houston Geological Society),  Houston, TX
 
Cowan, Matthew   (Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists),  Houston, TX
 
Mathewson, Christopher   (Self),  College Station, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Linton, Keith  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Horton, Charles   (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists),  Austin, TX
 
Roeling, Barbara   (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists),  Austin, TX
SB  988
 
FOR:
 
Moorhead, Bee   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
Schmandt, Jurgen   (Self)
 
ON:
 
Banner, Jay   (University of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Nielsen-Gammon, John   (Texas State Climatologist),  Bryan, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Metzger, Luke   (Environment Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Reed, Cyrus   (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter),  Austin, TX
 
Robertson, Kate   (Environmental Defense Fund),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Tom 'Smitty'   (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Bellsnyder, Luke   (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Wisdom, Christina   (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Wagner, Matt   (TPWD),  Austin, TX
SB  1080
 
FOR:
 
Wisdom, Christina   (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Sadlier, John   (TCEQ),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bellsnyder, Luke   (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Golemon, Kinnan   (Shell Oil),  Austin, TX
 
Hazlewood, Steve   (Dow Chemical Co.),  Austin, TX
 
Hundley, Michelle   (Air Products),  Houston, TX
 
Koenig, Linda   (Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.),  The Woodlands, TX
 
Mayberry, Warren   (Dupont),  Austin, TX
 
Minick, Stephen   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Oswald, Bill   (Koch Companies),  Austin, TX
 
Strama, Virginia   (Texas Oil and Gas Association),  Austin, TX
SB  1121
 
FOR:
 
Bluntzer, Warren   (Self),  Lometa, TX
 
Simons, Greg   (Texas Wildlife Assoc.),  San Angelo, TX
 
ON:
 
Sinclair, David   Major  (Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.),  Austin, TX
 
Wolf, Clayton   (Texas Parks and Wildlife),  Austin, TX
SB  1122
 
FOR:
 
Simons, Greg   (Texas Wildlife Assoc.),  San Angelo, TX
 
ON:
 
Sinclair, David   Major  (Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.),  Austin, TX
 
Wolf, Clayton   (Texas Parks and Wildlife),  Austin, TX