MINUTES

JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

11:00 AM or upon adjournment of the House and the Senate

Capitol Extension, Room E1.016

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Pursuant to Rule 1, Texas House Rules and pursuant to Rule 11.03, Texas Senate Rules, a public hearing of the Joint Committee on Environmental Flows was held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:	MEMBERS ABSENT:
Representative Allan Ritter, Co-Chair	Karen Hixon
Senator Troy Fraser, Co-Chair	Senator Joan Huffman
Joe Crutcher
Carlos Rubinstein
Representative Jodie Laubenberg
Representative Doug Miller
Senator Glenn Hegar

Co-chair Senator Troy Fraser called the meeting to order at 12:41 PM. There being a quorum present, following business was transacted:

The Advisory Group heard the following testimony:

Update on Existing Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees and Update on Existing Basin and Bay Expert Science Teams – Kellye Rila, Texas Commission Environmental Quality

Modification of the schedule for the development of Environmental Flow Regime Recommendations

Update on Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee, Work Plans, and Recommendations – Chairman Bob Huston

Update on Brazos River and Associated Bay and Estuary System Stakeholders Committee Recommendations – Chairman Dale Spurgin

Update on Nueces River and Corpus Christi and Baffin Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee Recommendations – Chairman Con Mims

Update on Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee Work Plan – Chairman Patrick Brzozowski

Update on Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee Work Plan – Dianee Wassenich

Update on Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee Work Plan – Glenda Callaway

There being no further business, at 1:30 PM Senator Fraser moved that the Committee 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