WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations Committee

            February 11, 2013 See below

            (SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - Articles VI, VII & VIII)

Animal Health Commission

                 On:

                                 Ellis, Dee (Texas Animal Health Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Chadli, Sami (Texas Animal Health Commission)

                                 Luedeker, Mary (Texas Animal Health Commission)

Commission on Environmental Quality

                 For:

                                 Schneider, Robin (Self; Tx campaign for the environment)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Self; Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Kitchens, Jerry (Self; Dallas County Emissions Enforcement Program)

                                 Sumner, James (Harris County Emission Task Force & Harris Cty. pct. 4 Constable Dept.)

                 On:

                                 Corbitt, Maia (Self; State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR))

                                 Covar, Zak (TCEQ)

                                 Gill, Bill. (CAPCOG)

                                 Gordon, Patrick (Rio Grande Compact Commission)

                                 Klaus, Chris (North Central Texas Council of Governments)

                                 Pitts, Maurice (Lee County Commissioner)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (TCEQ)

                                 Shaw, Bryan (TCEQ)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Reid's, Susan (League of  Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Brymer, David (TCEQ)

                                 Day, Liz (Texas comm on environmental quality)

                                 Hagle, Steve (TCEQ)

                                 Mahurin, Heather (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Sifuentez, Elizabeth (Tceq)

                                 Wade, Brent (TCEQ)

Department of Agriculture

                 On:

                                 Cole, Celia (Texas Food Bank Network)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 DeBerry, Drew (Texas dept of agr)

                                 Griffith Peterson, Heather (Texas department of agriculture)

                                 Rusing, Shannon (Texas Dept of Agriculture)

                                 Staples, Todd (Texas Department of Agriculture)

General Land Office & Veterans Land Board

                 On:

                                 Patterson, Jerry (General Land Office)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Laine, Larry (General Land Office)

                                 Swan, Conrad (General land office)

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission

                 On:

                                 Wilson, Robert (Texas Low Level Radioactive WasteDisposal Compact Commission)

Non-Self Supporting GO Water Bonds - Debt Service Payments

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Bankhead, Renita (Texas water development board)

                                 Bankhead, Renita (Texas water development board)

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Mazur, Jeremy (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Trevino, Rebecca (Texas water development board)

Parks & Wildlife Department

                 On:

                                 Jensen, Michael (Parks and wildlife)

                                 Mahurin, Heather (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter, sierra club)

                                 Smith, Carter (Parks and Wildlife Department)

                                 Smith, Carter (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Huffman, Laura (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Walker, Scheleen (Self; Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter)

Railroad Commission

                 On:

                                 Pollard, David (Railroad commission)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Rister, Milton (Railroad Commission)

Soil & Water Conservation Board

                 For:

                                 Clarno, James (Texas Assn of Watershed Sponsors)

                 On:

                                 Foster, John (Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board)

                                 Isom, Rex (State soil and water conservation board)

                                 Mahler, Barry (Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board)

                                 Zajicek, Kenny (Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bono, Ben (Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts)

Water Development Board

                 On:

                                 Callahan, Melanie (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Kramer, Ken (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Trevino, Rebecca (Texas water development board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Bankhead, Renita (Texas water development board)

                                 Bankhead, Renita (Texas water development board)

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association and Scotts Miracle Gro)

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Mazur, Jeremy (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Rodriguez, Steven (Texas Water Development Board)

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