WITNESS LIST
Environmental Regulation Committee
March 26, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
CSHB 1115
On:
Brymer, David (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown Emerson, Jennifer (Clean Energy)
Carter, Teddy (TIPRO- Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)
Dow, Jim (Pioneer Natural Resources)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Firmin, Liza (Chesapeake Energy)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Hooper, Ami (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Mathews, Adam (IESI Progressive Waste Solutions)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
On:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
CSHB 1346
For:
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Against:
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Christian, Brian (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beving, Rita (Self)
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)
Jewell, Michael (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Trahan, Zac (Self)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
CSHB 1490
For:
Carr, Steve (Republic Services)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
Against:
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Dobbs, Andrew (Texas campaign for the environment)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
On:
Day, Liz (TCEQ)
Haney, Brenda (TxSWANA)
Kemler, Arden (Texas chapter, solid waste assn of north america)
Lott, Earl (TCEQ)
Rice, Michael (Solid Waste Association of North America, Texas Chapter (TxSWANA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mathews, Adam (IESI Progressive Waste Solutions)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Newton, Gary (Texas Disposal Systems)
Against:
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
On:
Pitts, Maurice (Lee County Commissioner--Capital Area Council of Governments)
CSHB 1516
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Winter, Andrew (Self; Bexar County Environmental Services)
Against:
Carr, Steve (Republic Services)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
On:
Lott, Earl (TCEQ)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beinke, Allen (San Antonio River Authority)
Gray, Janice (Self; Montgomery Neighborhood Association)
Grundmannn, Emily (Self; Montgomery Area Neighborhood Association)
McDonald, Shannon (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Ritenour, Karin (Self; Montgomery area neighborhood association)
Schmoker, Geraldine (Self; Montgomery Area Neighborhood Association)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)
Against:
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
CSHB 1590
On:
Bergren, Christine (TCEQ)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Virginia (Self; Montgomery Area Neighborhood Association)
CSHB 648
For:
Blaison, Ken (Self; Electronics Recycling & Trading)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Trahan, Zac (Self)
Against:
Kemler, Arden (Texas chapter, solid waste assn. of north america)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Christian, Brian (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Beving, Rita (Self)
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Carr, Steve (Republic Services)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
Mathews, Adam (IESI Progressive Waste Solutions)
CSHB 83
For:
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Winter, Andrew (Self; Bexar County Environmental Services)
Against:
Carr, Steve (Republic Services)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
Newton, Gary (Texas Disposal Systems)
On:
Lott, Earl (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Castillo, Virginia (Self; Montgomery Area Neighborhood Association)
Gray, Janice (Self; Montgomery Area Neighborhood Association)
Grundmannn, Emily (Self; Montgomery Area Neighborhood Association)
Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)
Jones, Patti (Lubbock County, Texas)
McDonald, Shannon (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Schmoker, Geraldine (Self; Montgomery Area Neighorhood Assoiation)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Beinke, Allen (San Antonio River Authority)
Mathews, Adam (IESI Progressive Waste Solutions)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
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WITNESS LIST
CSHB 876
For:
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Against:
Carr, Steve (Republic Services)
Haney, Brenda (Solid Waste Association of North America (TxSWANA))
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
On:
Bergren, Christine (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)
Mathews, Adam (IESI Progressive Waste Solutions)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
For:
Austin, Mark (Self; We can recycle inc.)
Bragg, Lynn (Glass Packaging Institute)
Corley, Tex (Self; Container Recycling Institute)
Crow, Trammell (Self)
Garver, Mike (Self; Texas bottle bill)
Gedert, Robert (Self; City of Austin)
Gillham, Patsy (Self; Texas bottle bill)
Hudson, David (Self; Strategic Materials, Inc.)
Hupp, Steve (Self; Bayou Preservation Association)
Jackson, Guy (Self; Galveston Bay Foundation)
Lengfellner, Joe (Self)
Pickett, Ellis (Self; Surfrider Foundation)
Russell, Claudia (Owens-Illinois, Inc.)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Wood, Mary (Self; Plastic pollution texas)
Against:
Dietly, Kevin (Northbridge environmental consultants)
Ramos, Carlos (Texas Beverage Association)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Bell, Christopher (Self; Northwest clean community alliance)
Beving, Rita (Self)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Dussere, Michael (WORD of Comal County)
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
Jacoby, Jeffrey (Self)
Jewell, Michael (Environmental Defense Fund)
King, Don (Self; Marina Association of Texas)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)
Trahan, Zac (Self)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Brown, Jay (Valero)
Calcote, Mary (Pepsico)
Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Donley, Rick (The Beer Alliance of Texas)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Eschberger, Brenda (Texas Beverage Association)
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)
Grace, Jim (Anheuser-Busch Inc.)
Hamilton, Mike (Beer alliance)
Kemptner, Sara (International Bottled Water Association)
Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)
Mathews, Adam (IESI Progressive Waste Solutions)
McGarah, Carol (H-E-B)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Munoz, Mario (Texas Merchandise Vending Association)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Urrabazo, JP (Self)
On:
Christian, Brian (TCEQ)
Day, Liz (TCEQ)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fischer, Allen (Bimbo Bakeries Inc. and Texas Retailers Association)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
Against:
Ambs, Dana (Self; Texans for Accountable Government,)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calcote, Mary (Pepsico)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Eschberger, Brenda (Texas Beverage Association)
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Kemptner, Sara (Texas Beverage Association)
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)
Against:
Driscol, Amy (Self)
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
Mason, Mel (Self)
Simpson, Michele (Self)
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