WITNESS LIST
Environmental Regulation Committee
April 16, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Corbitt, Maia (State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Thomas (The recycling Council of Texas)
Beving, Rita (Self)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
On:
Christian, Brian (Tceq)
For:
Garcia, Buddy (Partners Dewatering)
Mayfield, Carter (Self; Beneficial Land Management LLC)
Mayfield, Jess (Self; Beneficial Land Management, LLC)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Allmon, Eric (Self; Lowerre, Frederick, Perales, Allmon, and Rockwell)
Clarke (Self)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Hall, John (Self)
James, Jerry (City of Victoria)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Thompson, Jeff (Texas Permitted Liquid Waste Processors and Liquid Environmental
Solutions)
On:
Galindo, David (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Chuck (Self)
Hilderbran, Vic (Self)
Sowell, Tyson (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Turner, Bob (Self)
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Against:
Beving, Rita (Self)
Brown, Tim (Central texas groundwater conservation district)
Gonzalez, Hector (El Paso Water Utility)
Guidry, Stacy (Self; Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter, sierra club)
Terry, Brenda (Self)
Terry, John (Self)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
For:
Chin, Francis (Waste Management and Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas Inc)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Parker, Elton (International Paper Company)
Riley, John (Waste Management)
Vickery, Mark (Teas Association of Manufacturers)
Against:
Jones, J David (Self; Hunt county homeland security)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Money, Brent (Self; Texas Municipal League)
Roach, Nelson (Texas trial lawyers assoc)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Soard, Robert (Harris County Attorney)
Talley, Sharon (Travis County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allday, Marty (Enbridge Enbridge)
Anderson, Lisa (National Solid Wastes Management Association)
Brown, Jay (Valero)
Carr, Steve (Republic services)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Gibbs, Gary (American Electric Power Company)
Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
Hempstead, Chuck (Southwest Drycleaners Association)
Keel, Debbie (AT&T)
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For:
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Strama, Keith (ExxonMobil)
Tays, Sara (Exxon Mobil Corporation)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Baker, Debra (Self)
Baker, Debra (Self)
Beving, Rita (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Brooks, David (Harris county attorney)
Cagle, R. Jack (Self; Harris County Commissioner Court - Pct.#4)
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Ellis, Roney (City of austin)
Garcia, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra CLub)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
Stevens, John (City of San Antonio)
Uribe, Hector (County of Zapata,Texas)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Wotring, Earnest (Self)
On:
Sweeney, Caroline (TCEQ)
For:
Chin, Francis (Waste Management and Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas Inc)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Parker, Elton (International Paper Company)
Riley, John (Waste Management)
Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
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Against:
Cagle, R. Jack (Self; Harris County Commissioner Court - Pct.#4)
Jones, J David (Self; Hunt county homeland security)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Money, Brent (Self; Texas Municipal League)
Roach, Nelson (Texas trial lawyers assoc)
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
Soard, Robert (Harris County Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allday, Marty (Enbridge Enbridge)
Anderson, Lisa (National Solid Wastes Management Association)
Arnold, Joe (BASF)
Brown, Jay (Valero)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Carr, Steve (Republic services)
Castro, Elizabeth (LyondellBasell)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of ElectricbCompanies of Texas, Inc.)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Gibbs, Gary (American Electric Power Company)
Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
Hempstead, Chuck (Southwest Drycleaners Association)
Keel, Debbie (AT&T)
Mayberry, Warren (DuPont)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp. & Sherwin Alumina Co.)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Strama, Keith (ExxonMobil)
Tays, Sara (Exxon Mobil Corporation)
Winder, David (Dow Chemical)
Womack, Daniel (Texas chemical council)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Baker, Debra (Self)
Baker, Debra (Self)
Beving, Rita (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
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Against:
Brooks, David (Harris county attorney)
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Garcia, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Kosub, Steve (San Antonio Water System)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
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)
Simpson, Terry (San patricio county)
Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)
Talley, Sharon (Travis County Attorney's Office)
Uribe, Hector (County of zapata)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Wotring, Earnest (Self)
For:
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Hartmann, Edward (Self)
Shaffer, Stuart (Self; ECS Refining)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwill Industries)
Beving, Rita (Self)
Czachow, Kevin (Self; Global Environmental Services)
Guidry, Stacy (Self; Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance)
Hall, Matthew (Global Environmental Services)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas Inc)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)
Sowell, Tyson (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
On:
Christian, Brian (Tceq)
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For:
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Shaffer, Stuart (Self; ECS Refining)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beving, Rita (Self)
Czachow, Kevin (Self; Global Environmental Services)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Guidry, Stacy (Self; Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance)
Hall, Matthew (Global Environmental Services)
Hartmann, Edward (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra CLub)
Sowell, Tyson (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)
On:
Christian, Brian (Tceq)
For:
Brod, Bill (AES Corp)
Shelledy, Dan (Wartsila North America, Inc.)
Against:
Baum, Walt (AECT)
On:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra CLub)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (General Electric)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Stewart, Scott (Zachry Industrial)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Against:
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas,nInc.)
Hughes, Lindsey (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
Womack, Daniel (Texas chemical council)
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On:
Brymer, David (Tx. Comm. on Environmental Quality)
Partee, Rebecca (TCEQ)
For:
Mazique, Judith (Texas southern university)
On:
Thomas, Renard (Texas Southern University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
On:
Brymer, David (Tx. Comm. on Environmental Quality)
For:
Allmon, Eric (Self; Lowerre, Frederick, Perales, Allmon, and Rockwell)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Tim (Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Guidry, Stacy (Self; Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance)
Hartmann, Edward (Self)
Neusch, Izzy (Central texas water coalition)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter, sierra club)
Sowell, Tyson (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Terry, Brenda (Self)
Terry, John (Self)
Terry, John (Self)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Against:
Cooke, Heather (Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT), Texas Association of
Clean Water Agencies (TACWA))
On:
Galindo, David (TCEQ)
For:
Hartmann, Edward (Self)
Shaffer, Stuart (Self; ECS Refining)
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For:
Sowell, Tyson (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beving, Rita (Self)
Czachow, Kevin (Self; Global Environmental Services)
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Guidry, Stacy (Self; Central Texas Zero Waste Alliance)
Hall, Matthew (Global Environmental Services)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra CLub)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
On:
Christian, Brian (Tceq)
For:
Gust, Dick (Liberty tire recycling)
Norberg, Tracey (Rubber Manufacturers Association)
Rea, Donald (Liberty Tire)
Against:
Baker, Thomas (The Recycling Council of Texas. and Gulf Coast Chapter of ISRI)
Colas, Ray (LKQ Corporation)
Ormand, Bruce (Texas automotive recyclers association)
Patke, Ronnie (Self; Texas automotive recyclers association)
Ramsey, Jim (Self)
Snyder, Dan (Self)
Space, Chuck (Texas tire dealers association)
On:
Shepherd, Steven (TCEQ)
Witherite, Amy (Ttla)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
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)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
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Against:
Ahrendt, Benjamin (Self)
Brooks, Larry (Self)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Cubriel, Randy (Texas Port Recycling)
Cunningham, William (Self)
Draper, Mark (Self)
George, Cody (Self)
Lambright, Cheryll (Texas used automotive recycler association)
Ormand, Donna (Self; Texas automotive recyclers association)
Straney, Tim (Self)
Taormina, Tchad (Self)
On:
Barton, John (Texas Department of Tranportation)
For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Hazel, Eddie (Harris County Emissions Task Force)
Kitchens, Jerry (Self; Dallas county emission enforcement program)
Nowels, Michael (Texas state inspection assos)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra CLub)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
On:
Brymer, David (Tx. Comm. on Environmental Quality)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beving, Rita (Self)
Johnson, Scott (Self)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas county)
Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas ,campaign for the Environment)
Suits, Stacy (Self)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)
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