WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
FOR:
Fainter Jr., John W. (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Haertner, Matthew (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Hess, Myron J. (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy), Austin, TX
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund), Austin, TX
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas), Austin, TX
Ross, Susan (TREIA), Austin, TX
Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
ON:
Chenoweth, Todd (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Lasher, Warren (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), Austin, TX
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 900) :
Mann, James (Texas Pipeline Assoc.), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 900) :
Carter, Teddy (TIPRO - TX Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn.), Austin, TX
Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy), Ft. Worth, TX
Haynes, Adam (Chesapeake Energy), Austin, TX
FOR:
Billingsley, Anne (Oneok, Inc.), Austin, TX
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association), Austin, TX
Garcia, Kathy (CPS Energy), Austin, TX
Haertnew, Matthew (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy), Austin, TX
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas), Austin, TX
Pomeroy, Cory (TXOGA), Austin, TX
Sander, Lindsay (MarkWest Energy), Houston, TX
Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
ON:
McDonald, Mary ("Polly") Ross (Railroad Commission of Texas), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Cohee, Lily (City of Kyle), Kyle, TX
Duffey, Mike (Hays County ESD #8 and City of Buda), Buda, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
Fletcher, Ron Council Member (City of Buda), Buda, TX
Hendrix, Jerry (City of Kyle), Kyle, TX
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
Johnson, Lucy (City of Kyle), Kyle, TX
La Borde, Brian (City of Buda), Buda, TX
Lee Jr., Dallas R. (City of Kyle), Kyle, TX
AGAINST:
Profilet, Charles (Southwest Water Company), Sugar Land, TX
FOR:
Brockhouse, Charles (Jack) Mayor (Self), Woodville, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Boyle, Jim (City of Blue Mound, Texas), Austin, TX
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Profilet, Charles (Southwest Water Company), Sugar Land, TX
ON:
Benter, Tammy (TCEQ), Austin, TX
FOR:
Carreon, Rodrigo (Self), Fresno, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Profilet, Charles (Southwest Water Company), Sugar Land, TX
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 1532) :
Hess, Myron J. (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX
FOR:
Holland, Kirk (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District), Austin, TX
Newton, Gary (Texas Disposal Systems), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County), Austin, TX
Haertner, Matthew (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Saunders, Robert M. (Texas Disposal Systems), Austin, TX
Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
FOR:
Foster, Earl L. (Lakeway MUD), Lakeway, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
Meszaros, Greg (City of Austin & Austin Water Utility), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Gertson, Ronald (Colorado Water Issues Committee of Rice Producers), East Bernard, TX
Hoyt, Jr., Rogers (Ducks Unlimited), Uvalde, TX
McDonald, Nate County Judge (Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Schulz, Pruett (Matagorda County - Lower Basin), Bay City, TX
Shoppa, Chris (Shoppa's Farm Supply, Inc.), El Campo, TX
Simon, Haskell (Rice Farmer - Customer of LCRA), Bay City, TX
Thames, Mitch (Bay City Chamber of Commerce), Bay City, TX
ON:
Spears, Jr., Franklin Scott Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Timmerman, Timothy Chairman (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Boyle, Jim (City of Blue Mound, Texas), Austin, TX
Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County), Austin, TX
Harrison, Tom (Lake Interest/Firm Water User), Austin, TX
Linsday, David M. President (Barton Creek Lakeside POA Board, Tom Rasussen),
Spicewood, TX
Morris, Bill (Austin Board of REALTORS), Austin, TX
Parks, Virginia E. (Self), Houston, TX
Ripley, Karen (Bandera County River Auth and Groundwater Dist), Lakehills, TX
Rosengarten, Rudi (Austin Board of Realtors), Austin, TX
Tedder, Jo Karr (Central TX Water Coalition), Burnet, TX
Wheaton, Karen (Self), Spring, TX
AGAINST:
Alejo, Sara M. (Self), Bay City, TX
Arbuckle, J. Scott Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Arwour, Laurance (Pierce Ranch, Texas R.I.C.E.), Pierce, TX
Balas, Linda (Self), Eagle Lake, TX
Balas, Steve K. Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Batchelor, Brent (Matagorda Co. Rice Industry), Bay City, TX
Boenisch, Mark (Self), Garwood, TX
Bossley, Lee (Rice Industries), Bay City, TX
Browning, Paula (Self), Bay City, TX
Burnside, Mike (MAJ Farms), Bay City, TX
Center, Brian (Rice Farming), Nada, TX
Clipson, Richard (Crop Guard Group), Eagle Lake, TX
Cook, William R. (Self; Rice Farmer), Eagle Lake, TX
Corman, Vance (Self), Lissie, TX
Cornett, Shane (STS Farms Rice Producer), Bay City, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
Crane, Joe M. (Texas Rice Industry), Bay City, TX
Dearing, Nora (Self), Bay City, TX
Dickerson III, John C. Board Member (Lower Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Dugie, Jeffery (Self), Nada, TX
Dujka, Mark (First National Bank of Eagle Lake), East Bernard, TX
Franzen, Derril (Franzen Farms - Matagorda County, Rice, Waterfowl), Collegeport, TX
Franzen, G.W. (Rice Operation in Matagorda County, Franzen Farms), Collegeport, TX
Franzen, Wesley (Rice Operation and Wildlife, Matagorda County), Collegeport, TX
Gerbon, Stephen (Rice Farmers), East Bernard, TX
Gertson, Darrell Commissioner Pct. 4 (Colorado County), Eagle Lake, TX
Gertson, Patsy (Self; Farmer), East Bernard, TX
Gertson, Timothy Neil (Rice Farming Interests), Lissie, TX
Green, Clara K. (Land Owner), Bay City, TX
Green, Nellie Shapiro (Land Owner Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Green, Suzanne Cobb (Land owner Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Green, Victor (Rice Farmer/Land Owner), Bay City, TX
Green I, William H. (Rice Farmers), Bay City, TX
Green III, William F. (Landowner, Matagorda County)
Guthman, Craig W. (Self; Rice Farmer), Lissie, TX
Guthman, Dustin (Rice Farmers Interest), Lissie, TX
Haertner, Matthew (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Hagaman, Celeste (Self), Bay City, TX
Hamilton, Milo (First Grain, Inc.), Austin, TX
Harrington, Jeanne (Matagorda Cty Farming, CWIC), Spicewood, TX
Hefner, Billy (Rice Farming Industry), Garwood, TX
Henske, Mike (Rice Farmers), Eagle Lake, TX
Henske, Penny (Rice Farmers), Eagle Lake, TX
Hershey, Jeffrey (Rice Producers), Austin, TX
Hershey, Michael (Self as Rice Farmer), Egypt, TX
Hoffman, Alyson (First National Bank of Eagle Lake, Farming), Eagle Lake, TX
Hoffman, Barbara (Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce), Allegton, TX
Hoffman, Kevin (Hoffman Farms), Eagle Lake, TX
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX
Hutson, John N. (Mat Co. Rice Farms), Bay City, TX
Kelley, Tom (Self; Rice Farmer, Cattle, Waterfowl), Eagle Lake, TX
Korenek, Paul Allen (Interruptible Water Users), El Maton, TX
Lanier, Michael (Supt. Rice CISD), Altair, TX
Leese Sr., David P. (Self in Matagorda County), Van Vleck, TX
Lewis, Jim (Land Owner Matagorda Co), Austin, TX
Little, Robert B. "Bob" (Rice Farmers Corp., Inc El Campo), El Campo, TX
Littlefield, Paula (Southwest Agribussiness Inc.), Edna, TX
Locke, Jerry (Ag Business), Alvin, TX
Loving, Don (Self; Rice Farmers), Palacios, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
Loving, Patricia (Matagorda County Resident), Palacios, TX
Mann, Billy (Rice Farmers), Bay City, TX
Martinez, Dora Linda (Self), Bay City, TX
Naivar, Kevin (Ag business), Richmond, TX
Normann - Petersen, Cornelia (Mat Co. Rice Farmers), Bay City, TX
Normann-Petersen, Torsten (Mat Co. Rice Farms), Bay City, TX
Ottis, Richard (Rice Belt Whse Inc.), El Campo, TX
Parr, Mary Mayor (City of Eagle Lake), Eagle Lake, TX
Paula, Patrick (Self), Columbus, TX
Peden, Janet Lewis (Landowner - Matagorda Cnty), Bay City, TX
Peden, John (Self), Bay City, TX
Peden, Scott (Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Pruett, Harroryn (Lower Basin Matagorda Co.), Bay City, TX
Pruett, Michael J. (Matagorda County - Lower Basin), Bay City, TX
Raun, LG (TX Rice Producers Legislative Group), El Campo, TX
Raun, Linda C. (TX Rice Producers), El Campo, TX
Ross, Harold (Rice Industry Lower Colorado), Sealy, TX
Rucka, Michael (Self), Eagle Lake, TX
Runnells, Kathryn (Self), Austin, TX
Runnells III, Clive (Self), Bay City, TX
Schulz, Tonya (Matagorda County - Lower Basin), Bay City, TX
Shoppa, Jim (Shoppas Farm Supply), Wharton, TX
Shoppa, William R. (Shoppa's Farm Supply), El Campo, TX
Sliva, Allison (Self), Bay City, TX
Sliva, Joey (Gulf Coast Ag, Matagorda County), Bay City, TX
Sliva, Paul (SR Farms - Rice Operation in Matagorda Co.), Van Vleck, TX
Solnik, Irene (Self), Bay City, TX
Spanihel, Vivian (American Rice Growers Corp), Garwood, TX
Spenrath, Phillip Wharton County Judge (Wharton County), Wharton, TX
Spilman, Mark (Self), Richmond, TX
Spradly, Cameran (Cameran Spradly), Bay City, TX
Stanley, Jeff (FNBEL Rice Farming), Sealy, TX
Stone, Donnye (Self), Bay City, TX
Thibal, Kristi Sliva (Self), Houston, TX
Turner, Thomas (Rice Farmer), Louise, TX
Wiese, Bryan (Rice Producer), Eagle Lake, TX
Wilkerson, Howard (Self), Eagle Lake, TX
ON:
Alexander, Kathy (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Clancy, Lyn Managing Assoc. General Counsel & Senior Water Policy Advisor (Lower
Colorado River Authority), Austin, TX
Kowis, James Water Strategist (LCRA), Austin, TX
Rila, Kellye (TCEQ), Austin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 1727) :
Vasquez, Michael (Self), Austin, TX
FOR:
Shelley, Adrian (Air Alliance Houston), Houston, TX
Terrell, James (Select Milk Producers, Inc.), Austin, TX
Wickersham Jr., Theodore "Tod" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 1727) :
Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy), Ft. Worth, TX
FOR:
Brown, JE Buster (Port of Houston Authority), Austin, TX
Carter, Teddy (TIPRO - Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn.), Austin,
TX
Clatton, Nan (LWV-Tx), Austin, TX
Firmin, Liza (Chesapeake Energy), Austin, TX
Fisseler, Gene (NRG Energy), Houston, TX
Heydinger, Charlene V. (Pioneer Natural Resources Co.), Austin, TX
Hughes, Chris (SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association)), Austin, TX
Keene, Russ (Plug-In Texas Electric Vehicle Org), Austin, TX
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas), Austin, TX
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX
Newell, Stephanie (eVgo), Austin, TX
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA), Austin, TX
Pitts, John R. (UPS), Austin, TX
Pomeroy, Cory (Self), Austin, TX
Pope, Clay (Section 185 Working Group), Austin, TX
Ross, Susan (TREIA), Austin, TX
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County), Houston, TX
Talley, Greg (Freedom CNG Houston), Austin, TX
Townsend, Trent (First Solar), Austin, TX
Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.), Austin, TX
Yates, Maura (Sun Edison), Austin, TX
FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 1756) :
Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX
Walsh, Rich (Valero Energy Corporation), San Antonio, TX
FOR:
Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association), Austin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
ON:
Wilson, Michael (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas), Austin, TX
Carter, Teddy (TIPRO - Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn.), Austin,
TX
Gipson, Mark (Devon Energy), Fort Worth, TX
Haynes, Adam (Chesapeake Energy), Austin, TX
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical), Austin, TX
Mayberry, Warren E. (DuPont), Austin, TX
Miller, Chris (AECT), Austin, TX
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum), Austin, TX
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA), Austin, TX
Sander, Lindsay (MarkWest Energy), Houston, TX
Seales, Terri (Ascend Performance Materials), Austin, TX
Tarlton, Patrick (American Electric Power (AEP)), Austin, TX
Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.), Austin, TX
Womack, Daniel (Texas Chemical Council), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Haertner, Matthew (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
FOR:
Ellis, Clint (Cibalo Creek Municipal Authority), La Vernia, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Allen, Terry (Deep East Texas Groundwater District), Joaquin, TX
Lout, Jimmy Commissioner, Pct. 2 (Shelby County), Shelbyville, TX
McSwain, Roscoe County Commissioner, Pct. 1 (Shelby County), Center, TX
Neel, Norman (San Augustine County - Deep E. Texas GCD), San Augustine, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Freeman, Ronald J. (Sonterra MUD), Austin, TX
Hamala, Richard (Corn Hill Regional Water Authority), Pflugerville, TX
Robinson, Mike (Corn Hill Regional Water Authority), Round Rock, TX
FOR:
Oliver, David (Self), Houston, TX
WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources
April 9, 2013 9:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
De Leon, Maricela (Fort Bend County), Austin, TX
Short, Jim (Fort Bend County), Fulshear, TX