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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources

            April 16, 2013 8:30 AM

            HB 4

                   FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSHB 4) :

                                 Kramer, Ken  (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                  FOR:

                                 Dornbirer, David  (Co Bank), Greenwood Village, CO

                                 Harward, Heather  (H20 4 Texas Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Howe, Billy  (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX

                                 Minick, Stephen  (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Ward, J. Kevin  (Trinity River Authority), Arlington, TX

                  ON:

                                 DeVore, Chuck  (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                                 Kyle, Jerry  (Andrews Kurth), Austin, TX

                                 Metzger, Luke  (Environment Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Satterwhite, Kent  (Canadian River Municipal Water Authority), Sanford, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                   FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSHB 4) :

                                 Aus, Fred  (Texas Rural Water Association), Austin, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (Texas Association of Clean Water Agencies (TACWA)), Austin, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (City of Austin), Austin, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (Texas Section American Water Works Association (TAWWA)), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT)), Austin, TX

                  FOR:

                                 Allday, Marty  (Enbridge Energy), Houston, TX

                                 Barber, Kathy  (NFIB/Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Benke, Allen  (Texas Aggregates and Concrete Assn.), Austin, TX

                                 Benke, Allen  (San Antonio River Authority), Austin, TX

                                 Blocker, Trey  (Balanced Energy Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Bresnen, Steve  (North Harris County Regional Water Authority), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Jay  (Talisman Energy USA), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Jay  (Concho Resources), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Jay  (Valero), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Kirby  (Ducks Unlimited), Austin, TX

                                 Carter, Teddy  (TIPRO - Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Assn.), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Castro, Elizabeth  (LyondellBasel), Houston, TX

                                 Coyle, Jeff  (City of San Antonio), San Antonio, TX

                                 Eckstein, Deece  (Travis County Commissioners Court), Austin, TX

                                 Ellmer, Mindy  (North Texas Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Fainter Jr., John W.  (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX

                                 Fowler, Perry L.  (Fowler Group Texas, LLC), Austin, TX

                                 Gentsch, Denise  (Texas Seed Trade Association), Austin, TX

                                 Gibbs, Gary  (American Electric Power Company), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources

            April 16, 2013 8:30 AM

                                 Gibson, Stephanie  (Texas Retailers Assoc. and Scolts Miracle Gro Company), Austin, TX

                                 Goleman, Kinnan  (Shell Oil Company), Austin, TX

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel  (Texas Association of REALTORS), Austin, TX

                                 Hazlewood, Steve  (Dow Chemical), Austin, TX

                                 Huffman, Laura  (The Nature Conservancy), Austin, TX

                                 Jones, Max  (The Greater Houston Partnership), Houston, TX

                                 Leal, Gloria  (TX Alliance of Energy Producers), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 McKnight, Peyton  (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Mendez, Mark  (Tarrant County Commissioners Court), Ft. Worth, TX

                                 Moore, Julie  (Occidental Petroleum Corporation), Austin, TX

                                 Nasi, Mike  General Counsel (Balanced Energy for Texas Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Nasi, Mike  General Counsel (Clean Carbon Technology Foundation of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Norman, Scott  (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX

                                 Oney, Jessica  (Luminant), Austin, TX

                                 Park, Joey  (Texas Wildlife Association), Austin, TX

                                 Park, Joey  (Coastal Conservation Association), Austin, TX

                                 Patterson, T.J.  (City of Fort Worth), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Profilet, Charles W.  (Southwest Water Company), Sugar Land, TX

                                 Robbins, Dean  (TX Water Conservation Assn.), Austin, TX

                                 Simpson, Stephanie  (TX Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX

                                 Skaggs, Jason  (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.), Austin, TX

                                 Stevens, Bill  (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers), Austin, TX

                                 Sugg, Paul  (Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Tagliabue, Tom  (City of Corpus Christi), Corpus Christi, TX

                                 Tedder, Jo Karr  (Central Texas Water Coalition), Spicewood, TX

                                 Thomas, Chelsey  (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX

                                 Womack, Daniel  (Texas Chemical Council), Austin, TX

                                 Wynn, Monty  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                                 Yancy, Justin  (Texas Business Leadership Council), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Matocha, Dustin  (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility), Austin, TX

            SB 4

                   ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 4) :

                                 Metzger, Luke  (Environment Texas), Austin, TX

                  FOR:

                                 Harward, Heather  (H20 4 Texas Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Howe, Billy   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Ward, J. Kevin   (Self; Trinity River Authority), Arlington, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Parken, Judy   (Self), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources

            April 16, 2013 8:30 AM

                  ON:

                                 Kyle, Jerry  (Andrews Kurth), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                   FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 4) :

                                 Aus, Fred   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (Texas Section American Water Works Association (TAWWA)), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (Texas Association of Clean Water Agency (TACWA)), Austin, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (Water Environment Association of TX (WEAT)), Austin, TX

                                 Cooke, Heather  (City of Austin), Austin, TX

                  FOR:

                                 Blocker, Trey  (Balanced Energy Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Bresnen, Steve  (North Harris County Regional Water Authority), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Jay  (Valero), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Jay  (Talisman Energy USA), Austin, TX

                                 Brown, Jay  (Concho Resources), Austin, TX

                                 Castro, Elizabeth  (LyondellBasel), Houston, TX

                                 Ellmer, Mindy  (North Texas Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Fainter Jr., John W.  (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX

                                 Fowler, Perry L.  (Fowler Group Texas, LLC), Austin, TX

                                 Gentsch, Denise  (Texas Seed Trade Association), Austin, TX

                                 Gibbs, Gary J.  (American Electric Power Company), Austin, TX

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel  (Texas Association of REALTORS), Austin, TX

                                 Jones, Max  (The Greater Houston Partnership), Houston, TX

                                 Nasi, Mike  General Counsel (Balanced Energy for Texas Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Nasi, Mike  General Counsel (Clean Carbon Technology Foundation of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Park, Joey  (Texas Wildlife Association), Austin, TX

                                 Park, Joey  (Coastal Conservation Association), Austin, TX

                                 Robbins, Dean  (Texas Water Conservation Assn.), Austin, TX

                                 Skaggs, Jason  (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.), Austin, TX

                                 Stephens, V.A.  (Leoncita Ranch, Brewster County), Austin, TX

                                 Tagliabue, Tom  (City of Corpus Christi), Corpus Christi, TX

                                 Tedder, Jo Karr  (Central Texas Water Coalition), Spicewood, TX

                                 Thomas, Chelsey  (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin, TX

                                 Valdez, Jerry  (Texas Alliance of Water Providers), Austin, TX

                                 Villalon, Augusto  (Freese & Nichols Inc), Austin, TX

                                 Wynn, Monty  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

            SB 957

                   FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (For CSSB 957) :

                                 Wisdom, Christina  (Texas Chemical Council), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty"  (Public Citizen), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources

            April 16, 2013 8:30 AM

            SB 1284

                  FOR:

                                 Freeland, Joe  (NRG), Austin, TX

                                 Norris, Bill  (Texas Desalination Assoc.), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Kramer, Matt  (SAHS & Associates Representing Kenedy County GCD), Austin, TX

                                 McGuire, Mike  (Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District), Munday, TX

                  ON:

                                 Craven, Eric  (Texas Electric Cooperatives), Austin, TX

                                 Zion, Mark  (Texas Public Power Association), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Frazier, Kyle  (Texas Desalination Association), Austin, TX

                                 Garcia, Buddy  (Brownsville Public Utilities Board), Austin, TX

                                 Holt, David  (Colorado River Municipal Water Dist.), Snyder, TX

                                 Peckham, Darrell S.  (Water Quest, Inc.), Odessa, TX

                                 Stevens, Bill  (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers), Austin, TX

                                 Sutherland, Justin  (Carollo Engineers), Austin, TX

                                 Tedder, Jo Karr  (Central Texas Water Coalition), Spicewood, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Aaron, Dirk  (Clearwater U.W.C.D), Belton, TX

                                 Allen, Tom  (GOF SUEZ), Houston, TX

                                 Embrey, Ty  (Penola County GCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Middle Trinity GCD), Austin, TX

                                 Holland, Kirk  (Barton Springs/ Edwards Aquifer Cons. Dist.), Austin, TX

                                 Jones, Kathy Turner  (Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District), Conroe, TX

                                 Orr, John  (Exelon Corp.), Austin, TX

                                 Steinbach, Stacey  (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Johnson, Elston  (TCEQ), Austin, TX

            SB 1612

                  FOR:

                                 Houston, Joshua  (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

                                 Johnson, Lucy  (City of Kyle), Kyle, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Profilet, Charles W.  (Southwest Water Company), Sugar Land, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Mahurin, Heather  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                                 Rice, Chuck  (Pointas Properties, City of Peritas), Austin, TX

                                 Wynn, Monty  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Barnett, Andy  (Aqua Texas), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources

            April 16, 2013 8:30 AM

                                 Valdez, Jerry  (Texas Alliance of Water Providers), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Benter, Tammy  (TCEQ), Austin, TX

            SB 1801

                  FOR:

                                 Claunch, Dave  Mayor (West Lake Hills), West Lake Hills, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Drummoud, Clif  (Water Dist. #10), Austin, TX

                                 Wilburn, Randy  (Travis Co. WCID No. 10), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Gallaway, Don  (Texas A&M Forestry Service), College Station, TX

                                 Lacey, Michael  (Travis County Emergency Services District #9), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Carr, Snapper  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                                 Eckstein, Deece  (Travis County Commissioners Court), Austin, TX

                                 Wood, Robert J.  (City of West Lake Hills), West Lake Hills, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Profilet, Charles W.  (Southwest Water Company), Sugar Land, TX