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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Environmental Regulation Committee

            March 17, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 281

                 For:

                                 Andonian, Jeff (City of Carrollton)

                                 Ferguson, Roy Neil (Self; City of Lewisville)

                                 Friedrich, Byron (Self)

                                 Hudson, Scott (City of Carrollton)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Texas campaign for the environment)

                                 Solomons, Burt (Self; City of Lewisville)

                 Against:

                                 Carr, Steve (Republic Services)

                                 Carr, Steve (National Waste and Recycling Association Texas Chapter)

                                 Davis, Shane (City of Farmers Branch)

                                 Froehlich, Harold (City of Farmers Branch TX)

                                 Kemler, Arden (Self; Texas Chapter, Solid Waste Assn. of North America)

                                 Macomb, Chris (Self)

                                 Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Tx, inc.)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Bacchus, Steven (City of Lewisville, Texas)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Kohler, Rob (Enivironmental protection of caldwell county)

                                 Macnaughton, Lou (Self)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Eden, Daniel (Self; Farmers Branch)

                 On:

                                 Lott, Earl (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 1146

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                 On:

                                 Brookins, Linda (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 1269

                 For:

                                 Grimes, Bryan (City of Ballinget)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Hardcastle, Rick (Self; Wilbarger county, city of vernon)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                 On:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter)

                                 Sweeney, Caroline (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 1284

                 For:

                                 Andonian, Jeff (City of Carrollton)

                                 Ferguson, Roy Neil (Self; City of Lewisville)

                                 Friedrich, Byron (Self)

                                 Hudson, Scott (City of Carrollton)

                                 Macnaughton, Lou (Self)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Texas campaign for the environment)

                                 Solomons, Burt (Self; City of Lewisville)

                 Against:

                                 Carr, Steve (Republic Services)

                                 Carr, Steve (National Waste and Recycling Association Texas Chapter)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Bacchus, Steven (City of Lewisville, Texas)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Kohler, Rob (Enivironmental protection of caldwell county)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Shane (City of Farmers Branch)

                                 Eden, Daniel (Self; Farmers Branch)

                                 Froehlich, Harold (City of Farmers Branch TX)

                                 Macomb, Chris (Self)

                                 Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Tx, inc.)

                 On:

                                 Lott, Earl (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 1794

                 For:

                                 Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)

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                 For:

                                 Wisdom, Christina (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 Against:

                                 Braun, Sam (Self; San jacinto river colliation)

                                 Cagle, R  Jack (Self; Harris County Precinct 4)

                                 Fite, Ryan (Travis county and the travis county attorney)

                                 Hupp, Steve (Self; Bayou Preservation Association)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 O'Rourke, Terence (Harris County)

                                 Odam, John (Harris county)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

                                 Smith, Tom "smitty" (Public citizen, inc)

                                 Young, Jackie (Self; San jacinto river coalition)

                 On:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp)

                                 Allday, Martin (Enbridge)

                                 Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

                                 Burklund, Adam (American Insurance Association)

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Carr, Steve (National Waste and Recycling Association Texas Chapter)

                                 Carr, Steve (Republic Services)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (American Electric Power Co)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Self; Devon Energy, Shell Oil Company, Austin White Lime)

                                 Heydinger, Charlene (BP)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for lawsuit reform)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Kearns, Dennis (BNSF Railway & Texas Railroad Association)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 Macomb, Chris (Self)

                                 Mayberry, Warren (DuPont)

                                 McBeth, Kelly (Gas Processors Association)

                                 McBeth, Kelly (Martin Companies)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp., BASF Corp., and Sherwin Alumina, Co.)

                                 Miller, Chris (AECT)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 Morgan, Todd (International paper)

                                 Newton, Jennifer (AGC of Texas - Highway, Heavy)

                                 Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)

                                 Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Peterson, Michael (AT&T)

                                 Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Ruckel, Grant (Energy Transfer)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Ward, Donald (Texas Pest Control Association)

                                 Womack, Daniel (The Dow Chemical Company)

                                 Zachary, Mance (Luminant)

                 Against:

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

                                 Baker, Debra (Self)

                                 Clark, Anne (Environment texas)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)

                                 Macnaughton, Lou (Self)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Texas campaign for the environment)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

                 On:

                                 Niermann, Jon (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Sweeney, Caroline (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

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