WITNESS LIST
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment
FOR:
Freeland, Joe Attorney (City of Tyler), Austin, TX
Morgan, Gregory Director Utilities & Public Works (The City of Tyler), Tyler, TX
AGAINST:
Sorensen, Gregory (Liberty utilities), Avondale, AZ
ON:
Brookins, Linda TCEQ Water Supply Division Director (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Heines, Martin Mayor (The City of Tyler), Tyler, TX
Munoz, Ned General Counsel (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX
ON:
Benter, Tammy Director - water division (Public Utility Commission of Texas), Austin, TX
FOR:
Hemmeline, Charlie (Texas Solar Power Association), Austin, TX
Reed, Cyrus Conservation director (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club), Austin, TX
Zerrenner, Kate Project Manager (also providing written testimony) (Environmental
Defense Fund), Austin, TX
ON:
Mace, Robert Deputy Executive Administrator (Texas Water Development Board), Austin,
TX
Webber, Michael Professor (Self; UT Austin), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Burnam, Lon (Public citizen), Fort worth, TX
Cain, Randy Attorney (The Wind Coalition), Austin, TX
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX
Huffman, Laura Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy),
Austin, TX
McCollough, Parker VP Gov't Affairs (NRG Energy, Inc), Austin, TX
Metzger, Luke Director (Environment Texas), Austin, TX
Urban, John Paul (NRG Energy), Austin, TX
Weinberg, David Executive Director (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX
ON:
Huber, Grant (Texas General Land Office), Austin, TX
FOR:
Fitzsimons, Blair CEO (Self; Texas Agricultural Land Trust), San Antonio, TX
Huffman, Laura Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy),
Austin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment
ON:
Smith, Carter Executive Director (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Ayres, Robert (Self; Land Trust Alliance), Austin, TX
Box, Steve Executive director (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX
Brown, Kirby Outreach Biologist (Self; Ducks Unlimited), Austin, TX
Brown, Travis Board Member (Pines and prairie land trust), Lexington, TX
Cofer, George (Self), Sabinal, TX
Curtis, Linda Director (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas), Lexington, TX
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX
Ice, Lauren (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance), Austin, TX
Kramer, Ken Water Resources Chair (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
McGarry, Mignon (Texas wildlife association), Austin, TX
Olson, Lori Executive Director (Self; Texas Land Trust Council), Austin, TX
Small, Ed (Self), Austin, TX
Turner, Robert (Texas poultry fed), Voss, TX
Weinberg, David Executive Director (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
Winegarner, Josh Director of Government Relations (Texas Cattle Feeders Association),
Amarillo, TX
ON:
McWilliams, Alan Asst. Deputy Director PSF Income Division (Texas General Land
Office), Austin, TX
FOR:
Murphy, James Executive Manager, GBRA (also providing written testimony)
(Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority), Seguin, TX
Schuster, Stefan (Self; MWH), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX
Kramer, Ken Water Resources Chair (also providing written testimony) (Sierra Club -
Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
ON:
Brookins, Linda TCEQ Water Supply Division Director (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Ellis, Ron (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Galindo, David (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Austin, TX
Huffman, Laura Texas State Director, The Nature Conservancy (The Nature Conservancy),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Deshields, Holly (Central Texas Water Coalition), Austin, TX
Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination association), Austin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment
Lee, Donald Executive Director (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX
Minick, Stephen Vice President for Government Affairs (Texas Asssociation of Business),
Austin, TX
West, William General Manager (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority), Seguin, TX
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Box, Steve Executive director (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas), Lexington, TX
ON:
Huber, Grant (Texas General Land Office), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Galloway, Wil (Texas Citrus Mutual), Austin, TX
Howe, Billy State Legislative Director (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX
Laney, J Pete (Paramount Citrus), Austin, TX
Murden, Dale (Self; Texas Citrus Mutual), Mission, TX
Reaves, Jim Director, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs (Texas Nursery & Landscape
Association), Austin, TX
Vaughan, Dee (Self), Dumas, TX
ON:
Dudley, Patrick Policy Specialist (Texas Department of Agriculture), Austin, TX
FOR:
Boozer, Caroline Central Texas Honey Queen (also providing written testimony) (Self;
Central Texas Beekeepers Association), Spring, TX
Hyder, Leesa (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association and Montgomery County Beekeepers
Association), The Woodlands, TX
Mansker, Tabitha 2015 Texas HoneyQueen (Self; Texas beekeepers association), Nevada
texas, TX
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance), Cameron, TX
Shook, Blake President Texas Beekeepers Assoc. (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association),
Blue Ridge, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Bahm, Tracy (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association), Austin, TX
Boozer, Kristin (Self; Central Texas Beekeepers), Spring, TX
Box, Steve Executive director (Self; Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX
Casnovsky, Joy Program Director, Sustainable Food Center (Self; Sustainable Food
Center), Austin, TX
Curtis, Linda Director (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas), Lexington, TX
Hand-Medina, Holly (Texas Beekeepers Association), PFLUGERVILLE, TX
WITNESS LIST
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment
Mansker, Tabitha 2015 Texas Honey Queen (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association),
Nevada Texas, TX
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX
ON:
Ressler, Lewis (Texas Department of State Health Services), Austin, TX
FOR:
Mullican, Bill (CDM Smith), Pflugerville, TX
Sledge, Brian Attorney (Co-Chair, TWCA Groundwater Legislative Committee;
Prairielands GCD, Lone Star GCD, and Upper Trinity GCD), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Sengelmann, Greg (Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District),
Gonzales, TX
ON:
Allison, Jim (Victoria County GCD), Austin, TX
Coleman, David College station water services director (City of College Station), College
Station, TX
Day, Alan General Manager (Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District), Hearne,
TX
Ellis, Ron (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Kramer, Ken Water Resources Chair (also providing written testimony) (Sierra Club -
Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Maguire, Charles Director Radioactive Materials Division at TCEQ (TCEQ), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Aaron, Dirk Clearwater UWCd (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District),
Belton, TX
Cooke, Heather (City of Austin), Austin, TX
Frazier, Kyle (Texas association of groundwater owners and producers), Austin, TX
Grant, John General Manager (Colorado River Municipal Water District), Big Spring, TX
Howe, Billy State Legislative Director (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX
Minick, Stephen Vice President for Government Affairs (Texas Asssociation of Business),
Austin, TX
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.), Austin, TX
Wells, Hope Water Resources Counsel (San Antonio Water System), San Antonio, TX
AGAINST:
Box, Steve (Environmental Stewardship), Bastrop, TX
Turner, Robert (West Texas ground water management alliance), Voss, TX
ON:
Mills, Kelly Team Leader (TCEQ), Austin, TX
West, William General Manager (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority), Seguin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment
FOR:
Cortez, Albert (Coastal Water regional supply company), Austin, TX
Strickland, Wes Counsel (Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition (WENT)), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Box, Steve Executive director (also providing written testimony) (Self; Environmental
Stewardship), Bastrop, TX
Gangnes, Michele (also providing written testimony) (Self; League of independent Voters
of Texas), Lexington, TX
Hess, Myron (also providing written testimony) (National Wildlife Federation), Austin,
TX
Kramer, Ken Water Resources Chair (also providing written testimony) (Sierra Club -
Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance), Cameron, TX
ON:
Nelson, Matt Director (Texas WaterDevelopment Board), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Barksdale, Jay Sr. VP, Public Policy and Education (Dallas Regional Chamber), Dallas, TX
Deshields, Holly (Central Texas Water Coalition), Austin, TX
Frazier, Kyle (Texas association of groundwater owners and producers), Austin, TX
Lawson, Richard (Chevron), Austin, TX
McGinnis, Larry (Exelon Corporation), Austin, TX
Nasi, Mike Counsel (Balanced Energy for Texas Coalition), Austin, TX
Nasi, Mike Counsel (South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC)), Austin, TX
Shields, Chris (Tenaska), Austin, TX
Sledge, Brian Attorney (Prairielands GCD), Austin, TX
Small, Ed (Self), Austin, TX
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin, TX
Wells, Hope Water Resources Counsel (San Antonio Water System), San Antonio, TX
AGAINST:
Casnovsky, Joy Program Director, Sustainable Food Center (Self; Sustainable Food
Center), Austin, TX
Curtis, Linda Director (Self; Independent texans), Bastrop, TX
Ice, Lauren (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance), Austin, TX
Thompson, Leigh Policy Analyst (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Frazier, Kyle (Texas association of groundwater owners and producers), Austin, TX
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation), Austin, TX
Kramer, Ken Water Resources Chair (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX
Sledge, Brian Attorney (Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District), Austin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
April 13, 2015 2:00 PM - or upon adjournment
Strickland, Wes Counsel (Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition (WENT)), Austin, TX
ON:
Mace, Robert Deputy Executive Administrator (Texas Water Development Board), Austin,
TX