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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Environmental Regulation Committee

            April 17, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 798

                 For:

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Macias, Raudel (Self)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Perkins, David (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 Grant, Jonathan (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Keady, Richard (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Elva (Self)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Ramos, Jen (Self; Texas Young Democrats)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Webb, Dale (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Hackney, Clint (Precast Concrete Manufacturers of Texas)

                                 Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe Materials)

                                 Heldenfels IV, Fred (Self)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                 On:

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Thatcher, Beryl (TCEQ)

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            HB 907

                 For:

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Van Til, Rob (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ahrens, Devon (Self)

                                 Ahrens, Kim (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalition for a Clean Environment)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (LafargeHolcim)

                                 Clowney, Amber (Self; BBCCE)

                                 Compton, James (Self)

                                 Courtney, Andrea (Self)

                                 Cubriel, Beth (Black Mountain Sand)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Keady, Richard (Self)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Lott, Toni (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalision for a Clean Environment)

                                 Lowe, Tyler (Vulcan Materials Company)

                                 Mendoza, Elva (Self)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Parker, David (CRH Texas Materials)

                                 Perkins, David (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Ramos, Jen (Self; Texas Young Democrats)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Schieffer, Tracy (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy and A.L. Helmcamp)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                                 Webb, Dale (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Hackney, Clint (Precast Concrete Manufacturers of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe Materials)

                                 Heldenfels IV, Fred (Self)

                                 Lucas, Lynette (Self)

                                 Rao, Mohan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Sinclair, Bryan (TCEQ)

            HB 999

                 For:

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Fernandez, Fred (Self)

                                 Friesenhahn, Mark (Self)

                                 Lott, Toni (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalision for a Clean Environment)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Perkins, David (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)

                 On:

                                 Honeycutt, Michael (TCEQ)

                                 Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ahrens, Devon (Self)

                                 Ahrens, Kim (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalition for a Clean Environment)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Clowney, Amber (Self; BBCCE)

                                 Compton, James (Self)

                                 Courtney, Andrea (Self)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Macias, Raudel (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Elva (Self)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Ramos, Jen (Self; Texas Young Democrats)

                                 Rao, Mohan (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                 Tait, Geoffrey (Self; White Lake Hills Neighborhood Assn)

                                 Vader, Erin (Self; Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth)

                                 Webb, Dale (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (LafargeHolcim)

                                 Hackney, Clint (Precast Concrete Manufacturers Association of Texas)

                                 Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe Materials)

                                 Heldenfels IV, Fred (Self)

                                 Parker, David (CRH Texas Materials)

                                 Schieffer, Tracy (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy and A.L. Helmcamp)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Martin Marietta)

                                 Van Til, Rob (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Chism, Cory (TCEQ)

                                 Chism, Cory (TCEQ)

            HB 1310

                 For:

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Perkins, David (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ahrens, Devon (Self)

                                 Ahrens, Kim (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalition for a Clean Environment)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Clowney, Amber (Self; BBCCE)

                                 Compton, James (Self)

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Friesenhahn, Mark (Self)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Keady, Richard (Self)

                                 Lott, Toni (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalision for a Clean Environment)

                                 Macias, Raudel (Self)

                                 Mendoza, Elva (Self)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Ramos, Jen (Self; Texas Young Democrats)

                                 Rao, Mohan (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (LafargeHolcim)

                                 Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe Materials)

                                 Heldenfels IV, Fred (Self)

                                 Parker, David (CRH Texas Materials)

                                 Schieffer, Tracy (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy and A.L. Helmcamp)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Martin Marietta)

                                 Van Til, Rob (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Chism, Cory (TCEQ)

                                 Honeycutt, Michael (TCEQ)

                                 Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)

                                 Thatcher, Beryl (TCEQ)

            HB 3318

                 For:

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean

                                 Water Agencies)

                 Against:

                                 Gilbert, Helen (A&M Septic)

                                 Malone, Judy (Malone Excavating & Waste Water Systems, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                 On:

                                 Galindo, David (TCEQ)

            HB 3319

                 For:

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean

                                 Water Agencies)

                 Against:

                                 Gilbert, Helen (A&M Septic)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Malone, Judy (Malone Excavating & Waste Water Systems, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Mills-Jurach, Kristi (TCEQ)

            HB 3798

                 For:

                                 Bigbee, Ron (Self)

                                 Cannon, Windell (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Everingham, Don (Self)

                                 Friesenhahn, Justin (Self)

                                 Friesenhahn, Mark (Self)

                                 Friesenhahn, Martin (Self)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

                                 Hopmann, Chris (Self)

                                 Keady, Richard (Self)

                                 Lott, Toni (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalision for a Clean Environment)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Perkins, David (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)

                                 Schieffer, Tracy (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy and A.L. Helmcamp)

                 On:

                                 Bailey, Lawrence (Representing State Representative Kyle Biedermann)

                                 Chism, Cory (TCEQ)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ahrens, Devon (Self)

                                 Ahrens, Kim (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalition for a Clean Environment)

                                 Clowney, Amber (Self; BBCCE)

                                 Compton, James (Self)

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Grant, Jonathan (Self)

                                 Hall, Jenna (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Fred (Southern Crushed Concrete, LLC)

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (LafargeHolcim)

                                 Clark, Richard (Self)

                                 Cubriel, Beth (Black Mountain Sand)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hackney, Clint (Precast Concrete Manufacturers of Texas)

                                 Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe Materials)

                                 Heldenfels IV, Fred (Self)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Lowe, Tyler (Vulcan Materials Company)

                                 Parker, David (CRH Texas Materials)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                                 Streck, Joe (Holtcat)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Martin Marietta)

                                 Van Til, Rob (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Honeycutt, Michael (TCEQ)

                                 Honeycutt, Ph.D., Michael (TCEQ)

                                 Jablonski, Susan (TCEQ)

                                 Sinclair, Bryan (TCEQ)

                                 Thatcher, Beryl (TCEQ)

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            HB 3816

                 Against:

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Lott, Toni (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalision for a Clean Environment)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Republic Services)

                                 Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)

                                 Simons, Dorothy (Self)

                                 White, Kathleen (Self; TPPF)

                 Against:

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Keady, Richard (Self)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Rao, Mohan (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)

            HB 3930

                 For:

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Ives, Clint (Self; Victoria County)

                                 Simons, Dorothy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Magee, Eric (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean

                                 Water Agencies)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)

                 Against:

                                 Rao, Mohan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Galindo, David (TCEQ)

            HB 4344

                 For:

                                 Gates, Gary (Self; Gatesco)

                                 Sanchez, Densis (Self; Gatesco)

                                 Sanchez, Densis (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McCary, David (City of San Antonio)

                                 Rice, Michael (TXSWANA, City of Abilene)

                                 Salazar, Rosalinda (Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department, City of Houston)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burklund, Adam (National Waste and Recycling Association)

                                 Gutierrez, Melissa (Self)

                                 Jackson, Kyle (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Peralta, Irene (Self)

                                 Valerio, Victor (Self)

                                 Zarr, Hannah (Self; Texas citizens coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Gonzalez, Ernie (City of Eagle Pass, Texas)

                                 Hadjigeorge, Nicholas (City of Houston)

                                 Hale, Angela (City of Mckinney)

                                 Kovacs, Michael (City of Fate)

                                 Minyard, Trevor (City of mckinney)

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 4568

                 For:

                                 Brown, Gary (Self; Stop Greenhouse Road Landfill & Rolling Green Subdivision)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Pape, Paul (Bastrop county)

                                 Proctor, JR (Self; Axtell ISD)

                 On:

                                 Minick, Stephen (Republic Services)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Magee, Eric (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Burklund, Adam (National Waste And Recycling Association)

                                 Lucas, Lynette (Self)

                                 Rao, Mohan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lott, Earl (TCEQ)

            HB 4584

                 For:

                                 Rood, James (Flowers Foods)

                                 Stone, Dan (Self; Flowers Foods, Inc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Knowles, Kelly (Self; American Bakers Assn)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self; American Bakers Association)

                                 Williamson, Justin (Texas Retailers Association)

            HB 4600

                 For:

                                 Akers, Patty (City of Marble Falls)

                                 Bigbee, Ron (Self)

                                 Hopmann, Chris (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Perkins, David (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)

                                 Schieffer, Tracy (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy and A.L. Helmcamp)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Dean, Grant (Self; Texas Environmental Protection Coalition)

                                 Drewa, David (Self)

                                 Drewa, David (Preserve Our Hill Country Environment)

                                 Guckian, Milann (Self)

                                 Haddock, William (Self; Marble Falls City Council)

                                 Heep, Shannon (Self; Tpec)

                                 Howden, Robert (Baylor Scott & White)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Keady, Richard (Self)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Kraenzel, Caleb (Self; City of Marble Falls)

                                 Lott, Toni (Self; Boerne to Bergheim Coalision for a Clean Environment)

                                 Merrill, Celia (Self; Marble falls city council)

                                 Olivier, Jack (Self)

                                 Olson, Kira (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (AGC of Texas, Highway, Heavy)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (LafargeHolcim)

                                 Cubriel, Beth (Black Mountain Sand)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hackney, Clint (Precast Concrete Manufacturers of Texas)

                                 Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe Materials)

                                 Heldenfels IV, Fred (Self)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Lowe, Tyler (Vulcan Materials Company)

                                 Lucas, Lynette (Self)

                                 Parker, David (CRH Texas Materials)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.)

                                 Stewart, Michael (Lattimore Materials Company)

                                 Streck, Joe (Holtcat)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Martin Marietta)

                                 Van Til, Rob (Self; Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Chism, Cory (TCEQ)

                                 Honeycutt, Michael (TCEQ)

                                 Honeycutt, Ph.D., Michael (TCEQ)

                                 Jablonski, Susan (TCEQ)

                                 Sinclair, Bryan (TCEQ)

                                 Thatcher, Beryl (TCEQ)

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