MINUTES SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES Friday, January 16, 1998 9:00 a.m. Houston CIty Council Chamber ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Interim Committee on Natural Resources was held on Friday, January 16, 1998, at the Houston City Council Chamber, in Houston, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator J.E. Brown Senator Teel Bivins Senator Tom Haywood Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Steve Ogden Senator Carlos Truan ***** The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:05 am. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted. Senator Lucio moved that the Minutes from the previous hearing be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Chairman Brown and Senator Lucio gave opening remarks. The following people registered to testify on the Siting of Solid Waste Facilities interim charge: Dan Pearson, TNRCC Ron Pedde, TNRCC Susan Janek, TNRCC Marianne Baker, TNRCC Cathy Sisk, Harris County Attorney's Office Rosalia Villescas, Citizens Against Landfill Location Jimmie Steidinger, Citizens Against Landfill Location Richard E. Hill, Citizens of Chambers County Gary E. Graybeal, Citizens of Texas Gulf Coast J.R. Tyson, Brazoria County Jeffrey Taebel, Houston-Galveston Area Council (written testimony) The following people registered to testify on the interim charge to study the implementation of HB 3019: Ralph Marquez, TNRCC Commissioner Jeffrey Saitas, TNRCC Ed Feith, Houston Lighting & Power Brandt C. Mannchen, self Alfred Calloway, City of Houston Dean Allan Cook, The Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Int'l Union Bob Fisher, CItizens for Clean Air LaNell S. Anderson, Citizens of East Harris County, Channelview Rick Abraham, Texans United Rita Ruth, People's Action Coalition Mary Miksa, TABCC Peter G. Altman, SEED Coalition Cindy L. Morphew, Texas Oil & Gas Association Terrance O'Rourke, Citizens Panel for Clean Air Ivan George Smith, Sierra Club Jane Elioseff, Galveston-Houston Assoc. for Smog Prevention Mark A. Munich, self Juan Parras, Environmental Justice Clinic Norma Navarete, self Juanita Martinez, self There being no further business, Senator Lindsay moved that the Committee be recessed at 3:25. Without objection, it was so ordered. _______________________________ Senator J. E. Brown, Chair _______________________________ Carol K. McGarah, Clerk