MINUTES SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES Friday, April 24, 1998 9:30 am UTB/TSC Campus ***** 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, April 24, 1998, at the UTB/TSC Campus in Brownsville, 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 9:35 am. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted. Senator Lucio moved that the Minutes from the previous meeting be approved. There being no objection, the Minutes were adopted. Chairman Brown made opening remarks, followed by opening remarks by Senator Lucio, Senator Truan, and Senator Haywood. The following people registered to testify on the interim charge to study the siting of solid waste facilities: Dan Pearson, Executive Director, TNRCC Susan Janek, TNRCC Ofelia Montemayor, Citizens Against Landfill Location Maria Garcia, Citizens Against Landfill Location Juan Garcia, Citizens Against Landfill Location Barbara Steidinger, Citizens Against Landfill Location Benito Garcia, Citizens Against Landfill Location Eulogio Rubalcaba, Citizens Against Landfill Location Tomasa Galvan, Citizens Against Landfill Location The following registered to testify on the interim charge of granting general licensing authority to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission: Ralph Rayburn, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Ernest Gorena, F/V Virginia Lynn Walter Zimmerman, Texas Shrimp Association Terry Ricks, Texas Sea Food Products Deyaun Boudreaux, Texas Shrimp Association Everett Sagnes, Brownsville Port Isabel Shrimp Products Ronald J. Boudreaux, WBP Shrimp Co. Leslie Barrientez, WBP Shrimp The following registered to testify on the interim charge to study the effects of the implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative: Robert Fulbright Mary Yturria Kathy Reavis, Rio Grande Valley Chapter - Texas Agri-Women Jerry Bell, Bell Properties Humberto Vela, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Deyaun Boudreaux, Texas Shrimp Association Marylou Campbell, Sierra Club Penny Hartwell, Earth Care Organization There being no further business, at 12:10 p.m. Senator Lucio moved that the committee stand in recess. It was so ordered. _____________________________ Senator J. E. "Buster" Brown, Chair _____________________________ Carol K. McGarah, Clerk