MINUTES 
          
                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES (INTERIM) 
                             Thursday, July 30, 1998 
                                     9:00 am 
                                 Senate Chamber 
          
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         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 Thursday, July 30, 1998 in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator J.E. Brown                      Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Tom Haywood                     Senator Eddie Lucio,  
                                                 Jr. 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Carlos F. Truan 
          
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         Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 9:15 am.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         Senator Lindsay moved that the Minutes from the previous  
         meeting be approved.  There being no objection, the Minutes  
         were adopted. 
          
         Chairman Brown made opening remarks. 
          
         The following people registered to testify on the interim  
         charge to study the siting of solid waste facilities: 
          
         Jeff Saitas, Executive Director, TNRCC 
          
         The following registered to testify on the interim charge of  
         monitoring the implementation of SB 1876 and SB 1591: 
          
         Jeff Saitas, TNRCC 
          
         The following registered to testify on the interim charge of  
         monitoring the implementation of HB 3019: 
          
         Jeff Saitas, TNRCC 
         Peter Altman, Director, SEED Coalition 
         Scott Johnson, Citizen 
         Tom Smith, Director, Public Citizen 
         Wade Stansell, Environmental Program Manager, Texas Utilities 
          
         The following registered to testify on the interim charge of  
         monitoring the operation of the Superfund  program and the  
         Voluntary Cleanup program: 
          
         Leigh Ing, Deputy Director-Office of Waste Management, TNRCC 
          
         The following registered to testify on the granting of general  
         licensing authority to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: 
          
         Hal Osburn, Coastal Fisheries Policy Director, Texas Parks and  
         Wildlife Department 
         Terry Ricks, President, Texas Seafood Producers 
         Dennis Wittnebert, Mid-Coast Shrimpers 
         Wesley Blevins, Texas Seafood Producers 
         Richard Moore, President, PISCES 
          
         There being no further business, at 1:18 p.m., Senator Lindsay  
         moved that the committee stand in recess. 
          
         It was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair 
          
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         Carol K. McGarah, Clerk