SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 2:00PM, Tuesday, April 15, 1997 PLACE: E1.028 CHAIR: Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: HB 706 Cook SP: Armbrister Relating to granting the Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 the powers and duties of a road district. HB 1190 Counts SP: Armbrister Relating to monitoring of water quality in watersheds and river basins. SB 596 Lindsay Relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. SB 1223 Brown Relating to the delegation of duties of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and its executive director. SB 1224 Brown Relating to consolidated permit processing by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. SB 1225 Brown Relating to the voluntary cleanup program. SB 1226 Brown Relating to certain solid waste sites regulated under the Texas Health and Safety Code. SB 1340 Brown Relating to certain fees related to water quality. SB 1406 Lucio Relating to the duties and operations of a watermaster's office, reimbursement of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for the compensation and necessary expenses of a watermaster's office and creation of the watermaster fund. SB 1436 Wentworth Relating to the authorization of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to issue general permits by rule for the discharge of waste into or adjacent to water in the state. SB 1439 Wentworth Relating to the state's motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program; providing penalties. SB 1509 Brown Relating to Brazoria Drainage District Number 4; clarifying the powers of the district; providing definitions; and specifically granting said District the authority to make and adopt rules regulating construction which affects drainage within the District's jurisdictional boundaries. SB 1520 Lucio Relating to amendment or modification of certain permits and licenses issued by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. SB 1585 Brown Relating to environmental and health and safety audits. SB 1856 Wentworth Relating to the inspection and maintenance of certain motor vehicles for air pollution control; providing criminal penalties. Pending Business: SB 1199 Lucio Relating to the regulation of the operation and rental of jet skis; providing penalties. SB 1322 Brown Relating to the regulation of parks and wildlife; providing penalties. SB 1339 Patterson, Jerry Relating to coastal erosion; including the power of eminent domain. SB 1586 Brown Relating to the scrap tire recycling program; providing criminal and civil penalties; making an appropriation. SB 1711 Brown Relating to the transfer of responsibility for responding to and cleaning up certain oil discharges in coastal areas to the Railroad Commission of Texas. SB 1791 Wentworth Relating to the annexation of a portion of certain municipal utility districts. ___________________________________________________________________________