MINUTES 
                                           
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                              Wednesday, June 28, 2006 
                                     10:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural  
         Resources was held on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kip Averitt                     Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Troy Fraser                     Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Jon Lindsay                     Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The following testified before the committee: 
          
         On Interim Charge 4: 
         -Commissioner Victor Carrillo, Texas Railroad Commission 
          
         On Interim Charge 7: 
         -Charles Ross, Texas Railroad Commission 
         -Dr. Robert Mace, Texas Water Development Board 
         -Joe B. Cooper III, Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation  
         District 
          
         Industry Panel on Interim Charge 7: 
              -Ben Sebree, Texas Oil and Gas Association 
              -Adam P. Haynes, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty  
         Owners 
              -Bill Stevens, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers 
          
         --Gilbert Horton, Devon Energy Production Company L.P. 
         At 12:00, the chair announced the committee would stand in  
         recess until 12:15 p.m. 
          
         The committee returned to order at 12:15 p.m. 
          
         On Interim Charge 3: 
         -Mary Ambrose, Texas Groundwater Protection Committee 
         -Charles Ross, Texas Railroad Commission 
          
         Industry Panel on Interim Charge 3: 
              -Ben Sebree, Texas Oil and Gas Association 
              -Adam P. Haynes, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty  
         Owners 
              -Bill Stevens, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers 
          
         Petroleum Storage Tank Program Update Panel: 
              -Alan Batcheller, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
              -John Steib, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
          
         On Interim Charge 4: 
         -Pat Outtrim, Cheniere LNG  
         -Bill Henry, Freeport LNG 
         -Dub Taylor, State Energy Conservation Office 
         -Steve Pitner, Texas Railroad Commission 
          
         On Interim Charges 4 and 8: 
         -Colin Lineberry, Texas Railroad Commission 
         -Roger Welder, Texas Land and Mineral Owners Association 
          
         Industry Panel on Interim Charges 4 and 8: 
              -Ben Sebree, Texas Oil and Gas Association 
              -Adam P. Haynes, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty  
         Owners 
              -Bill Stevens, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers 
          
         The chair opened public testimony. 
          
         The following testified before the committee: 
         -Ben Vaughn, Coastal Conservation Association (interim charge 4) 
         -Martin Fleming, Noble Royalties, Inc. and Compass Royalty  
         Management (interim charge 8) 
         -Janet Guthrie, Hemphill County UWCD (interim charge 7) 
         -Mike Meroney, Huntsman Corporation, Texas Chemical Council,  
         Texas Association of Manufacturers (interim charge 4) 
          
         There being no further business, Senator Averitt moved that the  
         Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Kip Averitt, Chair 
          
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         Teddy Carter, Clerk