Witness List Display

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WITNESS LIST

Environmental Regulation Committee

April 3, 2007 - 8:00 AM

HB 2320

For:

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Against:

Eminger, Randy (Center for Energy & Economic Development)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Chapman, Randy (Self)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Johnson, Scott (Self)

Levin, Ilan (Environmental Integrity Project)

Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

Oldham, Melanie (Self)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Comission)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Blocker, Trey (Peabody Energy)

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Stoker, Kim (CPS Energy)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 2388 - Committee Substitute (Lucio)

For:

Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Doggett, MD, Lisa (Austin Physicians for Solid Responsibility)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Birch, Erich (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Self and Downwinders at Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

For:

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

HB 2521 - Committee Substitute (Lucio)

For:

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economicy Development (SEED) Coalition)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

On:

Eminger, Randy (Center for Energy & Economic Development)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwider at Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Johnson, Scott (Self)

Levin, Ilan (Environmental Integrity Project)

Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE Citizens Organizing for Resources & Environment)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Weddell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Blocker, Trey (Peabody Energy)

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Stoker, Kim (CPS Energy)

Trouart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 2608 - Committee Substitute (Lucio)

For:

Allen, Ray (Texas Mining & Reclamation Assn)

Eminger, Randy (Center for Energy & Economic Development)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

MacDonald, Donna (Clean Coal Technology Foundation of Texas)

Stewart, Jay (FutureGen Texas)

Trouart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Blevins, Chesley (North American Coal Corporation)

Blocker, Trey (Peabody Energy)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Cervenka, Robert L. (T-Power)

Duncan, Dr Ian (Bureau of Economic Geology University of Texas at Austin)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE Citizens Organizing for Resources & Environment)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

For:

Nance, Clay (FutureGen Texas)

Reed, Lindsey (Public Citizen, Texas Office)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for Environment)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining and Reclamation Association)

Wedell, M.Ed, Faye (Self)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

Schanbacher, David (TCEQ)

HB 2713

For:

Alvarez, Ph.d., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Reed, Cyrus (Lonestar Chapter of Sierra Club)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

On:

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders at Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Johnson, Scott (Self)

Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE Citizens Organizing for Resources and Environment)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Waley, Roy (Sierra Club - Austin Regional Group)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

Schanbacher, David (TCEQ)

HB 2847

For:

Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Levin, Ilan (Environmental Integrity)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Frasier, Lucy (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Cervenka, Robert L. (Self)

Waley, Roy (Austin Sierra Club)

Against:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Stoker, Kim (CPS Energy)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 2910

For:

Allison, Barry (Self)

For:

Caputo, Cobby (City of Cedar Park)

Girard, Patrick (Self and City of Cedar Park)

Lemon, Bob (City of Cedar Park)

Payne, Nell (Self)

Thomas, Stephen (City of Cedar Park)

Turner, Lucille (Self)

Weirich, Torsten (Westside Homeowners Association)

Against:

Garza, Rudy (City of Austin)

Lloyd, David (City of Austin)

Musgrove, Judy (City of Austin)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Brown, Mary R. (Self)

Edwards, Laura L. (Self)

Mathis, James (Self)

McHugh, Mark (Self)

Santschi, II, William H. (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Tropiano, Deborah K. (Self)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Burazer, Jane (City of Austin)

On:

Stepney, L'Oreal (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 3050 - Committee Substitute (King, Tracy O.)

For:

Blanchard, Steve (Self)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Wolfowicz, Ana (Public Citizen)

Against:

Allen, Ray (Texas Mining & Reclamation Assn.)

Frasier, Lucy (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

On:

Schanbacher, David (Tx Comm on Environmental Quality)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Johnson, Scott (Self)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Oldham, Melanie (Self)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

On:

Meyers, Valerie (TCEQ)

On:

Wiles, Kirk (Department of State Health Services)

HB 3229 - Committee Substitute (King, Tracy O.)

For:

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Allen, Ray (Texas Mining & Reclamation Assn.)

Birch, Erich (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

On:

Allen, David (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Cervenka, Robert L. (Self)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hentges (HEN*chez), Sandra (Self and Austin Chamber of Commerce)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Johnson, Scott (Self)

Kamm, Robert (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Millikin, Jay (Self and Alamo Area Council of Government (AACOG) Air Improvement Resources (AIR) Committee)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Oldham, Melanie (Self)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Stephens, Cathy (Self and Early Impact Compact Task Force)

Waley, Roy (Austin Sierra Club)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Gill, Bill (Early Action Compact Task Force)

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 3308 - Committee Substitute (Hancock)

For:

Boerner, Brian (City of Fort Worth, TX)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Mendez, MArk (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

For:

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Urban, John Paul (Harris County)

Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

Waley, Roy (Sierra Club-Austin Regional Group)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Zottarelli, Sarah (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

On:

Harrison, Booker (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

HB 3359

For:

Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Doggett, MD, Lisa (Austin Physicians for Solid Responsibility)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Birch, Erich (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Stoker, Kim (CPS Energy)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 3369

For:

Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Doggett, MD, Lisa (Austin Physicians for Solid Responsibility)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Frasier, Lucy (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders at Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Rolke, Paul (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Against:

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

Schanbacher, David (Tx Comm on Environmental Quality)

HB 3528 - Committee Substitute (Hancock)

For:

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Birch, Erich (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders at Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Doggett, MD, Lisa (Austin Physicians for Solid Responsibility)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Levin, Ilan (Environmental Integrity)

Leyden, Colin (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Reed, Lindsey (Public Citizen, Texas Office)

Schermbeck, Jim (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 3656 - Committee Substitute (King, Tracy O.)

For:

Alvarez, Ph.D., Ramon (Environmental Defense)

Doggett, MD, Lisa (Austin Physicians for Solid Responsibility)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Against:

Birch, Erich (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders at Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Johnson, Scott (Self)

Levin, Ilan (Self and Environmental Integrity Project)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Against:

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Stoker, Kim (CPS Energy)

Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

Schanbacher, David (Tx Comm on Environmental Quality)

HB 3859

For:

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Tom Smitty Smith)

Against:

Eminger, Randy (Center for Energy & Economic Development)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Waley, Roy (Austin Sierra Club)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Miller, Chris (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)

HB 3892

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE Citizens Organizing for Resources & Environment)

Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Waley, Roy (Sierra Club - Austin Regional Group)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Zottarelli, Sarah (Bexar County Commissioner's Court)

On:

Harrison, Booker (Texas Comm on Environmental Quality)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

HB 3896

For:

Blanchard, Steve (Self)

Cervenka, Robert L. (Self)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives)

Wolfowicz, Ana (Public Citizen)

Against:

Allen, Ray (Texas Mining & Reclamation Assn.)

Frasier, Lucy (Center for Energy and Economic Development)

Trovart, Joel (Gulf Coast Lignite Coalition)

On:

Schanbacher, David (Tx Comm on Environmental Quality)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

For:

Levin, Ilan (Environmental Integrity Project)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Smith, Stephen F. (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)

On:

Meyers, Valerie (TCEQ)

HCR 43

For:

Cervenka, Jo (Self)

Cervenka, Robert L. (Self)

Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

Lipsett, Scott (CORE)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club)

Rolke, Paul (Robertson County: Our Land, Our Life)

Against:

Eminger, Randy (Center for Energy & Economic Development)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense)

Beving, Rita (Dallas Sierra Club)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders of Risk)

Chapman, Randy (Self)

Hammond, Wendi (Blue Skies Alliance)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Oldham, Melanie (Self)

Pantell, Susan (Self)

Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Comission)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Smith, Stephen (Texas Mining and Reclamation Association)

Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)

Wedell, M.Ed., Faye (Self)

Against:

Blocker, Trey (Peabody Energy)

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Gibbs, Gary (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)

Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

On:

Harrison, Booker (Texas Comm on Environmental Quality)

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ)