Witness List Display

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WITNESS LIST

Environmental Regulation Committee

April 8, 2009 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 1188

For:

McGinty, Michael (City of Houston Police Department)

On:

Easley, Greg (TX DPS Resource Only)

Sungino, Victoria (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Jordan, Walt (Oncor)

Munoz, Ned (TX. Ass. of Builders)

Against:

Henderson, Robert (Self)

Johnson, Sherry (Gardner Iron & Metal Co)

Michalee, James (Great Northwest Recycling)

Nemec, Tim (M.Lipsitz Recycling)

Tubbs, Geanna (Jarvis Metals Recycling, Self)

On:

Blodgett, Jim (Texas Dps)

HB 1717

For:

McGinty, Michael (City of Houston Police Department)

On:

Easley, Greg (TX DPS Resource Only)

Sungino, Victoria (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Carr, Mindy (Oncor Electric Delivery)

Munoz, Ned (Tx. Ass. of Builders)

Against:

Henderson, Robert (Self)

Johnson, Sherry (Gardner Iron & Metal Co, Inc)

Michalee, James (Great Northwest Recycling)

Nemec, Tim (M Lipsitz Recycling)

Powell, Jackie (Self)

Tubbs, Geanna (Jarvis Metals Recycling, Inc , Self)

On:

Blodgett, Jim (TEXAS DPS)

HB 1867

Against:

Huddleston, Gary (Kroger Food Stores)

Underwood, Rudy (American Chemistry Council)

Volkenina, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

On:

Cofer, Rick (Bag the Bags Coalition)

DuBois, Doug (TexasPetroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association)

Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Betzen, Bill (Self)

Guidry, Jeffrey (Self)

Johnson, Michael (H.E.B)

Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

Against:

Brown, Sabrina (Dow)

Against:

Klumpyan, Julie (Valero Energy Corporation)

Mayberry, Warren (Dupont)

McCauley, Cindy (LyondellBusell Industries)

McMullen, Mike (Texas Chemical Council)

Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corporation)

Weist, Jon (Arlington Chamber of Commerce)

On:

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

HB 2587

For:

Alvarez, Ramon (Environmental Defense Fund)

Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

Against:

Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

Romero, Celina (Texas Pipeline Association)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

On:

Hyde, Richard (TCEQ Air Permits)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Frederick, David (Self)

Guidry, Jeffrey (Self)

Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Lone Star Chapter)

Riebschlaeger, Elizabeth (Self)

Against:

Baum, Walt (AECT (Association of Electric Companies of Texas))

Blocker, Trey (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Brown, Sabrina (Dow)

Mayberry, Warren (Dupont)

McCauley, Cindy (LyondellBusell Industries)

Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corporation)

Oswald, Bill (Koch Companies)

Woodard, Shayne (Sunoco Chemical)

Zachary, Mance (Luminant)

HB 2769

For:

McGinty, Michael (City of Houston Police Department)

On:

Easley, Greg (TX DPS Resource Only)

Sungino, Victoria (TX DPS)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Carr, Mindy (Oncor Electric Delivery)

Munoz, Ned (Tx. Ass. of Builders)

Against:

Johnson, Sherry (Gardner Iron & Metal Co Inc)

Michalee, James (Great Northwest Recycling)

Tubbs, Geanna (Jarvis Metals Recycling, Inc., Self)

On:

Blodgett, Jim (TEXAS DPS)

HB 2826

For:

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Guidry, Jeffrey (Self)

For:

Lewis-Novrzad, Lisa (Goodwill Industries)

Meaney, Pat (Self)

Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Sierra Club)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

HB 2922

For:

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

Against:

Blocker, Trey (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Chiudo, Dana (Technology Association of America)

Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

HB 3427

Against:

Underwood, Rudy (American Chemistry Council)

Volkenina, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

On:

Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

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

Mast, Brian (San Antonio River Authority)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

Against:

Brown, Sabrina (Dow)

Mayberry, Warren (Dupont)

McCauley, Cindy (LyondellBusell Industries)

McMullen, Mike (Texas Chemical Council)

Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corporation)

On:

Klumpyan, Julie (Valero Energy Corporation)

Scneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

HB 3681

For:

Griffith, Lewis (Centerpoint Energy)

McGinty, Michael (City of Houston Police Department)

On:

Easley, Greg (TX DPS Resource Only)

Sungino, Victoria (TX DPS)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Floyd, Robert (Oncor, Inc)

Munoz, Ned (Tx. Ass. of Builders)

Against:

Henderson, Robert (Self)

Johnson, Sherry (Gardner Iron & Metal Inc)

Michalee, James (Great Northwest Recycling)

Nemec, Tim (M. Lipsitz Recycling)

Tubbs, Geanna (Jarvis Metals Recycling, Inc., Self)

On:

Blodgett, Jim (Texas D.P.S.)

HB 3833

On:

Englerth, Carl (EarthMovingContractors Ass of Texas)

Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Lone Star Chapter)

On:

Stewart, Michael (TX Aggregates & Concrete Assn.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Carroll, Lee (Lattimore Materials Company)

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

Against:

Meaney, Pat (Self)

HB 4012

For:

Vonwolske, James (Self)

Against:

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

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Aldred, Tom (Texas Conservative Coalition)

Blocker, Trey (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

Miller, Chris (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

Against:

Alvarez, Ramon (Environmental Defense Fund)

Arana, Jarymar (Self)

Bornhorst, Becky (Downwinders at Risk)

Brown, Eliza (Self)

Burnett, Dale (Self)

Burnett, Sheila (Self)

Fava, Cynthia (Downwinders at Risk)

Guidry, Jeffrey (Self)

Gulledge, Jake (Self)

Hall, David (Kate Hall (5 y.o. daughter,) Self)

Hoffman, Donna (Self)

Lovell, Trevor (ReEnergize Texas)

Maher, Mary Beth (Self)

Meaney, Patrick (ReEnergize Texas - UT Chapter (member), Self)

Moore, Terry (Carbon Shrinks LLC, Self)

Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Lone Star Chapter)

Riebschlaeger, Elizabeth (Self)

Root, Whitney (Multi-County Coalition, Self)

Smith, Stephen (Self)

Starkey, Marilyn (Self)

Trinh, Gordon (Self)

Wilde, Jennifer (Self)

HB 4206

For:

Burnett, Dale (Multi - County Coalition, A Non-Profit Charitable Organization)

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

Hall, David (Kate Hall ( 5 y.o. daughter) , Self)

Hardberger, Amy (Environmental Defense Fund)

Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)

Starkey, Marilyn (Self)

Against:

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

On:

Baum, Walt (AECT (Association of Electric Companies of Texas))

Duncan, Ian (Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Arana, Jarymar (Self)

Brown, Eliza (Self)

Burnett, Sheila (Self)

Guidry, Jeffrey (Self)

Herweck, Rich (Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative)

Lovell, Trevor (ReEnergize Texas)

Meaney, Pat (Re Energize Texas - UT Chapter (member) , Self)

Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Sierra Club)

Riebschlaeger, Elizabeth (Self)

Root, Whitney (Multi-County Coalition, Self)

Wilde, Jennifer (Self)

HB 4286

For:

Hollin, Dewayne (Clean Texas Marina Program)

Nelson, John (Marina Association of Texas)

Stokes, Robert (Galveston Bay Foundation)

On:

Campos, Alfonso (TX Parks & Wildlife Dept.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

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

Mills, Burt (Arnansas Co)

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Smith, Charles (Aransas County Commissioner pct 3)

Vyoral, David (Aransas County)

Against:

Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association TX Press Association)

HB 4346

For:

Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)

On:

Daniels, Brigham (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Arana, Jarymar (Self)

Blocker, Trey (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Guidry, Jeffrey (Self)

Hardberger, Amy (Environmental Defense Fund)

Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

Herweck, Rich (Texas Combined Heat and Power Initiative)

Ing, Leigh (Conoco Phillips)

Lovell, Trevor (ReEnergize Texas)

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Lone Star Chapter)

Riebschlaeger, Elizabeth (Self)

Wilde, Jennifer (Self)

Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)

HB 4350

For:

Gregory, Bob (Texas Disposal Systems, Inc. and Texas Landfill Management, LLC)

For:

Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

Against:

Kuhn, Lee (Republic Services)

MaComb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

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

Henderson, James (Two Bush Community Action Group, Self)

Against:

Gattis, Dan A (Self)

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

HB 4524

For:

Baker, Tom (David J Joseph Co. & Texas Port Recycling)

McGinty, Michael (City of Houston Police Department)

Against:

Shapiro, Robert (Self)

Triesch, Johnny (Self)

On:

Easley, Greg (TX DPS Resource Only)

Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

Sungino, Victoria (TX DPS)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Henderson, Robert (Self)

McKinney, Mike (Oncor Electric Del)

Munoz, Ned (Tx. Ass. of Builders)

Nemec, Tim (M.Lipsitz Recycling)

Peterson, Michael (AT&T)

Powell, Jackie (Self)

Schneider, Joseph (Houston Area Metal Processors Assoc. Holmes RD Recycling Co., Inc. , Self)

Vaughn, Keith (Texas Port Recycling)

Against:

Johnson, Sherry (Gardner Iron & Metal Co, Inc)

Shapiro, Jim (Scrap Metal Recyclers, Self)

On:

Blodgett, Jim (TEXAS D.P.S.)