WITNESS LIST

            Environmental Regulation Committee

            May 5, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1642

                 For:

                                 Birch, Erich (MIMCO, Inc.)

                                 Marcus, Clement (Self)

                 On:

                                 Seaton, Beth (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grace, Jim (CenterPoint Energy, Inc.)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Wisdom, Christina (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

            HB 2248

                 For:

                                 Perry, Paul (Self; Pct. 3 ellis corunty)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Texas campaign for the environment)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Ben (Self)

                                 Moss, Lynne (Self)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water environment association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean

                                 Water agencies)

                                 Nutter, Steve (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Ray, D a le (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 James, Nick (Trinity River Authority)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Irving)

                 On:

                                 Linendoll, Chris (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 2425

                 For:

                                 Garver, Curtis michael (Self; Texans for clean water)

                                 Jackson, Guy Robert (Self; Galveston Bay Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Dietly, Kevin (Texas beverage assn)

                                 McLane, Katherine (Texas Beverage Association, American Beverage Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abramowitz, Richard (Self; Texans for clean water)

                                 Cooke, Heather (City of Austin)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Gillham, Patsy (Self; Texans for clean water)

                                 McQueen, Neil (Self; Surfrider Foundation)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean

                                 Water Agencies)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chaoter sierra club)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Self; Public citizen, inc)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Wood, Mary (Self; Texans for clean water)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Lisa (National waste and recycling association)

                                 Carr, Steve (Republic Services)

                                 Davalos, Charlie (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)

                                 Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)

                                 Donley, Rick (The Beer Alliance of Texas)

                                 Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 McGarah, Carol (H-E-B)

                                 McGarah, Carol (International Bottled Water Association)

                                 McGarry, Mignon (PepsiCo)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Munoz, Mario (Texas Merchandise and Vending Association)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)

                                 Urrabazo, JP (The Beer Alliance of Texas)

                                 Wisdom, Christina (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Yturralde, Greg (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 2460

                 For:

                                 Perry, Paul (Self; Pct. 3 ellis corunty)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Texas campaign for the environment)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Ben (Self)

                                 Moss, Lynne (Self)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water environment association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean

                                 Water agencies)

                                 Nutter, Steve (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Ray, D a le (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 James, Nick (Trinity River Authority)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Irving)

                 On:

                                 Linendoll, Chris (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 3153

                 For:

                                 Jackson, Guy Robert (Self; Galveston Bay Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Hartgen, Carrie (AdvaMed)

                 On:

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Kohorst, Mark (National electrical manufacturers association)

                                 Metzger, Larry (Self)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)

                                 Smith, Carl (Call2Recycle, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Self; Public citizen, inc)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Carlson, Pat (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                 On:

                                 Gillham, Patsy (Self)

                                 Haeber, Julie (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)

                                 Lott, Earl (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chaoter sierra club)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Self; Public citizen)

                                 Urrabazo, JP (Sanofi-US)

                                 Waldrop, Rebecca (Sanofi)

                                 Wood, Mary (Self; Texans for clean water)

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