WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
April 15, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Kembel, Robert (Self; Jckpl, LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
For:
Wilson, David (Chairman of the board for Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Howell, Pix (Self; West travis county public utility agency)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Axelrod, Ariel (Self)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
For:
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Panola County GCD, Clearwater UWCD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
Cook, Robby (Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent texans)
Dupnik, John (Barton springs edwards aquifer conservation district)
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas)
Hayes, Patricia (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
Nelson, Paul (Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District)
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Association)
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For:
Satterwhite, Drew (North Texas Groundwater Conservation District)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Prairielands GCD, Upper Trinity GCD, Lone Star GCD, Benbrook Water
Authority, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Turner, Robert (West texas regional ground water alliance alliance)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
On:
French, Larry (Texas Water Development Board)
French, Larry (TWDB)
For:
Arman, Justin (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Nadler olenick, Rae (Fluoride Free Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ambs, Dana (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Ballweg, Charles (Chuck) (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent texans)
Doyle, William r (Self)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self)
Frueh, Paul (Self)
Greene, Linda (Self; Fluoride free austin)
Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Hendrickson, Carmen (Self)
Henna, Steve (Self)
Leman, Cathy (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self)
Minnis, Julie (Self)
Quintero, Joe (Greater east neighborhood ass)
Rex, Rebecca (Self)
Simpson, Susan (Self)
Williams, Julie (Self)
Against:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
On:
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Adame Sr, Steven (Self; Castlewood Civic Club)
Boyle, Jim (East Aldine Management District)
Esparza, Conception (Self)
Perryman, Kenneth (Self)
Rios, Alex (Self)
On:
Brookins, Linda (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crone, Aaron (Self)
Gibson, Lee (Self; Castlewood Civic Club)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Longoria, Elesio (Self; Castlewood Civic Club)
Longoria, Irma (Self; Castlewood Civic Club)
McGee, Betty (Self; Castlewood Civic Club)
Moreno, Juan (Self; Castlewood Civic Club)
Perryman, Nancy (Self)
Schnur, Carmen (Self)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Clark, Pete (Self)
Horton, Shana (Central Texas Water Coalition)
Mckethan, Wayne (Self; City of Granbury)
Mulherin, Rachel (Lake Medina Conseration. Save Medina Lake committee)
Reichle, Michelle (Self; Cwtc-Save Medina Lake)
Against:
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Association)
On:
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Crandall, Mike (Self; CWTC Save Medina Lake)
Crandall, Shirlee (Self; CTWC Save Medina Lake)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
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Against:
Carter, Will (Self; Bexar, medina, atascosa water control and improvement district number 1)
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
On:
Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)
For:
Radcliffe, Ross (Self; Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce)
Thomason, Barbara (Self; Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Radack, Steve (Harris County Pct.3)
Rex, Rebecca (Self)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Norman, John Lee (Self; Garza county)
Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)
For:
Fletcher, James (Self)
Merritt, Garry (Real County)
Small, Ed (Self)
Against:
Cowden, Thomas (Self)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)
George, Don Ray (Self)
On:
O'Hara, Bill (General land office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)
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For:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)
Norman, John Lee (Self; Garza county)
Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)
Schlessinger, Sarah (Self; Bandera County River Authority & Groundwater District)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Turner, Robert (Self; Texas sheep and goat raisers association)
Turner, Robert (Texas sheep and goat raisers assn)
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Against:
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Mccown, Bill (Self)
Mccown, Cathie (Self)
On:
Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
Pape, Paul (Bastrop County)
Totten, James (Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation district)
Against:
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)
Johnson, Russell (Self; End Op L.P.)
Mccarthy, Edmond (Forestar (USA) Real Estate , and Electro Purification LLC)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent texans)
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Against:
Hayes, Patricia (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
On:
Williams, C.E. (Self)
For:
Aus, Fred (Texas Rural Water Association)
Knobloch, Jason (Coryell City Water Supply District)
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For:
Pittman, Paul (Polonia Water Supply Corporation)
Zent, Lara (Texas Rural Water Association)
On:
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD and Clearwater UWCD)
Nelson, Paul (Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Prairielands GCD, Upper Trinity GCD, Lone Star GCD, Benbrook Water
Authority, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Against:
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Satterwhite, Drew (North Texas Groundwater Conservation District)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
On:
Dupnik, John (Barton springs edwards aquifer conservation district)
For:
Cortez, Albert (Coastal Water regional supply company)
Strickland, Wes (Went)
Against:
Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)
On:
Ellis, Ron (TCEQ)
Kosub, Steve (San antonio water system)
McGuire, Mike (Rolling plains gcd)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Ellmer, Mindy (Tarrant Regional Water District)
McGinnis, Larry (Exelon Corporation)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Nasi, Mike (South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC) & Water-Energy Nexus for Texas
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For:
Coalition (WENT))
Romero, Celina (Texas Pipeline Association)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Balanced energy for texas)
Against:
Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Murphy, James (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Simpson, Stephanie (Tx Assn of Manufacturers)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)
On:
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
For:
Harward, Heather (H2O4TEXAS Coalition)
Rochelle, Martin (Self; North Texas Municipal Water District)
Against:
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Small, Ed (Texas forestry assn)
On:
Ward, J. Kevin (Trinity River Authority of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Beard, Amy (SouthWest Water Company)
Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
Ellmer, Mindy (North Texas Commission)
Embrey, Ty (Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of Clean Water
Agencies)
Flores, Robert (Breitling Energy)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Gentsch, Denise (Texas Seed Trade Assn.)
Geske, Mathew (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)
Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)
McElvaney, Jason (Self)
McPherson, Amanda (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)
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For:
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Murphy, Alan (STW Water)
Norman, Diane (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Privett, Tony (City of Lubbock)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Rochelle, Martin (Self; Upper Trinity Regional Water District)
Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Sledge, Brian (Self; Benbrook Water Authority, Upper Trinity GCD)
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Balanced energy for texas)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Barrientos, Mary (Environment Texas)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent texans)
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas)
Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Seawall, Kaylyn (MeadWestvaco Corp.)
Turner, Robert (Texas poultry federal federation)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Williams-McCoy, Andrea (Self; Ward Timber, LTD.)
On:
Reynolds, Joe (TWDB)
Trobman, Les (Texas Water Development Board)
Trobman, Les (TWDB)
For:
Velasquez, Sally (Frio County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Bach, Dan (Association of Energy Service Companies)
Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calhoun, P.T. (Pat) (Self; Goliad County)
Lewis, Justin (Self)
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For:
Norman, John Lee (Self; Garza county)
Traylor, Kelly (Cherokee county)
Worsham, Grover (Trinity County)
Against:
Casey, Stan (COG Operating LLC)
Combest, Kyle (C&J Energy)
Flores, Robert (Breitling Energy)
Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil Corporation)
Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil Corporation)
Hosek, Chris (Select Energy)
Hosek, Chris (SM Energy)
London, Stephen (Nuverra Environmental Solutions)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
For:
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)
Johnson, Russell (Self; End Op L.P.)
On:
Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Prairielands GCD, Lone Star GCD, Upper Trinity GCD, Barton Springs
Edwards Conservation District)
Nelson, Paul (Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Prairielands GCD, Upper Trinity GCD, Lone Star GCD, Benbrook Water
Authority, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Thompson, Leigh (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent texans)
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of independent Voters of Texas)
Gentsch, Denise (Texas Seed Trade Assn.)
Hayes, Patricia (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)
Phenix, Billy (Self; Texas Land and Mineral Owners Association (TLMA))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Against:
Dupnik, John (Barton springs edwards aquifer conservation district)
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Panola County GCD, and Clearwater UWCD.)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Landwehr, Martha (Texas Chemical Council)
Satterwhite, Drew (North Texas Groundwater Conservation District)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
For:
Marquis, David (Self; Texas conservation alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bezanson, Janice (Self; Texas Conservation Alliance)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Zerrenner, Kate (Environmental Defense Fund)
On:
Mancha, Erika (TWDB)
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