MINUTES
SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Wednesday, February 23, 2000
10:30 a.m.
El Paso City Council Chambers
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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, February 23, 2000, in the El
Paso City Council Chambers
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator J. E. "Buster" Brown, Chair Senator Kenneth
Armbrister
Senator Teel Bivins Senator Gonzalo
Barrientos
Senator Tom Haywood Senator Bill Ratliff
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
Senator Lucio moved that the Minutes of the January 31st hearing
be approved. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Brown made opening remarks and the City of El Paso Mayor
Pro-Tempore, President Ortega, welcomed the Committee and
audience.
The following testified before the Committee:
Ed Archuleta, El Paso Water Utilities - El Paso Area Water
Issues.
Edd Fifer, El Paso County Water Improvement District - El Paso
Area Water Issues.
Cindy Cawley, Plateau UWCSD/Sutton County UWCD - Groundwater.
Janet Adams, Jeff Davis County UWCD - Groundwater.
Katy Hoskins, Culberson County Groundwater Conservation District
- Groundwater.
Kerr Mitchell, Presidio County UWCD - Groundwater.
Scott Holland, Irion County WCD & Sterling County UWCD -
Groundwater.
Thomas E. Martin, Joint Advisory Committee - Air Quality.
Jesus Reynoso, El Paso City-County Health & Environmental
District - Air Quality.
Dr. Laurance Nickey, U.S. Mexico Border Health Commission - Air
Quality.
Luis Salmeron, Gobierno Municipal de Juarez - Air Quality.
Leigh Ing, Texas Natural Resource Conervation Commission -
Low-level Radioactive Waste.
Veronica Carbajal, Paso del Norte Clean Cities Coalition - Air
Quality.
Edward Selig, Advocates For Responsible Disposal In Texas -
Low-level Radioactive Waste.
Susan Curry, self - Low-level Radioactive Waste.
Bill Addington, Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund - Low-level
Radioactive Waste.
Robert Geyer, self - Low-level Radioactive Waste.
William Stevens, West Central Texas Oil & Gas Association - Oil
& Gas.
Luis Ito, El Paso Electric Company - SB 7 Provisions.
Those registering but not testifying:
Eric Groten, El Paso Electric Company - SB 7 Provisions.
Ruth McBurney, Texas Department of Health - Low-level
Radioactive Waste.
Carolyn Brittin, Texas Water Development Board - Groundwater.
Dianna Noble, Texas Department of Transportation - Air Quality.
James Randall, Texas Department of Transportation - Ports &
Expansion.
At 3:08 p.m., on the motion of the Chair and without objection,
the meeting recessed until March 7, 2000, in Houston, Texas.
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Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair
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Carol McGarah, Clerk