WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
March 30, 1999-2:00P
SB 453
FOR: Reilley, Robert (Tejas Energy, LLC - Vice President,
Regulatory Affairs), Houston
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Nugent, Patrick (Association of Texas Natural Gas Pipelines -
Director), Austin
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association - VP for Governmental
Affairs), Austin
SB 513
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Schlimper, Paul (General Services Commission - Special
Projects Manager), Austin
SB 518
ON: Hunt, Darrel (Texas Department of Transportation), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Joiner, Gary (Texas Farm Bureau - Associate Legislative
Director), Austin
SB 705
THIS LIST HAS NO WITNESSES.
SB 736
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Duck, Tom (Texas Rural Water Association - Executive
Director), Austin
On: Jones, Samuel (TNRCC - District Administration), Austin
SB 766
FOR: Burkhart, Mark (International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers), Taylor
Eckert, Bill (ALCOA - Manager of Power and Mining), Rockdale
Golemon, R. Kinnan (Brown, McCarroll & Oaks Hartline -
Partner), Austin
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business & Chambers of
Commerce), Austin
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil & Gas Association - VP for
Governmental Affairs), Austin
Nolen, Larry (United Steelworkers of America - President Local
4895), Bryan
Schneebeli, Earl Wayne (IBEW Local 2078 - Financial
Secretary), Rockdale
Stansell, Wade (Association of Electric Companies of Texas),
Dallas
Stewart, Michael (Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association -
VP, Gov't Affairs), Austin
Stewart, Ricky (Myself - Mechanic and rancher), Rockdale
AGAINST: Abraham, Richard (Texans United Education Fund - Director),
Houston
Alvarez, Ramon (Environmental Defense Fund - Staff Scientist),
Austin
Kramer, Ken (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club - Director), Austin
Main, Todd (Texas Campaign for The Environment - Executive
Director), Austin
McElfish, Esther (self), Fort Worth
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen - Director), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Campbell, Eileen (Marathon Oil Company/USX - Director,
Government Affairs), Houston
Dawkins, Thomas (Safety Sealants, Inc. - President), Houston
Guldberg, Peter (Foundation for Clean Air Progress -
consultant), Waltham, MA
Rigsbee, H. Ken (Phillips Petroleum Company - Director/
Government Relations), Austin
White, Michael (The Greater Houston Partnership -
Attorney/Consultant), Austin
Wilson, Ross (Texas Cattle Feeders Association - Vice
President), Amarillo
Against: Carman, Neil (Sierra Club - Clean Air Program Director), Austin
Sprinkle, G.K. (League of Women Voters of Texas - Public
Interest Advocate), Austin
On: Saitas, Jeff (TNRCC - Executive Director), Austin
Written materials submitted:
For: Fisher, Jon (Texas Chemical Council - Senior VP - Research),
Austin
SB 821
AGAINST: Foster, Erin (Citizens for Responsible Development In Hays
County), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Higginbotham, TJ (self), Buda
Powers, James (County Judge), Dripping Spring
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen - Director), Austin
On: Petersen, Ken (TNRCC - Deputy - Office of Water), Austin
Written materials submitted:
Against: Beall, Jon (self), Austin
SB 938
FOR: Powers, James (Hays County - County Judge), Dripping Spring
Savoy, Philip (Take Back Texas - Director), Austin
AGAINST: Murphy, James Patrick (City of Austin - Manager Environmental
Review & Inspection), Austin
Williams, Rowland (Bear Creek City Council - Councilman), Bear
Creek
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Higginbotham, TJ (Self as land source/Take Back Texas), Buda
Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau - State Legislative Director),
Austin
Against: Camp, Jim (Texans for Aquifer Protection - Director), Manchaca
Fath, Shudde Bess (self), Austin
On: Petersen, Ken (TNRCC - Deputy - Office of Water), Austin
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen - Director), Austin
Written materials submitted:
Against: Beall, Jon (self), Austin
On: McKinna, Paula (resident of Hays County), Manchaca
SB 944
FOR: Bass, Laura (self), Elgin
Burke, John (Aqua Water - General Manager), Bastrop
Hager, Dale (Neighbor for Neighbor/member), Lexington
Houghtling, David (Neighbors for Neighbors), Elgin
Mesrobian, Ann (Bastrop County Environmental Network -
Conservation Chair), Smithville
Wehner, Mark (resident home/land owner), Elgin
ON: Brown, Travis (self), Lexington
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bowers, Richard (North Plains Groundwater District - General
Manager), Dumas
Brown, Tim (Aqua Water Supply Corporation), Austin
Duck, Tom (Texas Rural Water Association - Executive
Director), Austin
Dunaway, Jim (City of Elgin - City Manager), Elgin
Eckert, Bill (ALCOA - Manager of Mining and Power), Rockdale
Houghtling, Susan (Neighbors for Neighbors), Elgin
Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin
Prager, John (self), Elgin
Thuss, Michael (San Antonio Water System - City of San
Antonio), San Antonio
Williams, C.E. (Panhandle Groundwater District), White Deer
On: Jones, Samuel (TNRCC - Manager, District Administration),
Austin
SB 1070
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Johnson, Boyd (Texas Railroad Commission - Director of
Enforcement), Austin
Ross, Charles (Railroad Commission of Texas - Deputy Assistant
Director), Austin
SB 1152
ON: Dewhurst, David (General Land Office - Commissioner), Austin
McCall, Michael Thomas (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas), Frisco
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ramos, Joe (Texas Association of School Boards), Austin
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin
On: Bellon, Paul (Public Utility Commission - Director of
Financial Review), Austin
Trifovesti, Russ (Public Utility Commission - Legal Division),
Austin
SB 1178
FOR: Bennett, Bob (City of Round Rock - City Manager), Round Rock
Nuse, Jim (City of Round Rock, Director of Public Works),
Round Rock
Rose, Mark (LCRA - General Manager), Austin
Simon, Haskell (Matagorda County Water Council), Bay City
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Jones, Samuel (TNRCC), Austin
SB 1270
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Collins, Sharlene (Steiner Ranch), Austin
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin
On: Vogel, Joe (TNRCC - Compliance and Enforcement), Austin
Written materials submitted:
Against: Beall, Jon (self), Austin
SB 1282
FOR: Collins, Sharlene (Steiner Ranch), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Jones, Samuel (TNRCC - District Administration), Austin
SB 1298
FOR: Stewart, Michael (Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association),
Austin
AGAINST: Alston, Warren (C.L.E.A.N. - member), Bulverde
Barton, Bob (C.L.E.A.N. - Director of Research), Bulverde
McClinchie, Malcolm (C.L.E.A.N. (Citizens League for
Environmental Action Now) - VP), Spring Branch
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Kramer, Ken (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club - Director), Austin
On: Hsu, Victoria (TNRCC - New Source Review), Austin
SB 1300
THIS LIST HAS NO WITNESSES.
SB 1303
FOR: Battle, Jack (Finfish Producers of Texas - Attorney), Austin
Chandler, Robert (Fin Fisherman), Rockport
Chandler, Robert (Fin-Fishermen), Bayside
Dubose, Ellie (self), Sinton
Murray, Pat (Coastal Conservation Association - Assistant
Director), Houston
Sharp, William (self), Woodsboro
AGAINST: Blevins, Wesley (Texas Seafood Producers), Seadrift
Clays, Billie (Sargent Area Chamber of Commerce - President),
Sargent
Lara, Phillip (Bay King Seafood -owner), Corpus Christi
Moore, Richard (PISCES - President), Dickinson
Ricks, Terry (Texas Seafood Producers - President), Aransas
Pass
Taylor, Rod (self), Seadrift
Tippit, Linda (Self employed Comm. Fish. - Boat Owner), Port
O'Connor
Tipps, Muriel (Matagorda County Seafood Rep), Sargent Beach
Wittnebert, Timothy (myself), Port Lavaca
ON: Osburn, Hal (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Coastal
Fisheries), Austin
Sansom, Andrew (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department -
Executive Director), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Edwards, Robert (self), Fulton
Ingram, Dick (Coastal Conservation Association), Austin
Wright, Donald (self), Rockport
Against: Bardwell, Denzel (Texas Seafood Producers), Rockport
Bardwell, Jannet (Texas Seafood Producers), Rockport
Beaver, Joseph (Seafood Producers - member), Seadrift
Carriles, Robert Jr. (self), Port O'Connor
Carriles, Ronnie (self), Port O'Connor
Davenport, James (Texas Seafood Producers), Port Lavaca
Dietzel, Mark (Texas Seafood Producers), Port Lavaca
Dworaczyk, Martin (Texas Seafood Producers), Port Lavaca
Epley, Dennis (Seafood - member), Seadrift
Hawes, Robert (Texas Seafood Producers -member), Port O'Connor
Henderson, Jerry (Texas Seafood Producers - member), Seadrift
Holder, Donald (self), Seadrift
Hornbeck, Ronald (Hornbeck Seafood - owner), Port Bolivar
Lamdbright, Thomas (Seafood Producers - Member), Port O'Connor
Mang, Michael (Texas Seafood Producers), Point Comfort
Peeler, James (Seafood Producers -member), Seadrift
Raby, Dennis (Raby's Seafood - owner), Port O'Connor
Sawyer, Phillip (Texas Seafood Producers), Tivoli
Stackable, Lynn (self), Austin
Strinyo, Robert (Texas Seafood Producers), Port O'Connor
Tipps, Roy (Matagorda County), Sargent Beach
Williams, John (Comm. Fish. - Capt.), Port O'Connor
Williamson, Douglas (self), Seadrift
Williamson, Richard (self), Seadrift
Williamson, Roy (self), Seadrift
Wittnebert, Dennis (TSA and self - member), Seadrift
On: Finster, Kenneth (self), Seadrift
Written materials submitted:
Against: Blevins, Jane (Texas Seafood Producers), Seadrift
Raby, Owen (Raby' Seafood - Owner), Port O'Connor
SB 1305
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County - Bureau Chief, Harris Co.
Attorney's Office), Houston
On: Hoffman, Margaret (TNRCC -Environmental Law Division), Austin
SB 1306
FOR: Golemon, R. Kinnan (Brown, McCarroll & Oaks Hartline -
partner), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Gromatzky, Lydia (TNRCC - Special Counsel, Office of Legal
Service), Austin
SB 1307
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sisk, Cathy (Harris County - Bureau Chief- Harris county
Atty's Office), Houston
On: Sarahan, Paul (TNRCC - Division Director - Litigation
Division), Austin
SB 1308
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau -State Legislative Director),
Austin
On: Hoffman, Margaret (TNRCC), Austin
SB 1309
FOR: Golemon, R. Kinnan (Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline - partner
(for clients)), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Sarahan, Paul (TNRCC - Litigation Division), Austin
SB 1310
FOR: Halbert, Wayne (Texas Irrigation Council - Legislative
Director), Harlingen
ON: Combs, Susan (Texas Department of Agriculture - Commissioner),
Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bowers, Richard (North Plains Groundwater District - General
Manager), Dumas
Williams, C.E. (Panhandle Groundwater District - General
Manager), White Deer
On: Brittin, Carolyn (TNRCC - Director of Special Projects), Austin
SB 1311
ON: Bowers, Richard (North Plains Groundwater District), Dumas
Petersen, Ken (TNRCC - Office of Water), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin
On: Williams, C.E. (Panhandle Groundwater District - General
Manager), White Deer
SB 1312
FOR: Burney, Laura (Oil & Gas Professor, St. Mary's University),
San Antonio
Person, George (self), Laredo
Simpson, Paul (c/o Silva & Simpson, LLP-self), Houston
AGAINST: Davis, Jad (Conoco, Inc. - Texas Oil & Gas
Association-Expert), Midland
Schultz, Ronald (Conoco Inc., Texas Oil & Gas Association-
Attorney), Austin
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bennett, J. Bruce (self), Austin
Hart, Jeff (self), Austin
Kellogg, Luke (self -attorney), San Antonio
Roberts, Michelle (Trust Financial Services Division, Texas
Bankers Association), Austin
Against: Billingsley, Grant (Wagner & Brown, Ltd.), Midland
Blankenship, Margia (Marathon Oil - Govt Affairs Rep), Houston
Bowen, Floyd (Exxon Corporation - Texas Public Affairs
Manager), Austin
Campbell, Eileen (Marathon Oil Company/USX), Houston
Compton, Gary (Pioneer Natural Resources - Counsel), Austin
Dagian, Glenn (BP Amoco - Manager Government Affairs), Austin
Erben, Randall (Coastal Corporation), Austin
Myres, Albert (Shell Oil company - Manager Government
Affairs), Houston
Nugent, Patrick (Assoc. of Texas Natural Gas Pipelines), Austin
Rigsbee, H. Ken (Phillips Petroleum Co. - Director, Government
Relations), Austin
Wade, Foster (Texaco, Inc. - Mgr of Public & Govt Affairs),
Houston
Wilhelm, Jack (Mobil Oil Corporation - Government Relations
Director), Austin
SB 1555
ON: Dewhurst, David (GLO - Commissioner), Austin
Martin, Rusty (Texas General Land Office/Texas Veterans Land
Board - Funds), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Payne, Steve (JP Morgan Securities - consultant), Houston
SB 1797
ON: Dewhurst, David (GLO - Commissioner), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ramos, Joe (TX Association of School Boards), Austin
On: Miller, Dennis (GLO - Energy Marketing Director), Wiilis
Written materials submitted:
For: Blue, George (Austin Independent School District - Energy
Coordinator), Austin