WITNESS LIST
Environmental Regulation Committee
May 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Ken (Chispa Texas)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Palacios, Denisce (Self; Climate cabinet)
Against:
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
On:
Lange, Dr. Sabine (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Mills-Jurach, Kristi (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Alessi, Robin (Self)
Ames, Dana (Self; Johnson County Constable's Office Pct. 4)
Azad, Briana (Self)
Boedeker, Christopher (Johnson County, Texas)
Coleman, Karen (Self)
Coleman, Tony (Self)
Farmer, James (Self)
Formont, Aliyah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Fuller, Troy (Self; Johnson County Constable's Office Pct 4)
Lasee, Steven (Self)
Ponder, Louis (Self; Ellis County Commissioner Pct 3)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Spencer Morrison, Mirian (Self)
Traywick, Hannah (Self; Save Oklahoma Farms and Ranches)
Traywick, Saundra (Self; Save Oklahoma Farms and Ranches)
Whittle, Mary (Self; Tony and Karen Coleman, Robin Alessi, James Farmer)
Woolley, Larry (Self; Johnson County and County Judges & Commissioners Association of
Texas)
Against:
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Kirkle, Sarah (Texas Water Association)
Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas)
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On:
Cisneros, Stephen (Texas A&M AgriLife Research)
Lange, Dr. Sabine (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Sadlier, Robert (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Andres, Grace (Self)
Byous, Karina (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Ken (Chispa Texas)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Johnson, Kimberly (Self)
Malinak, Frank (Lee County)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Maxwell, Kevin (Self; Fingerprint farms llc)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Miller, Melissa (Self)
Palacios, Denisce (Self; Climate cabinet)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Director, Intergovernmental Relations, Tarrant County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wacker, Ryan (Something Smells Rotten)
Zabcik, Brian (Save Barton Creek Association)
Against:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Borer, Taylor (City of Garland, Texas)
Burklund, Adam (Waste Connections, Inc.)
Burklund, Adam (Dallas Water Utilities)
Cardwell, Margo (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Clements, Doug (Brown & Caldwell)
Cruse, Ethan (Self)
DiCosimo, Vincent (Targa Resources)
Fazio Hale, Elizabeth (Gulf Coast Authority)
Fields, Ferrell (Republic Services)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Hjorth, Tyler (San Marcos TX Utilities)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Laney, J Pete (Synagro)
Lindley, Emily (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Manny, Mark (Evergro Organic Recycling, Inc)
McCurtain, Jerry (EverGro Organic Recycling)
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Against:
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Pearson, Shea (San Jacinto River Authority)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)
Rose, Denise (Second Nature Compost)
Russell, Claudia (City of San Marcos, Texas)
Sanchez, Victor (Self; Magnaflow Enviromental/ EverGro Organic Recylclng)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Sulak, Trenton (Self)
Walker, Jeff (Upper trinity regional water district)
On:
Chelette, Randall (Self; Texas On-Wastewater Association)
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Smith, Merrie (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Le, Dan (Self; San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper)
McQueen, Neil (Self; Surfrider Foundation - Texas Coastal Bend Chapter)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Nazor, Craig (Self; Sierra Club)
Spears, Evgenia (Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter)
Villalba, Elena (Self)
Against:
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
On:
Dreizen, Charlotte (Plastics Industry Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bulla, Dale (Self)
Bulla, Patsy (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Entsminger, Tom (National Wildlife Federation)
Flippin, Ken (Chispa Texas)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Palacios, Denisce (Self; Climate cabinet)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Zabcik, Brian (Save Barton Creek Association)
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Against:
Brown, Sabrina (American Chemistry Council)
Cardwell, Margo (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
DiCosimo, Vincent (Targa Resources)
Joyce, Shana (Koch Companies)
Lindley, Emily (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
On:
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Sadlier, Robert (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Embrey, Ty (Texas Mining & Reclamation Association)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Hjorth, Tyler (San Marcos TX Utilities)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Lindley, Emily (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Pate, Gardner (Skybox Datacenters LLC)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Rose, Denise (Texas Mining and Reclamation Association)
Zachary, Mance (Vistra Corporation)
On:
Bigbee, Nathan (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Leadbetter, Phillip (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Mills-Jurach, Kristi (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
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