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Border Governors Conference and Ten States

TCEQ’s Border Affairs team is active in the Environment Work Table and the Water Work Table of the Border Governors Conference, which is an annual meeting of the governors of the ten U.S. and Mexican border states.

TCEQ Border Affairs supports the Texas representatives on the Water Work Table and Environment Work Table of the Border Governors Conference (BGC). The ten U.S.-Mexico border governors meet every year to discuss common interests and issue a joint declaration. This document includes declarations of several work tables, among them the Water and Environment Work Tables.

The work tables develop declarations on a consensus basis over the course of the year. Declarations are backed up by implementation plans on which the work tables report annually. The Environment Table meets once per year (the "Ten States Retreat") and has acted as a bloc to generate changes in how the federal government implemented the La Paz Agreement for protection of the border environment.

TCEQ Commissioners Buddy Garcia and Carlos Rubinstein are the Texas representatives on the Environment and Water Work Tables, respectively.

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Last Modified Tue, 12 Jul 2011
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