Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee and Expert Science Team
On September 8, 2011, the Environmental Flows Advisory Group approved the Work Plan and Work Plan Addendum submitted by the Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee. These documents can be viewed through the following links:
Environmental Flow Recommendations
The Final Environmental Flow Recommendations Report from the Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team can be found here.
The SAC review and comments on the Environmental Flow Recommendations Report from the Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team can be found here.
The Final Recommendations Report from the Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee can be found here.
Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Areas Stakeholder Committees for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.02362
. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Committees have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. One of the tasks the Committees are to perform is to establish a Basin and Bay Expert Science Team. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
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Interest Group |
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Jerry Clark, Chair |
River Authorities |
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Robert Stroder, Vice Chair |
River Authorities |
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David Alford |
Groundwater Conservation Districts |
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Joe Arnold |
Chemical Manufacturing |
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Christopher Bean |
Recreational Water Users |
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Keith Bonds |
Municipalities |
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W. Greg Carter, P.E. |
Electric Generation |
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Katherine Davis |
Paper/Timber |
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Kenneth Dickson |
Agricultural Irrigation |
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Bruce Drury |
Environmental Interests |
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Walter Glenn |
Groundwater Conservation Districts |
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Kelley Holcomb |
Regional Water Planning Groups |
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Kathleen Jackson |
Refining |
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Will Kirkpatrick |
Recreational Water Users |
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Rodney Newman |
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation |
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Jerry Nichols |
Soil and Water Conservation Districts |
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Fr. Sinclair Oubre, J.C.L. |
Commercial Fishermen |
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Jody Puckett |
Municipalities |
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Monty Shank |
River Authorities |
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C.R. "Dick" Sherron, M.D. |
Free-Range Livestock |
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Robert Neal "Bob" Staton, Jr. |
Regional Water Planning Groups |
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Jeanie Turk |
Environmental Interests |
Past Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) Meetings
August 21, 2008
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Article 1, Senate Bill 3
Revised Environmental Flows Timeline - Presentations
Overview of Environmental Flows
November 3, 2008
January 19, 2010
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Primary Charge of the Stakeholder Committee - Presentations
Overview of Environmental Flows Recommendation Report by the BBEST
Instream Flow Application Example
Biological Overlay to Recommendations Report
March 16, 2010
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Sabine-Neches BBASC Member Comments
Sabine-Neches Bay Basin Area Stakeholders Report Preliminary Outline
May 4, 2010
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
BBASC Proposal
Proposed Recommendation #8 - Presentations
Evaluation of Environmental Flow Recommendations in the Sabine River Basin WAM
Draft Recommendations Report
Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Teams for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.02362. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Teams have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
- Jack W. Tatum, Chair
- Scott Hall, Vice Chair
- Gary Graham
- Richard Harrel
- Rex Hunt
- J. Roger Kelley
- Matthew McBroom
- Jack D. McCullough
- David L. Parkhill
- Samuel Kent Vaugh
- Kirk Winemiller
- George Ward, Ph.D. - Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee Liaison (Primary)
- Fred Manhart - Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee Liaison (Secondary)
BBEST Reimbursement Documents
- Travel Reimbursement Policies
- Compensation Request Form - PDF
- Compensation Request Form - WORD
- 2010 Travel Information Form - PDF
- 2010 Travel Information Form - WORD
- Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification W-9
- Application for Payee Identification Number
- Direct Deposit Authorization
Past Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Meetings
December 8, 2008
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Article 1, Senate Bill 3
Revised Environmental Flows Timeline
Science Advisory Committee Charge and Workplan
BBEST Budget Guidance
January 26, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Primary Charge by Statute
Outline of Activities - Draft Proposed Steps
Proposed Ground Rules - Presentations
Sabine Lake Ecological Condition of the Sabine-Neches Estuary Report
Water Availability Modeling in the Neches and Sabine River Basins
February 20, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Primary Charge by Statute
Request for Qualifications
Ground Rules
Outline of Activities
Thoughts on what is carried by Inflows and Bay Adaptive Management
Sabine-Neches Estuary and Lower Tidal Sabine River: A System in Transition - Presentations
Thoughts on Inflows and Adaptive Bay Management
March 31, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
BBEST Membership List
Outline of Activities
Primary Charge by Statute
Addendum of Reports of Interest
HEFR Enhancements and Modifications
USGS Gages/Control Points Map
Hydrology RFQ & draft Scope of Work
Ecological RFQ & draft Scope of Work - Presentations
Process to Develop Environmental Flow Recommendations and Apply Overlays to HEFR
Inflow-Pattern Approach for Establishing Inflow Regimes in Texas Estuaries
April 28, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Primary Charge by Statute
Geographic Scope of Instream Flow Recommendations - Presentations
USGS Gaging Network in the Sabine-Neches Basins
HEFR Overview: Decision Points
Hydrology RFQ & draft Scope of Work
Ecological draft Scope of Work
May 28, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Updated BBEST Membership List
Primary Charge by Statute
Ecological Scope of Work Final - Presentations
USGS Station Photo Review
Using SAM to Determine Effective Discharge
Hydrologic Analysis Overview
June 25, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Methodologies for Establishing a Freshwater Inflow Regime for Texas Estuaries
Fluvial Sediment Transport as an Overlay to Instream Flow Recommendations for the Environmental Flows Allocation Process
Biological Overlay Workgroup Update - Presentations
Sediment Transport Modeling Update
Hydrology Subcommittee Report
Seasonality & Water Quality
Hydrologic Analysis Update
July 24, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Methodologies for Establishing a Freshwater Inflow Regime for Texas Estuaries
Fluvial Sediment Transport as an Overlay to Instream Flow Recommendations for the Environmental Flows Allocation Process
Biological Overlay Workgroup Update - Presentations
Sediment Transport Modeling Update
Hydrology Subcommittee Report
Seasonality & Water Quality
Hydrologic Analysis Update
August 20, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Methodologies for Establishing a Freshwater Inflow Regime for Texas Estuaries
Fluvial Sediment Transport as an Overlay to Instream Flow Recommendations for the Environmental Flows Allocation Process
Biological Overlay Workgroup Update - Presentations
Sediment Transport Modeling Update
Hydrology Subcommittee Report
Seasonality Water Quality
Hydrologic Analysis Update
September 24, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Methodologies for Establishing a Freshwater Inflow Regime for Texas Estuaries
Fluvial Sediment Transport as an Overlay to Instream Flow Recommendations for the Environmental Flows Allocation Process
Biological Overlay Workgroup Update - Presentations
Sediment Transport Modeling Update
Hydrology Subcommittee Report
Seasonality & Water Quality
Hydrologic Analysis Update
October 27, 2009
November 24, 2009
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Attendees
- Handouts
Biological Overlay Draft
Applying an Inflow Pattern Approach to Derive a Low-Inflow Criterion for Galveston Bay with Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as the Focal Species - Presentations
Instream Flow Application - Big Sandy Example
Work Plan Development
After submitting their environmental flow standards and strategies to the TCEQ, the Texas Water Code requires that the basin and bay stakeholders committee, assisted by the basin and bay expert science team, prepare a work plan that establishes a periodic review of the environmental flow recommendations, prescribes monitoring and studies, and establishes a schedule for continuing validation or refinement of the environmental flow recommendations. The work plan must be submitted to the Environmental Flows Advisory Group for approval.
Meetings on Work Plan Development
October 27, 2010 (Joint BBASC/BBEST Meeting)
TCEQ Proposed Rulemaking
Preliminary Draft Work Plan
Draft Work Plan Schedule
November 30, 2010 (Joint BBASC/BBEST Meeting)
- Agenda
- Attendees
- Handouts
Chairman's Memo to BBASC
BBASC Flow Regime Proposal
BBEST Evaluation of BBASC Proposal
Draft Work Plan - Presentations
BBASC Draft Proposal
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