Rio Grande Compact Commission

Description of the Rio Grande Compact Commission. Function of the Rio Grande Compact Commission. Name of the appointed commissioner and contact information. Name of the TCEQ Interstate Compact Coordinator and contact information. Name and contact information of the legal counsel assigned to the Rio Grande Compact Commission by the Texas Attorney General's Office. Dates of the annual meeting.

Objective:

The Rio Grande Compact Commission administers the Rio Grande Compact to ensure that Texas receives its equitable share of quality water from the Rio Grande and its tributaries as apportioned by the Compact. The Compact includes the states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

Strategic Plan and Compact with Texans

Statute:

Chapter 41 Texas Water Code

Commissioners:

Honorable Patrick R. Gordon
Rio Grande Compact Commissioner
P.O. Box 1917
El Paso, Texas 79950
Telephone: (915) 834-7075 or (915) 545-1133
Fax: (915) 834-7080 or (915) 545-4433
Term expires: June 9, 2013
Email: pgordon@gordonmottpc.com

Advisors:

Technical: Herman Settemeyer
TCEQ
P. O. Box 13087, MC-160
Austin, Texas, 78711
(512) 239-4707
Fax (512)239-4770
Email: herman.settemeyer@tceq.texas.gov

Legal: Priscilla Hubenak
Office of the Attorney General
P. O. Box 12548
Austin, Texas, 78711
(512) 463-2012
(512) 320-0911
Email: priscilla.hubenak@oag.state.tx.us

Meeting Dates:

The annual meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission will be held on March 21, 2012, in Austin, Texas. The meeting will be held in the Texas State Capitol Extension, 1100 Congress Avenue, Room E1.030, 9:00 AM CDT.

Forgotten Rivers Study - Rio Grande from Fort Quitman, Texas downstream to Presidio, Texas. The Forgotten Rivers Study was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in response to concerns by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Texas Water Development Board related to floodplain and riverine function, environmental resources, water quality, agriculture, and watershed hydrology. The study produced mapping of the area, a report on existing environmental and hydrologic conditions, and offers possible suggestions regarding concerns identified.

Forgotten Rivers Report .

Forgotten Rivers Maps .

Information Links:

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