Houston-Galveston Area PCBs and Dioxins Stakeholder Group
A group that provides information and advice to the TMDL Program about its projects for the Houston Ship Channel and Upper Galveston Bay
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High-volume water samplers
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About the Stakeholder Group
The Houston Ship Channel TMDL Stakeholder Group advises the TCEQ’s TMDL Program on its projects to reduce dioxin and PCB concentrations in the Houston Ship Channel and the Galveston Bay System. The group has balanced representation from government, permitted facilities, agriculture, business, environmental, and community interests in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay watersheds.
Meetings
The Houston-Galveston Area Council
is leading this group.
See more about the Dioxin Project, the PCBs Project, and the Survey of Dioxins and PCBs.
Meeting Records
Meeting documents are available on the H-GAC project website
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Membership
| Name | Organization |
| Latrice Babin | Harris County Pollution Control |
| Nikki Harrison Caffey | Harris County Pct. 2 |
| Jay Stokes | City of Deer Park |
| Daya Dayananda | City of Pasadena |
| Winston Denton | Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. |
| Robby Byers | Coastal Conservation Assoc. of Texas |
| George Guillen | University of Houston–Clear Lake |
| Nicole Hausler | Port of Houston |
| Tracy Hester | Bracewell-Patterson |
| Guy Jackson | Coastal Oyster Lease Holders |
| Ed Matuszak | La Porte citizen |
| Carolyn Murphy | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Gordon Pederson | Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Auth. |
| David Ramsden | Harris County Citizen |
| Gerardo Ruiz | City of Baytown |
| Brent Dyer | Shell Chemical |
| Bob Stokes | Galveston Bay Foundation |
| Lial Tischler | E. Harris Co. Manufacturers’ Association |
| John Westendorf | Occidental Chemical Corp. |
| Kirk Wiles | Texas Department of State Health Services |
For More Information
Please e-mail tmdl@tceq.texas.gov and reference the Houston Ship Channel Dioxin project in the subject line. Or call Jim Neece at 512-239-1524.




