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 Services |
| Dennis Basinger | Port of Houston Authority |
| Robby Byers | Coastal Conservation Association of Texas |
| Nikki Harrison Caffey | Harris County, Commissioner Precinct 2 |
| Daya Dayananda | City of Pasadena |
| Winston Denton | Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. |
| Brent Dyer | Shell Deer Park Refining Corporation |
| George Guillen | University of Houston–Clear Lake |
| Robert Hauch | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Tracy D. Hester | Bracewell & Giuliani |
| Ed Matuszak | La Porte citizen |
| Gordon Pederson | Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority |
| David Ramsden | URS Corporation |
| Gerardo Ruiz | City of Baytown |
| Bob Stokes | Galveston Bay Foundation |
| Jay Stokes | City of Deer Park |
| Lial Tischler | Tischler/McKee |
| 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.




