Marked Agenda
Commissioners' Work Session (Closed Meeting)
Friday, May 21, 1999
8:30 a.m.
Room 201S, Building E, Park 35, Austin

NEW BUSINESS

This is a closed meeting.

  1. Docket No. 1998-1154-EXE. The Commission will meet in closed session to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of the Commission's Executive Director, as permitted by Section 551.074 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code. The Commission may also meet in open session to take action on this matter as required by Section 551.102 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code. No action taken on this item.
  2. Docket No. 1999-0024-EXE. The commission will conduct a closed meeting to receive legal advice and will discuss pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, and/or the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of specific commission employees, as permitted by Sections 551.071 and 551.074, the Open Meetings Act, codified as Chapter 551 of the Government code. No final action, decision or vote with regard to any legal or personnel matter considered in the closed meeting shall be made in the absence of further notice issued in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Government Code. No action taken on this item.
  3. Docket No. 1999-0025-EXE. The commission will conduct a closed session to discuss their duties, roles, and responsibilities as commissioners of the TNRCC pursuant to section 551.074 of the open meetings act, codified as chapter 551 of the government code. The Commission may also meet in open session to take action on this matter as required by Section 551.102 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code. No action taken on this item.
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Marked Agenda
Commissioners' Work Session
Friday, May 21, 1999
9:30 a.m.
Room 201S, Building E, Park 35, Austin

NEW BUSINESS

This meeting is a work session for discussion between commissioners and staff. No public testimony or comment will be accepted except by invitation of the commission.

  1. Discussion of agency report on enforcement actions for various media including agriculture, air, industrial and hazardous waste, municipal solid waste, occupational certification, petroleum storage tanks, public water supply, water quality, and multi-media. Anne Dobbs (Enforcement Division) presented this item. No action taken on this issue.
  2. Consideration of recent changes to EPA's rules, policies, and guidance regarding Transportation Conformity and their impacts on the State Implementation Plan. Herb Williams, OEPAA/ Policy and Regulations Division presented this item. As a result of the D.C. Court of Appeals finding for the 1999 National Defense Fund suit against the Environmental Protection Agency, several transportation conformity issues are affected. Mr. Williams presented documents describing those issues. The affected areas are: on-road mobile source emissions budgets in submitted SIPs; budgets from disapproved SIPs; grandfathered transportation projects; non-federally funded transportation projects; and safety margins. Mr. Williams also presented separate version of plans, outlining federal, state, and local actions in response to the Court finding. One version was drafted by Texas Department of Transportation staff and one version was drafted by members of both agencies. No action taken on this issue.
  3. Consideration of activities associated with State Implementation Plans and Regional Clean Air Strategy. This issue was not presented.
  4. Consideration of the agency's implementation of legislation enacted by the 75th Texas Legislature, and consideration of the agency's Legislative Implementation Strategy for legislation enacted by the 76th Texas Legislature. Randy Wood, OEPAA/Deputy Director and Susi Ferguson OEPAA/Policy Implementation presented this item. Mr. Wood updated the Commissioners with the status of legislative implementation of the 75th Legislature. The 61 bills that passed produced 76 separate implementation projects. Seventy projects are complete. Staff described current status of the remaining 6. Progress to date on House Bill 1, Quadrennial Review, is behind schedule. Staff is evaluating factors involved with the interval for completion and will be recommending revisions to the existing review plan in the next two weeks. No action taken on this issue.
  5. Consideration of the agency's legislative proposals and other related issues to be addressed during the 76th Texas legislative session. The commission may also meet in closed meeting to receive legal advice regarding these matters, or any of the above matters, as authorized by Section 551.071 of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code. Any commission action, decision, or vote on these matters will be made in open meeting in accordance with Section 551.102 of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code. Steve Minick (Director/IGR) presented this item. Most of the information presented is contained in the Management Report describing the previous weeks legislative activities. No action taken on this item.
  6. Planning for the next Commissioners' Work Session. In addition to standing issues, other issues identified and scheduled for presentation at the next session on June 25 are NPDES and Sunset Review.