Marked Agenda
Commissioners' Work Session
January 13 and 17, 1997
Room 201S, Building E, Park 35, Austin

Due to bad weather, several issues scheduled for discussion at the January 13, 1997, Commissioners' Work Session were continued to Friday, January 17, 1997, as old business.

Continued as old business from the January 13, 1997, Commissioners' Work Session:

  1. Consideration of the Commissioners' priorities on rule and policy development. This item was discussed in conjunction with item #7.

  2. Consideration of issues related to implementation of Senate Bill 1125 from the 74th State Legislative Session regarding air permit renewals. David Duncan (Legal) and Victoria Hsu (New Source Review) presented this item. The Commissioners directed staff to:

  3. Consideration of issues related to a multi-media/multi-year enforcement memorandum of agreement between the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ann McGinley (Enforcement) presented this item. The Commissioners directed staff to proceed with providing this reshaped memorandum of agreement to the EPA.

  4. Consideration of issues related to the management of the agency's reporting reduction initiative. Due to time constraints, the Commissioners rescheduled this item for the February 6, 1997, work session.

  5. Consideration of issues related to the Municipal Solid Waste State Plan. Steve Dayton (Waste Planning and Assessment) presented this item. The Commissioners adopted the plan with the following additional recommendations:

  6. Consideration of issues related to the upcoming legislative session. The Commissioners chose not to discuss this item.

  7. Planning for the next Commissioners' Work Session. The next Commissioners' Work Session is scheduled for Thursday, January 23, 1997, in E-201S. The following issues are scheduled for discussion: effects screening levels, total maximum daily load, and legislative matters. The Commissioners have tentatively rescheduled the standard exemption protectiveness review discussion for February 20, 1997.

Continued as old business from the January 8, 1997, Agenda Meeting

  1. Docket No. 97-0002-EXE. The Commission will meet in closed session to deliberate the appointment of a Chief Clerk 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. This item was discussed in closed session. No action was taken by the Commissioners.