The Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) will hold a work plan development meeting on Thursday, June 7, 2012 starting at 10:00 am at the LCRA Eastern Maintenance Facility in La Grange. The facility is located at 104 E. State Highway 71 Bypass, La Grange, TX 78945. The meeting agenda will be posted here upon development.
At the March 28, 2012, agenda, the Commissioners directed the Water Availability Division staff to post for consideration and comment the stakeholder recommendations from the Colorado/Lavaca and Guadalupe/San Antonio Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees.
The Commission will receive comments both on the stakeholder recommendations and the proposed environmental flows rule. For further information regarding the proposed environmental flows rule and submitting comments, please see the TCEQ Environmental Flows Rulemaking page.
Environmental Flow Recommendations
The Environmental Flows Recommendation Report from the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) was submitted on August 30, 2011 and can be viewed here.
The Final Environmental Flow Recommendations Report from the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) was completed on March 1, 2011. The final report and related technical documents can be viewed through the following links.
Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Areas Stakeholder Committees for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.02362
. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Committees have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. One of the tasks the Committees are to perform is to establish a Basin and Bay Expert Science Team. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
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Interest Group
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Patrick Brzozowski, Chair
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River Authorities
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Myron Hess, Vice-Chair
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Environmental Interests
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Bruce Arendale
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Recreational Water Users
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James Dailey
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Public Interest Groups
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Ronald Gertson
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Groundwater Conservation Districts
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Carroll Hall
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Recreational Water Users
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David Hill
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Chemical Manufacturing
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Deedy Huffman
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Refining
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Joe King
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Electricity Generation
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Frank Lewis
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Free-Range Livestock
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Teresa Lutes
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Municipalities
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Richard Ottis
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Regional Water Planning Groups
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Bob Pickens
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Public Interest Groups
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L.G. Raun
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Agricultural Irrigation
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Caroline Runge
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Groundwater Conservation Districts
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Andrew Sansom
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Environmental Interests
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Clarence Schomburg
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Free-Range Livestock
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Bob Shoemate
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Soil and Water Conservation Districts
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Haskell Simon
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Regional Water Planning Groups
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Buddy Treybig
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Commercial Fishermen
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Suzanne Zarling
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River Authorities
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Meetings of the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
December 17, 2009
January 27, 2010
February 24, 2010
March 31, 2010
May 26, 2010
August 25, 2010
October 28, 2010
December 1, 2010
January 26, 2011
February 17, 2011
March 3, 2011
March 30, 2011
April 27, 2011
May 13, 2011
May 25, 2011
June 16, 2011
June 29-30, 2011
July 20-21, 2011
August 2-3, 2011
August 18, 2011
Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Team (BBEST)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Teams for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.02362. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Teams have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
- David Buzan, Chair
- Bryan Cook, Vice-Chair
- Thom Hardy
- Richard Hoffpauir
- Kirk Kennedy
- Melissa Romigh
- Okla Thornton
- Joe Trungale
- Cathy Wakefield
- Steve Watters
- SAC Liaisons
- Ed Oborny, Primary
- Paul Jensen, Backup
- Non-Voting Members
- Nolan Raphelt, TWDB
- David Bradsby, TPWD
- Kathy Alexander, TCEQ
BBEST Reimbursement Documents
Meetings of the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda and Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
March 31, 2010
- The March 31, 2010 meeting was held in conjunction with the Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee. Meeting materials can be found above.
April 20, 2010
May 11, 2010
June 2, 2010
July 21, 2010
August 24, 2010
September 21, 2010
October 19, 2010
November 16, 2010
December 21, 2010
January 18-19, 2011
February 15, 2011
Work Plan Development
After submitting their environmental flow standards and strategies to the TCEQ, the Texas Water Code requires that the basin and bay stakeholders committee, assisted by the basin and bay expert science team, prepare a work plan that establishes a periodic review of the environmental flow recommendations, prescribes monitoring and studies, and establishes a schedule for continuing validation or refinement of the environmental flow recommendations. The work plan must be submitted to the Environmental Flows Advisory Group for approval.
Meetings on Work Plan Development
May 12, 2011
February 23, 2012
April 30, 2012
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For answers to any other questions about this stakeholder committee or expert science team, please call or e-mail Cory Horan at 512-239-4026 or through the main Water Supply Division line, 512-239-4691.
