"Early Bird" registration for the West Texas Legislative Summit in ongoing through July 17. This year's Summit will be held at the C.J. Davidson Conference Center at Angelo State University, and the program and speakers to date are as follows:
Tuesday, August 4: 1:30-5:00 pm
Topic: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
- Salt Water Disposal, Oil & Gas, Water Recycling
- Point of Source Contamination
- Clean Air Act Expansion, Particulate Matter
Wednesday, August 5: 8:30 am-3:30 pm
Topic: TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
- Freight - pipelines, ports, truck, rail
- Small and large MPOs & their roles
- Reauthorization of Surface Transportation Act
- Prop 1 formula for distribution of funds
- Prop 7 highway funds dedication
- Local transportation perspective: rural and urban
- Federal transportation perspective
Confirmed Participants to Date
- U.S. Congressman Mike Conaway
- U.S. Congressman Will Hurd
- State Senator Charles Perry (Chair, Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs Committee)
- State Representative Drew Darby (Chair, Energy Resources Committee)
- State Senator Robert Nichols (Chair, Transportation Committee)
- Tryon Lewis, Chair, Texas Transportation Commission
- Christi Craddick, Commissioner, Texas Railroad Commission
- General Joe Weber, Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation
- Carlos Swonke, Director of Environmental Affairs, Texas Department of Transportation
- Michael Reeves, President, Ports-to-Plains Alliance
- Mike Nasi, Environmental and Legislative Issues, Jackson Walker LLC
- Elizabeth Grindstaff, Texas Pacifico Railroad
- Tracy Cain, District Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation
Participants may register for the full day-and-a-half program, which includes a Tuesday evening reception and dinner with the legislators, or may select individual sessions to attend. Here's the a *pdf of the registration form.
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