Please be proactive and help.
> From: Annalisa Peace <annal...@aquiferalliance.org> > Date: May 14, 2021 at 4:52:37 PM CDT > To: cwilliamste...@gmail.com > Subject: Final Push Needed to Pass HB 4146 for Clean Texas Streams > Reply-To: annal...@aquiferalliance.org > > > If you have trouble reading this email click here. > > Dear GEAA members and friends, > > Many thanks to all of you who called your State Senator to support HB 4146. > Unfortunately, we have heard that the Builder’s Lobby still opposes the bill > and that HB 4146 / SB 1747 might die in committee. After coming this close, > we can’t let that happen. > > In fact, three of our favorite water related bills have passed in the House > and been sent to the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural > Affairs. These bills must move now if they are to become law! > > HB 4146 / SB 1747 prohibits wastewater discharge into our few remaining > pristine rivers and creeks - including the Devils, Lower Pecos, upper Nueces, > Sabinal, Frio and Llano rivers. It does not impact development nor reduce > stream flows; it simply ensures that the few remaining pristine stream > segments in Texas (40 of over 10,000) remain pristine for future generations. > See GEAA’s comments here. > > HB 2716 / SB 1723 would restore to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department the > authority of the agency to contest water rights permits and pollution > discharge permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality > (TCEQ) if such permits might adversely affect state parks and wildlife > management areas or the fish and wildlife managed by the agency. See GEAA’s > comments here. > > HB 2350 / SB 1746 would require the Texas Water Development Board to > establish and administer a water resource restoration program to assist > projects that protect and improve water quality primarily through the use of > nature-based water treatment measures. See GEAA’s comments here. > > This coming Monday the committee will consider HB 2225, which will allow > Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to encourage and facilitate dedication of > water rights to preserve instream flows, water quality, fish and wildlife > habitat, and flows to the bays and estuaries. See GEAA’s comments here. > > With only 17 days left in this session, we really need your help to make sure > these four bills don’t die in committee. Please call the members of the > Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs and ask them to > vote to favorably on HB 2225 this Monday and, to schedule and vote favorably > on SB 1747, SB 1723, and SB 1746 ASAP. > > Chair: Sen. Charles Perry 512-463-0128 > charles.pe...@senate.texas.gov > > Vice Chair: Sen. Drew Springer 512-463-0526 > drew.sprin...@senate.texas.gov > > Members: Sen. Brandon Creighton 512-463-0104 > brandon.creigh...@senate.texas.gov > > Sen. Sarah Eckhardt 512-463-0114 > sarah.eckha...@senate.texas.gov > > Sen. Roland Gutierrez 512-463-0119 roland.gutier...@senate.texas.gov > > Sen. Nathan Johnson 512-463-0116 nathan.john...@senate.texas.gov > > Sen. Lois W. Kolkhorst 512-463-0118 lois.kolkho...@senate.texas.gov > > Sen. Beverly Powell 512-463-0110 beverly.pow...@senate.texas.gov > > Sen. Larry Taylor 512-463-0111 larry.tay...@senate.texas.gov > > > > Thank you and have a wonderful weekend! > > Annalisa Peace > > Executive Director > Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance > > You can donate to GEAA on line or mail a check to PO Box 15618, San Antonio, > Texas 78212 > > You can always keep up with interesting water news on GEAA's Face Book page > > If you forward this e-mail, please strip off the Manage Your Subscription > option at the bottom of this message. > > > > Manage Your Subscription > This message was sent to cwilliamste...@gmail.com from > annal...@aquiferalliance.org > > Annalisa Peace > Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance > 1809 Blanco Road > San Antonio, Tx 78212 > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > >
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