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Committee:	House Natural Resources
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Coal mining | Droughts | Electric power plants | Electricity supplies | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | General Land Office, Texas | Hydraulic fracturing | Irrigation | Natural gas production | Oil production | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Uranium mines | Water conservation | Water desalination | Water Development Board, Texas | Water planning | Water rights |
Library Call Number:	L1836.82 N218h
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View report [184 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the ongoing statewide drought and the performance of state, regional, and local entities in addressing it. Examine the impact of the drought on the state water plan, including an evaluation of how well the state's existing water resources can meet demand, the need for additional funding sources to implement the plan, and the effectiveness of current drought planning and drought management policies. Identify short-term and long-term strategies to help the state better cope with drought and assess any obstacles, including state and federal regulations, to implementation of these strategies.
2.	Examine the interplay of water and energy resources and needs in the state. Study the economic, environmental, and social impacts of water use in energy production and exploration, including the impacts of this use on regional and state water planning. Determine the current and likely future water needs of power generation and energy production, and evaluate options to develop new or alternative supplies. Include an evaluation of current issues involving water use for oil and gas production and related water quality issues.
3.	Evaluate the status of desalination projects in Texas. Include an evaluation of the regulation of brackish groundwater and whether opportunities exist to facilitate better utilization of this groundwater to meet future needs.
4.	Study ways to enhance incentives for water conservation in agricultural irrigation.
Committee:	House Environmental Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee on Environmental Affairs, Texas House of Representatives, 64th Legislature, to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature
Subjects:	Air pollution control technology | Battleship Texas | Coal mining | Environmental protection | Industrial air pollution | Mining | Outdoor recreation | Parks | Recycling | Shrimping industry | Solid waste disposal | Uranium mines |
Library Call Number:	L1836.64 en89
Session:	64th R.S. (1975)
Online version:	View report [132 pages  File size: 3,791 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Investigate the cost of maintaining the Battleship Texas. Consider proposals to increase the money available for the Battleship Texas Commission by eliminating the net revenue ceiling or increasing the allowable bond interest rate. *
2.	Study the need for parks and recreation facilities in urban areas. Consider possible cooperative arrangements between the federal government, the state, and local governments. *
3.	Review the effects of the Texas Shrimp Conservation Act. *
4.	Study the possible consolidation of the State's environmental agencies. *
5.	Study the potential of recycling as a method to dispose of municipal and industrial solid waste. Evaluate the economic feasibility of resource recovery programs. Consider the development of a waste exchange system to facilitate the re-use of industrial wastes. *
6.	Study the impact of the Texas Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. *
7.	Study energy consumption requirements and air pollution control tradeoffs for a cast iron soil pipe foundry. *

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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