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Endnotes
[1] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Biennial Report to the 77th Legislature, Volume I (Austin, Texas, March 2000), p. 40 (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/admin/topdoc/sfr/057_99/index.html). (Internet document.)
[2] Reason Public Policy Institute, Simplify, Simplify: Alternate Permitting at the State Level, by Christopher A. Hartwell (Los Angeles, California, January 1999), p. 1 (http://www.rppi.org/ps253.html). (Internet document.)
[3] Calculation performed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
[4] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Protecting Our Resources: A Report to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission (Austin, Texas, August 1999), pp. 171-181.
[5] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, The State Implementation Plan in Texas: Background Material (Austin, Texas, February 2000), p. 1.
[6] Texas Public Policy Foundation and Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, The Texas Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2000 (San Antonio, Texas, April 2000), pp. 2-8.
[7] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, The State Implementation Plan in Texas: Background Material (Austin, Texas, February 2000), p. 5.
[8] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Biennial Report to the 77th Legislature, Volume I (Austin, Texas, March 2000), p. 6.
[9] Texas Public Policy Foundation and Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, The Texas Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2000 (San Antonio, Texas, April 2000), p. 9.
[10] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2001–2005 Volume 2, State of the Texas Environment, SFR-035B/00 (Austin, Texas, June 2000), pp. 50 – 51.
[11] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Strategic Plan—Fiscal Years 1999-2003, Volume II: State of the Texas Environment (Austin, Texas, June 1998), pp. 31-32.
[12] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Biennial Report to the 77th Legislature, Volume I, pp. 3-4.
[13] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Biennial Report to the 77th Legislature, Volume I, pp. 3-4.
[14] Texas Department of Agriculture, “More Farmers and Ranchers Examining Nature Tourism” Austin, Texas, December 17, 1999. (Press release.)
[15] Sunset Advisory Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Staff Report (Austin, Texas, 2000), p. 80.
[16]Changes in Texas Land Cover/Use Between 1992 and 1997, USDA-NRCS, Temple, Texas (http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/nri/change3.htm). (Internet document.)
[17]Texas Agriculture and Natural Resources Summit III: Shaping the Vision, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy for the 21st Century, Texas A&M University, November 1990 (http://agsummit.tamu.edu/sum3/pubs/short/land/land.htm). (Internet document.)
[18] Center for Private Conservation, The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited: Politics vs. Private Property, by Randy T. Simmons, Fred L. Smith, and Paul Georgia (1996), Executive Summary.
[19] Dylan Rivera, “Tech executives will preserve Barton Creek land,” Austin American-Statesman, July 9, 2000.
[20] US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, “Texas’ Energy Use Rankings in 1997” (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/sep/tx/src.html). (Internet document.)
[21] Texas Energy Coordination Council, Biennial Report to the Legislature (Austin, Texas, 1999), p. 7.
[22] University of Texas, Center for Energy Studies, “Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in Texas,” by Bruce Hunn (Austin, Texas, 1992), Executive Summary.
[23] Public Utility Commission, Project 19616: Quarterly Update on Activities in the ERCOT Wholesale Electric Market (Austin, Texas, March 2000), pp. 18-20.
[24] Texas A&M University Energy Systems Laboratory, A Continuous Commissioning Case Study of a State-of-the-Art Building, by Y. Zhu, M. Liu, and D.E. Claridge (College Station, Texas), p. 1.
[25] Finally, many agencies face perennial financial difficulties in funding deferred maintenance items, such as repairs to or replacement of air conditioning and heating equipment and lighting systems. Many of these projects could be accomplished with no initial outlay through energy savings performance contracts. For example, the General Services Commission (GSC) has identified $86 million of deferred maintenance projects for state facilities (buildings managed by GSC have an average age of 22 years), yet has received only $14 million for these purposes from the Legislature. About a third of these projects might be eligible for financing under energy performance contracts.
[26] Reason Public Policy Institute, Race to the Top: The Innovative Face of State Environmental Management, by Alexander Volokh, Lynn Scarlett, and Scott Bush, Policy Study 239 (Los Angeles, February 1998), p. 6.
[27] Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Ensuring Compliance: State Best Practices (May 30, 2000), Austin, Texas, p. 6.
[28] See State of Michigan, Department of Environmental Quality (http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ead/tasect/c3/). (Internet document.)
[29] Reason Public Policy Institute, Simplify, Simplify: Alternate Permitting at the State Level, p. 3.
[30] Multi-State Working Group, “EMSs, Environmental Performance, and Compliance,” December 13, 1999 (http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/pollprev/mswg/compliance.htm). (Internet document.)
[31] George E. Meyer, “A Green Tier for Greater Environmental Protection,” ECOS: The Environmental Communiqué of the States (Fall/Winter 1999), p. 1.
[32] Environmental Council of States, 1999 State Environmental Innovations, presented at the 1999 ECOS Annual Meeting (Jackson Hole, Wyoming), pp. 12-13; see also (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/ospp/report/intro.htm). (Internet document.)
[33] Environmental Council of States, 1999 State Environmental Innovations, pp. 88-89. See also (http://www.state.nj.us/dep/opppc/silver.html). (Internet document.)
[34] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, “The Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act (as Amended by House Bill 3459, 75th Legislature),” Austin, Texas, September 1997 (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/admin/topdoc/rg/173.pdf). (Internet document.)
[35] Reason Public Policy Institute, Race to the Top: The Innovative Face of State Environmental Management, p. 2.
[36] Randolph Wood, Deputy Director of Policy and Regulatory Development, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, testimony before an e-Texas hearing held in Weslaco, Texas, April 7, 2000 (http://www.e-Texas.org/enviro/meetings.html). (Internet document.)
[37] Reason Public Policy Institute, Race to the Top: The Innovative Face of State Environmental Management, p. 2.
[38] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/erc/embank.htm). (Internet document.)
[39] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Surface Water Rights in Texas (Austin, Texas, November 1996), p. 10; interview with Patrick Meyers and Gregory W. Characklis, Azurix, Austin, Texas, April 25, 2000; and the Lower Rio Grande Water Exchange at (http://www.Water2Water.com/waterdesk.jhtml). (Internet document.)
[40] Texas’ markets for water and air emissions trading are limited, which can make it difficult for buyers and sellers to make successful trades. To encourage emissions trading, the TNRCC’s Emission Reduction Credits (ERC) Registry Web site (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/erc/embank.htm) identifies ERCs banked in the program and companies in need of air emission credits. ERCs are listed by area with transferred credits listed by original certificate number and current owner. For water, the TNRCC’s Rio Grande Valley “watermaster” issues a written bulletin that lists all buyers and sellers. In addition, the watermaster has partnered with a private entity to provide its bulletin online as well as other pertinent water information.
[41] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Biennial Report to the 77th Legislature, Volume I, pp. 34-35.
[42] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, “Properties Come Clean; Voluntary Cleanup Program helps return properties to productive uses,” Natural Outlook (Winter Issue 2000) (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/admin/topdoc/pd/020/00-01/propertiesclean.html). (Internet document).
[43] Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Ensuring Compliance: State Best Practices, by the Environmental Council of the States (Austin, Texas, May 30, 2000), p. 17 (Consultant’s report); see also (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/opas/pac_start.html). (Internet document.)
[44] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, “Automated E-mail Notification of Qzone Forecasts and Real-Time Warnings” (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/o3emailnotify.html). (Internet document.)
[45] Gene Montgomery, “Reducing Paper—Will It Ever Happen?” Texas Oil & Gas Today (Winter 1999), p. 10 (http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/ecap/togt.pdf); see also (http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/ecap/). (Internet documents.)
[46] Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Ensuring Compliance: State Best Practices, by the Environmental Council of the States (Austin, Texas, May 30, 2000), p. 19 (Consultant’s report); see also (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/opas/pac_start.html). (Internet document.)
[47] Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, “Environmental Enforcement Policy Statement,” Austin, Texas, October 26, 1995 (http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/legal/sep/seppolicy.htm). (Internet document.)
[48] Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Management Systems, “EMSs, Environmental Performance, and Compliance,” Final Draft, December 13, 1999 (http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/pollprev/mswg/compliance.htm). (Internet document.)
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