CPR Commission Hearing
Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection California State University, Fresno
Friday, September 17, 2004

Hearing Transcript

Welcome
10:00 - 10:05
John D. Welty, Ph.D.
President, California State University, Fresno

Welcoming Remarks
10:05 – 10:10 
Bill Hauck and Joanne Kozberg
Co-Chairs, California Performance Review Commission

Overview of California Performance Review Recommendations
10:10 – 10:50 
Chon Gutierrez, Chris Reynolds, Joan Borucki
California Performance Review Team Leaders
CPR Overview Presentation

CPR Team Presentation 

Water Panel
10:50 – 11:20 
Mark Gold, D.Env.
Executive Director, Heal the Bay
Testimony (as submitted)

David J. Guy
Executive Director, Northern California Water Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Gary G. Robinson
Member, Water Advisory Committee, CA Farm Bureau Federation
Testimony (as submitted)

Linda Sheehan
Director, Pacific Regional Office, The Ocean Conservancy
Testimony (as submitted)

Lunch
11:20 - 12:05 

Regulations and Environmental Protection Panel
12:05 - 1:05 
Bill Allayaud
State Director, Sierra Club California
Testimony (as submitted)

Dean Florez
Senator, California State Senate
Testimony (as submitted)

Eric Herbert
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc.
Testimony (as submitted)

James A. McKelvey
Attorney at Law, Motschiedler, Michaelides and Wishon, LLP
Testimony (as submitted)

Ann Notthoff
California Advocacy Director, Natural Resource Defense Council
Testimony (as submitted)

Karen Ross
President, CA Association of Winegrape Growers
Testimony (as submitted)

Joseph E. Sparano
President, Western States Petroleum Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Conservation, Management & Stewardship Panel
1:05 - 2:05 

David A. Bischel
President and CEO, California Forestry Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Carol Chandler
Partner, Chandler Farms
Testimony (as submitted)

Gary Gilbert
Madera County, Supervisor, District 5
Retired CDF Region Chief, Sierra South
(representing the California State Association of Counties)
Testimony (as submitted)

Steve Johnson
Director of Strategic Initiatives, California Program,
The Nature Conservancy
Testimony (as submitted)

Nita Vail
Executive Director, Sacramento, California Rangeland Trust
Testimony (as submitted)

Jay Watson
Director, Wildland Fire Program, The Wilderness Society
Testimony (as submitted)

Virgil Welch
Project Manager, Planning and Conservation League
Testimony (as submitted)

Public Comment
2:05 - 5:00 

Adjourn
5:00

Supplemental Testimony
(received as of 09/16/04)

Senator Ashburn

David L. Bauer, President, Targhee, Inc.

Benjamin L. Higgins, Executive Vice President, California Cattlemen’s Association

Sean R. Edgar, Executive Director, Clean Fleets Coalition

Buford A. Crites, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Palm Desert

The Evaluation Scientists Group, Department of Pesticide Regulations

Richard R. Powers, Executive Director, Gateway Cities Council of Governments

June Guidotti

Marc Hoshovsky

BASF Corporation, Bayer CropScience LP, Dow AgroSciences LLC, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Monsanto Company, and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc.

Harvey L. Logan, Executive Vice President, Pest Control Operators of California

Dr. Larry E. Reider, Superintendent, Kern County Schools

Steve Sanders, Administrator, Division of Child Development and Family Services, Kern County Schools

Jacqueline Lambrichts, President, Friends of the San Gabriel River

Michael Livak, Squaw Valley Ski Corp.

Ken Seaton-Msemaji, President, United Domestic Workers of America-1of2

Ken Seaton-Msemaji, President, United Domestic Workers of America-2of2

John Powell, Jr., President & CEO, Peter Rabbits Farms

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