Maverick County, City of Eagle Pass, Maverick County Hospital District, Maverick County Environmental and Public Health Association, and George Baxter v. Railroad Commission of Texas, Dos Republicas Coal Partnership, Camino Real Fuels, LLC And North American Coal Company

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-14-00257-CV 4873387 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/14/2015 8:31:59 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK

FREDERICK, PERALES, ALLMON & ROCKWELL, P.C. FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS 707 Rio Grande, Suite 200 AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, TX 78701 4/14/2015 8:31:59 AM (512) 469-6000 Phone JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk (512) 482-9346 Fax

April 14, 2015

Mr. Jeffrey D. Kyle, Clerk of the Third Court of Appeals via e-file Price Daniel, Sr. Building, Room 101 209 W. 14th Street Austin, Texas 78701

Re: Court of Appeals No. 03-14-00257-CV; Maverick County, et. al., v. Railroad Commission of Texas, et. al..

Dear Mr. Kyle:

In response to your letter dated March 24, 2015, please know that I intend to argue the above-referenced case before the Court on May 20, 2015 at 9:00 AM, on behalf of Appellant Maverick County. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

/s/ David Frederick David Frederick Frederick, Perales, Allmon & Rockwell, P.C. 707 Rio Grande, Ste. 200 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 469-6000 (512) 482-9346 (facsimile) dof@lf-lawfirm.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

By my signature below, I certify that on this 14th day of April, 2015, a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties identified below via electronic service.

/s/ David Frederick David Frederick

FOR APPELLEES DOS FOR APPELLANT CITY OF REPUBLICAS COAL EAGLE PASS: PARTNERSHIP, CAMINO REAL Heriberto Morales Jr. FUELS, LLC, AND NORTH Stephen J. Ahl AMERICAN COAL COMPANY: Langely & Banack, Inc. Bill Cobb 401 Quarry St. Chesley N. Blevins Eagle Pass, TX 78852 Jackson Walker LLP Telephone (830) 773-6700 100 Congress Ave., Ste. 1100 Facsimile (830) 757-4045 Austin, TX 78701 hmorales@langleybanack.com Telephone (512) 236-2326 sahl@langleybanack.com Facsimile (512) 691-4446 bcobb@jw.com FOR APPELLANT MAVERICK cblevins@jw.com COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT: Celeste Lira FOR APPELLEE RAILROAD Brin & Brin COMMISSION OF TEXAS: 6223 IH-10 West Cynthia Woelk San Antonio, TX 78201 Nancy E. Olinger Telephone (210) 341-9711 Office of the Attorney General Facsimile (210) 341-1854 P.O. Box 12548 clira@brinandbrin.com Austin, TX 78711-2548 Telephone (512) 453-2012 Facsimile (512) 457-4613 cynthia.woelk@texasattorneygeneral.gov nancy.olinger@texasattorneygeneral.gov

2 FOR APPELLANTS MAVERICK COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND GEORGE BAXTER: Javier Riojas Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. 542 E. Main P.O. Box 2001 Eagle Pass, TX 78853 Telephone (830) 752-6400 Facsimile (830) 773-5806 jriojas@trla.org

Enrique Valdivia Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. 1111 N. Main Avenue San Antonio, TX 78212 Telephone (210) 212-3700 Facsimile (210) 212-3772 evaldivia@trla.org

Thomas M. Weber Paul R. Tough McElroy, Sullivan, Miller, Weber & Olmstead, LLP P.O. Box 12127 Austin, TX 78711 Telephone (512) 327-8111 Facsimile (512) 327-6566 tweber@msmtx.com ptough@msmtx.com