Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority v. National Wildlife Federation

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided February 5, 2025·No. 15-24-00050-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00050-cv FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 2/5/2025 8:37 AM No. 15-24-0050-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

In the Fifteenth District Court of AppealsFILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS

Austin, Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Clerk and GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY, Appellants,

v.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, Appellee.

On Appeal from the 98th District Court of Travis County, Texas Cause No. D-1-GN-20-007096

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY’S NOTICE OF CHANGE OF COUNSEL AND WITHDRAWAL OF PREVIOUS COUNSEL

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rule 8 of the Texas Rules of Civil

Procedure, that Assistant Attorney General Katie B. Hobson is now the

attorney in charge on behalf of Appellant Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”). The previous attorney in charge, Erin

Snody, is no longer employed with the Office of the Attorney General and will

no longer represent TCEQ.

This change is neither intended to cause nor expected to result in any

delay of the proceedings. TCEQ respectfully requests that all future court filings, notices, pleadings, and correspondence be served upon AAG Katie B.

Hobson using the contact information listed below.

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES LLOYD Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

KELLIE E. BILLINGS-RAY Chief, Environmental Protection Division

/s/ Katie B. Hobson KATIE B. HOBSON Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24082680 Katie.Hobson@oag.texas.gov

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Environmental Protection Division P. O. Box 12548, MC-066 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel: (512) 475-4019 | Fax: (512) 320-0911

ATTORNEYS FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Page 2 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on February 5, 2025, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served upon the following counsel electronically through an electronic filing manager or by email:

Marisa Perales marisa@txenvirolaw.com PERALES, ALLMON & ICE, P.C. 1206 San Antonio Street Austin, Texas 78701

Attorney for National Wildlife Federation

Samia Broadaway samia.broadaway@bakerbotts.com John Ormiston john.ormiston@bakerbotts.com Molly Cagle molly.cagle@bakerbotts.com BAKER BOTTS, L.L.P. 401 S. First Street, Suite 1300 Austin, Texas 78704-1296

Attorneys for Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

/s/ Katie B. Hobson KATIE B. HOBSON

Page 3 of 3 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Laura Courtney on behalf of Katie Hobson Bar No. 24082680 laura.courtney@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 96995035 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: TCEQ's Notice of Change of Counsel and Withdrawal of Previous Counsel Status as of 2/5/2025 10:33 AM CST

Associated Case Party: Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Macey ReasonerStokes macey.stokes@bakerbotts.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Molly Cagle 3591800 molly.cagle@bakerbotts.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Samia Broadaway 24088322 samia.broadaway@bakerbotts.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

John Ormiston 24121040 john.ormiston@bakerbotts.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: National Wildlife Federation

Marisa Perales 24002750 marisa@txenvirolaw.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Claire Hamerlinck claire@txenvirolaw.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Katie B.Hobson katie.hobson@oag.texas.gov 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Case Contacts

Laura Courtney laura.courtney@oag.texas.gov 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

Mahita Shankar mahita@txenvirolaw.com 2/5/2025 8:37:04 AM SENT

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