Governmental Issues

Environmental Coordinator

Mary Miksa, Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs BIO 512/477-6721 x.105 mmiksa@txbiz.org

Link to Members' Environmental Committee Page

Mary Miksa is Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs for the Texas Association of Business, an association of Texas companies and local chambers of commerce representing 1.2 million jobs in manufacturing, high technology, and service industries. Ms. Miksa, a 14-year TAB veteran, advocates for her members before the Texas Legislature and state agencies on legislation, regulations, and environmental public policy issues. She also staffs the association's Environmental Committee, a six-hundred-member committee that develops policy and positions on environmental issues. Ms. Miksa has served on several significant committees at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and its predecessor, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, including the: CARE Advisory Committee, on creating a voluntary program for additional air emission reductions among companies with “grandfathered facilities;” Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Panel, which she chaired for 9 years and which oversees the agency’s small business compliance assistance activities; and Task Force 21 which provided a forum for stakeholder discussions concerned with hazardous waste. Prior to working for TAB, Ms. Miksa was the Executive Director of the Texas Civil Justice League, a coalition of trade associations, law firms, individuals and municipalities, working on tort reform in Texas.

Environmental Committee

TAB's Environmental Committee is a 650 member committee that develops policy and positions on environmental issues. The Environmental Committee meets four times a year in Austin. TAB members with an interest in environmental issues and policy are invited to attend. Minutes and handout materials are available on-line for Members Only.

Legislative Interest

TABCC 2003 Environmental Quality Program

Energy Efficiency Measures Under Discussion at the Texas Clean Air Working Group

Position Briefs

• Position Brief: NAAQS
• Position Brief: Enhanced Public Participation and the Contested Case Process
• Position Brief: Environmental Agency Funding
• Position Brief: Grandfathered Facilities