Executive Management

Michelle A. McFaddin, J.D.

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Austin, Texas 78745

Telephone/Fax: 512-***-****

Email Address: ********.********@*********.***

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW 8/1983-5/1986

Degree: Doctor of Jurisprudence

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 9/1978-6/1982

Degree: Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Honors: Dean's List - Senior Year

CULVER MILITARY ACADEMIES 9/1976-5/1978

Honors: Cum Laude with Honors in French, English and History

EXPERIENCE

TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD 07/2006 - Present

Legal Services

P. O. Box 13231

Austin, Texas 78711-3231

Position: Attorney IV. I provide legal assistance to the various

divisions within the Board including the Offices of Project Finance

and Construction Assistance, which receive and process requests for

financial assistance under several state and federal funding programs,

the Office of Planning, which plans the Finance and Executive Offices

for whom I provide legal counsel on issues relating to the Texas

Public Information Act, the Texas Open Meetings Act and federal and

state water quality and waste management laws and regulations.

MICHELLE A. McFADDIN, J.D. 05/2005 - 07/2006

P. O. Box 80721

Austin, Texas 78708-0721

Position: Solo legal practitioner (administrative, environmental and

natural resources law areas). I also provided

environmental/regulatory affairs consulting and testifying expert

services on issues relating generally to waste management in both

civil and administrative proceedings.

POTTS & REILLY, L.L.P. 09/2003-05/2005

401 West 15th Street, Suite 850

Austin, Texas 78701

Position: Of counsel. I represented individuals, companies, an

international trade association and non-profit organizations in rule-

making, permitting, and enforcement proceedings before state agencies.

I also represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state district

court and federal court proceedings. Finally, I provided expert

witness services as an environmental/regulatory affairs expert on

issues relating to environmental regulatory compliance.

HILL, GILSTRAP, RIGGS, ADAMS & GRAHAM, L.L.P. 05/2002-08/2003

1005 Congress Avenue, Suite 880

Austin, Texas 78701

Position: Senior Associate. I handled a number of administrative law

matters for individuals, companies and non-profit clients before

agencies that included the Texas Natural Resource Conservation

Commission, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Texas Department of

Insurance, the Office of the Attorney General, the Texas Board of

Nursing Examiners, the Texas Board of Medical Examiners and the State

Office of Administrative Hearings. In addition, I defended firm

clients in state district and federal district court proceedings.

MICHELLE A. McFADDIN 5/1992-5/2002

Attorney at Law

P.O. Box 80721

Austin, Texas 78708-0721

Position: Self-employed attorney. I provided legal services to non-

profit, public interest groups, law firms and industry clients on

issues relating to hazardous and solid waste management, water quality

control, spill notification, planning, response and remediation,

underground injection control and oil and gas waste regulations.

GORDON & LAWTON, INC. 3/1992-3/1996

P.O. Box 80072

Austin, Texas 78708-0072

Position: Vice President/Co-owner of women-owned, environmental

consulting firm.

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS 5/1991-3/1992

P.O. Box 12967, Capitol Station

Austin, Texas 78711-2967

Position: Assistant Director (Legal - Enforcement). I was charged

with supervising the enforcement of all Commission rules, permits and

orders. Responsibilities included the management of a staff of fifteen

attorneys, paralegals and support staff and the supervision of all

enforcement-related legal support for the Oil & Gas and Surface Mining

Divisions.

TEXAS WATER COMMISSION 01/1987-04/1991

P.O. Box 13087, Capitol Station

Austin, Texas 78711-3087

Position: Senior Attorney (Hazardous/Industrial Solid Waste

Division). I was charged with supervising all legal support for the

Hazardous and Solid Waste Division, which included the hazardous and

industrial waste permitting, rule-making and enforcement programs, the

Class I underground injection control program, the spill response

program and the enforcement-related portions of the state/federal

Superfund program.

Position: Staff Attorney (Water Quality and Hazardous/Industrial

Waste Programs). I represented the Executive Director in permitting,

enforcement and rulemaking proceedings.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

State Bar of Texas License No. 13594020 (Nov. 1986)

U. S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas (July, 2000)

U. S. District Court - Western District of Texas (May, 2004)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

McFaddin, Michelle A., Federal and State Underground Injection

Regulations: A Guide to the Disposal of Desalination Concentrate (September

9, 2008) (Presented at the 23rd Annual Water Reuse Symposium in Dallas,

Texas).

McFaddin, Michelle A., Oil and Gas Field Waste Regulations Handbook

(PennWell Books) (January, 1996).

McFaddin, Michelle A., The Oil and Gas Waste Exemption from RCRA

Permitting Requirements, Journal of Environmental Permitting, Vol. 3, No. 3

(Executive Enterprises, Inc.) (Summer, 1994).

McFaddin, Michelle A., Practical Tips on How to Avoid RCRA Permitting

Requirements, Journal of Environmental Permitting, Vol. 3, No 2 (Executive

Enterprises, Inc.) (Spring 1994).

McFaddin, Michelle A., The Federal Superfund Program: How it relates

to Abandoned Oil and Gas Waste Facilities, Energy and the Environment, Vol.

1 No.4 (March, 1993).

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Speaker/Author, Federal and State Underground Injection Regulations: A

Guide to the Disposal of Desalination Concentrate, Proceedings of the 23rd

Annual Water Reuse Symposium (September 9, 2008).

Speaker/Author, The 2007 State Water Plan: Update, 8th Annual The

Changing Face of Water Rights in Texas 2007, State Bar of Texas (June 29,

2007).

Panelist/Speaker, Texas Energy: From Coal and Oil to Solar and Hydro,

15th Annual Conference, Society of Environmental Journalists (September 29,

2006).

Panel Member/Speaker, Texas Regulatory Issues, National Academy of

Sciences' Committee on Mine Placement of Coal Combustion Wastes, (Austin,

Texas - January 6, 2005).

Participant, TCEQ Work Group (Post-Closure Care Order

Rulemaking)(2002).

Participant, EPA-Region VI Work Group (Risk Assessment

Guidance)(1999/2000).

Chairperson and Speaker/Author, Understanding Superfund: CERCLA

Reauthorizations, Annual Environmental Institute, Executive Enterprises,

Inc. (July 28-30, 1994- Orlando, Florida and December 9-10, 1993 - Orlando,

Florida).

Participant on Advisory Committee, EPA Pollution Prevention Training

Program (EPA Grant Project- National Environmental Training Association)

(1993/1994).

Panelist, Pollution Prevention Technologies Demonstration - Petroleum

Industry, Sandia National Laboratories (Vital Issues Panel - U.S.

Department of Energy) (1993).

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