1. The Border Environment of Texas with Adjoining States in Mexico: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track Stephen M. Niemeyer, P.E. Border Affairs Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

2. Things we will cover today Background Border 101 Colonias Air Regional Haze El Paso Air Quality Water Rio Grande Quantity, Quality Waste Scrap Tires Other Fracking Emergency Response 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track

3. Border Background 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track

4. U.S.-Mexico Border: Border 2020 Regional Workgroups Four-State Regional Workgroup Tri-State Regional Workgroup GULF TASK FORCE FALCON TASK FORCE AMISTAD TASK FORCE California - Baja California Arizona - Sonora

5. Colonias

6. Air 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track

7. Big Bend National Park—view from Dagger Mountain 243 mile visual range

8. Big Bend National Park—view from Dagger Mountain 12 mile visual range

9. Water 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track

10. Texas-Border Region with neighboring states & Rio Grande Basin 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track Source: Center for Research in Water Resources, UT Austin

12. Santa Elena Canyon Source: Texas Tribune Photo by: Jessica Lutz

13. Giant Cane (Arundo Donax) Source: Texas Tribune Photo by: Jessica Lutz

14. Waste 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track

15. Tire Fire in Nuevo Laredo – May 28, 2014

16. Other 2015 Environmental Trade Fair Border Track

17. Eagle Ford Shale

18. Emergency Response

19. ¡Fín! Stephen M. Niemeyer, P.E. Border Affairs Manager and Colonias Coordinator Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Steve.Niemeyer@tceq.texas.gov 512-239-3606