Board Membership

AERCO Members:

• a chairperson elected annually by the organization's Board members;
• staff support is provided by H-GAC; and
• structure and by-laws approved by the TCEQ through the petition process.
  

About AERCO Board of Directors

The governing body of the Houston-Galveston AERCO Board of Directors includes 18 members appointed by the H-GAC Board. AERCO legislation requires the membership of the AERCO Board to include representation from each of the counties in the non-attainment area, and from each of five groups: general public; large industry; small regulated business; environmental; and economic development. These groups are defined as follows:

• General public includes local citizens, members of citizen groups or neighborhood associations not affiliated with one or more of the other represented groups and elected local officials.
• Large industry includes industrial permitted stationary sources emitting equal to or greater than 100 tons per year of ozone precursor pollutants.
• Small regulated business includes small sources that have standard exemptions or are permitted for emissions of less than 100 tons per year of ozone precursor pollutants and small business associations.
• Environmental includes environmental professional and members of environmental interest groups.
• Economic development includes chambers of commerce, area associations, economic development foundations and economic development professionals affiliated with cities, counties, profit or non-profit organizations.

Members are appointed, given the above representation requirements, with due consideration of the relative emissions or relative potential to reduce emissions specific to each of the geographic areas within the non-attainment area. This geographic distribution combined with the interests represented allow the Board to effectively achieve the balance between improved air quality and economic growth.