Scott Bounds and Donna Johnson provided training for the Directors of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority related to standards of conduct, conflicts of interest, and open meetings at its Annual Fall Retreat on October 18, 2013. John Hightower and Brian Begle also attended the Board’s training sessions. The Directors’ Retreat included presentations by GCA’s staff and consultants, and State Representative Wayne Smith, Special Counsel to Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Stephanie Bergeron Perdue, and General Manager of the Gulf Coast Water Authority Ivan Langford.