AGENDA

NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT INTERIM COMMITTEE

UTAH LEGISLATURE

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 • 1:21 p.m. • Room 30 House Building

1. Committee Business

· Call to order

· Approval of the minutes of the November 16, 2016, meeting

· Meeting information packet request – Committee staff

· 2017 schedule, required reports, and potential study items - Committee staff

· Committee plans and goals - Chair Keven J. Stratton

2. Long-Term Planning

Interim Rule 2-2-103 requires each interim committee to devote part of its May interim meeting to long-term planning for the areas over which the committee has jurisdiction. The three main departments the committee oversees will make a brief presentation on the top issues facing the department in the future.

· Michael R. Styler, Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources

· Alan Matheson, Executive Director, Department of Environmental Quality

· LuAnn Adams, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Food

· Public comment

· Committee discussion

3. Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office Reports – Activities and Expenditures / R.S. 2477 Plan / Utah Wilderness Act

· Kathleen Clark, Coordinator, Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

· Public comment

· Committee discussion

4. Uintah Basin Air Quality Research Project Report

· Seth Lyman, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist, Utah State University Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center

· Public comment

· Committee discussion

5. Energy Producer States’ Agreement Report

· Rep. Stephen G. Handy

· Public comment

· Committee discussion

6. Sunset Review – State Water Development Commission

· Background – Committee staff

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and action

7. Sunset Review – Environmental Health Scientist Act

· Background – Committee staff

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and action

8. Sunset Review – Underground Storage Tank Act

· Background – Committee staff

· Brent Everett, Director, Division of Environmental Response and Remediation

· Public comment

· Committee discussion and action

9. Regulation of Above-Ground Storage Tanks

· Brent Everett, Director, Division of Environmental Response and Remediation, and Representative of the Division of Water Quality