REVISED AGENDA

 

NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT INTERIM COMMITTEE

UTAH LEGISLATURE

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 • 8:30 a.m. • Room 30 House Building

 

1.  Committee Business

·        Call to order

·        Approval of the minutes of the May 16, 2018, meeting.

2.  Report on State Agency Best Practices and Stewardship Efforts to Improve Air Quality   

 

·        Michelle Brown, State Coordinator of Resource Stewardship

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

 

3.  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

 

4.  Energy Producer States’ Agreement Report

 

·        Rep. Stephen G. Handy

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

5.  Energy Advisor Report / Review of Energy Policy

 

·        Dr. Laura Nelson, Governor’s Energy Advisor

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

6.  Draft Legislation “Department of Environmental Quality Amendments”

 

·        Chair Keven Stratton

·        Amanda Smith, Holland and Hart, Representing Wasatch Front Water Quality Council

·        Leland Meyers, Wasatch Front Water Quality Council  

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

 

 

7.  Wildfire Update

 

·        Brian Cottam, Director, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

8.  Water Resources Update

·        Todd Adams, Deputy Director, Division of Water Resources

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

9.  Sunset Review – Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 7, Used Oil Management Act

 

·        Scott Anderson, Director, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

10. Working Groups Update

 

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

o   Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

o   Constitutional Amendment on Municipal Water Rights

o   Private Property Rights

o   Water Supply and Surplus Water

·        Public comment

·        Committee discussion

11. Adjourn