FEDERALISM COMMISSION
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 4:00 PM | 450 State Capitol

1.    Commission Business

·         Call to order 

·         Approval of the minutes of the August 7, 2023, meeting 

 

 

2.    Water Issues

The commission will receive a report on federal government involvement in key water issues.

·         Gene Shawcroft, Commissioner, Colorado River Authority of Utah

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

3.    State Resource Management Plan

The commission will consider recommended changes to the state resource management plan statutes.

·         Dillon Hoyt, Natural Resource Planner, Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

4.    U.S. Forest Service Ruling on E-bikes

The commission will discuss the recent ruling by the U.S. Forest Service on e-bikes.

·         Representative Carl Albrecht

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

5.    Impact of the New National Monument Along the Utah/Arizona Border

The commission will discuss the impacts that the newly created Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument has on Utah, including utilities lines, historical grazing lands, and mineral extraction.

·         Representative Carl Albrecht

·         Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

6.    Moab Trails Closure by the Bureau of Land Management

The commission will discuss the recent decision by the Bureau of Land Management to close approximately one-third of the off-road trail miles around Moab.

·         Representative Carl Albrecht

·         Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

7.    Legislative Jurisdiction of Federally Controlled Lands

The commission will receive an update of the law of legislative jurisdiction on federally controlled areas within states.

·         Representative Ken Ivory

·         Public Comment

·         Commission Discussion/Action

 

 

8.    Other Commission Business

 

 

9.    Adjourn