1.
Committee Business
·
Approval
of the minutes of the
2.
Draft
Legislation: Water Shareholder
Amendments
The committee will
consider draft legislation that addresses change applications by a shareholder
in a water company. The committee requested the draft legislation in its
September meeting.
·
Chair Sandall
·
Committee discussion/action
3.
Draft
Legislation: Industrial Hemp Amendments
The committee will
consider draft legislation that addresses industrial hemp. The committee
requested the draft legislation in its August meeting.
·
Chair Brooks
·
Committee discussion/action
4.
Draft Legislation: Agricultural
Tourism Amendments
The committee will consider draft
legislation that addresses agritourism activities.
·
Rep. Albrecht
·
Craig Buttars, Commissioner,
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
·
Terry Camp, Vice President of
Public Policy, Utah Farm Bureau Federation
·
Committee discussion/action
5. Mining Permitting Processes
The committee opened a
bill file in its June meeting to address procedural changes to Title 40,
Mining and Mines, related to the permitting process. The committee will
receive an update on the committee bill file.
·
Rep. Lund
·
Committee discussion
6.
A Performance
Audit of Utah’s Water Management
The
committee will receive and review a report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor
General on its audit of Utah’s water management.
·
Darin Underwood, Deputy
Auditor General, Office of the Legislative Auditor General
·
Madison Hoover, Performance
Audit Supervisor, Office of the Legislative Auditor General
·
Committee discussion
7.
Lithium Development
The committee will hear about a lithium
development project near Green River and Moab and discuss the challenges and policies
that impact such developments.
·
Bruce Richardson, CEO,
Anson Resources/A1 Lithium/Blackstone Minerals
·
Committee discussion
8.
Utah Seismic Safety
Commission
The committee will receive
recommendations for improving Utah’s seismic resilience from the Utah Seismic
Safety Commission.
·
Robert Grow, Chair, Utah Seismic
Safety Commission
·
Ari Bruening, President and
CEO, Envision Utah
·
Committee discussion
9.
GSL Integrated Water
Assessment
The committee will receive a report on
the progress and findings of the Great Salt Lake integrated water assessment,
including the impact of low impact development storm water permitting on the
Great Salt Lake.
·
Committee staff
·
Candice Hasenyager,
Director, Division of Water Resources
·
Committee discussion
10. Cannabis
Fees
The committee will discuss the Utah
Department of Agriculture and Food’s cannabis fees.
·
Melanie Henderson, Director
of Finance, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
·
Committee discussion
11. Other Items/Adjourn