1.
Committee Business
·
Call
to order
·
Approval
of the meeting minutes for
·
Other
committee business
2.
A
Performance Audit of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
The committee will hear
from the Office of the Legislative Auditor General (OLAG) and the School and
Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) regarding the findings of
OLAG’s recent audit of SITLA.
·
Brian Dean, Deputy Auditor
General, OLAG
·
Matthias Boone, Supervisor,
OLAG
·
Andrew Poulter, Lead
Auditor, OLAG
·
Michelle McConkie,
Director, SITLA
·
Warren Peterson, Chair, SITLA
Board of Trustees
·
Committee discussion/action
3.
Predator
Control Measures Report
The committee will hear
a status report on predator control measures from the Division of Wildlife
Resources, as required by Section 23A-11-302.
·
J. Shirley, Director, Division of Wildlife Resources
·
Committee discussion/action
4.
Great Salt Lake
Commissioner Report
The committee will hear the first
annual report of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner, as required by Section
73-32-202.
·
Brian Steed, Great Salt
Lake Commissioner
·
Tim Davis, Great Salt Lake Deputy
Commissioner
·
Committee discussion/action
5. Draft Legislation: State Water
Policy Amendments
The committee will
consider draft legislation that amends the state water policy. The chairs requested
the draft legislation after the committee’s discussion of potential changes to
the state water policy in the June meeting.
·
Committee staff
·
Committee discussion/action
6.
Groundwater
Levels
The
committee will hear about groundwater levels statewide, including areas of the
state facing issues due to declining groundwater levels.
·
Teresa Wilhelmsen, State
Engineer and Director, Division of Water Rights
·
Bill Keach, State Geologist
and Director, Utah Geological Society
·
Hugh Hurlow, Groundwater
Program Manager, Utah Geological Society
·
Committee discussion/action
7.
Financial Assurances for
Mining Operators
The committee will discuss whether Utah
should modernize the state’s mineral bonding laws to reflect current financial
assurance options.
·
Mick Thomas, Director,
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
·
Committee discussion/action
8.
Other Items/Adjourn