Natural resources, agriculture, & environment interim committee

Members of the public may participate remotely in the meeting by visiting the committee’s webpage to access the live streaming options: https://le.utah.gov/committee/committee.jsp?year=2025&com=INTNAE

Approximate

timeframe

1:15

1. Committee Business

· Call to order

· Approval of the meeting minutes from October 15, 2025

· Other committee business

1:20

2. Draft Legislation: Pest Control Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, Pest Control Amendments, which addresses pest control regulations, such as the permitting of ornamental and turf technicians.

· Chair Keven Stratton

· Robert Hougaard, Director, UDAF Plant Industry Division

· Committee discussion/action

1:40

9:05

3. Draft Legislation: Used Oil Management Act Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, Used Oil Management Act Amendments, which increases the recycling fee on the sale of lubricating oil and grants rulemaking authority to the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.

· Committee staff

· Doug Hansen, Director, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

· Committee discussion/action

2:00

4. Draft Legislation: State Weed Committee Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, State Weed Committee Amendments, which extends the sunset of the State Weed Committee by 10 years (see Utah Code 63I-1-204).

· Committee staff

· Committee discussion/action

2:05

5. Draft Legislation: Soil Health Program Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, Soil Health Program Amendments, which extends the sunset of the Soil Health Program by 10 years (see Utah Code 63I-1-204).

· Committee staff

· Committee discussion/action

2:10

6. Draft Legislation: Lead Acid Battery Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, Lead Acid Battery Amendments, which removes Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 6, Lead Acid Battery Disposal, from the Utah Sunset Act (see Utah Code 63I-1-219).

· Committee staff

· Committee discussion/action

2:15

7. Draft Legislation: Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, “Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments,” which clarifies the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office’s role and implements distribution accountability requirements for non-public education trust beneficiaries.

· Sen. Derrin Owens

· Liz Mumford, Program Manager, Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office

· Committee discussion/action

2:35

8. Draft Legislation: School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments

The committee will consider draft legislation, School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments, which addresses the preservation of culturally or scientifically significant sites on trust lands.

· Rep. Carl Albrecht

· Michelle McConkie, Director, Utah Trust Lands Administration

· Leland Pollock, Commissioner, Garfield County

· Committee discussion/action

2:55

9. Air Quality Sunsets

The committee will review two sunsetting programs: Plantwide Applicability Limitations and the Permit-by-Rule Registration Expansion Study (see Utah Code 63I-1-219).

· Bryce Bird, Director, Division of Air Quality

· Tim Davis, Director, Department of Environmental Quality

· Committee discussion/action

3:05

10. Water Reporting

The committee will hear two reports relating to water.

A. Legislative Water Development Commission

· Commission staff

B. Water Infrastructure Fee Study

· Candice Hasenyager, Director, Division of Water Resources

· Eric Daenitz, Zion’s Bank

3:15

11. Mineral Surety Study

The committee will hear a required report from the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining regarding surety requirements (see Utah Code 40-8-14.5). The study requirement was enacted by H.B. 34, Mineral Surety Study, a committee bill passed during the 2025 General Session.

· Mick Thomas, Director, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining,

· Rachel Terry, Director, Division of Risk Management

· Committee discussion/action

3:30

12. Trigg Minerals

The committee will hear a presentation on the Antimony Canyon project.

· Andre Booyzen, Managing Director, Trigg Minerals

· Committee discussion/action

3:45

13. Adjourn