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	STATE OF VERMONT House

 

House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife

 

AGENDA

 

Room 47

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/31/2018 10:07 AM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

10:00 AM          House Floor

 

immediately following adjournment          Caucuses

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly

 

15 minutes after floor          H. 636 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife subjects

Mark up

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Ellen Czajkowski, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9:00 AM          Electronic Notice Bulletin

Jessica Mendizabal, Process Analyst, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:00 AM          H. 576 - An act relating to stormwater management

Discussion and mark up

Ellen Czajkowski, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Rebekah Weber, Lake Champlain Lakekeeper, Conservation Law Foundation

Neil Kamman, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

11:30 AM          H. 636 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife subjects

Discussion

Ellen Czajkowski, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

15 mins after floor          Committee Business

 

30 minutes after floor          H. 559 - An act relating to miscellaneous environmental subjects

Mark up and vote

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Neil Kamman, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:00 AM          Government Accountability Committee Report

Report back and action on the indicators of outcomes

Internal sub committee and report presentation

 

10:00 AM          Coyote Report

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Kim Royar, Biologist, Fur Bear Project Leader, Department of Fish & Wildlife

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

15 mins after the floor          H. 549 - An act relating to the Petroleum Cleanup Fund

Harrison Amendment

Introduction and discussion

Rep. James Harrison

Rep. Michael Marcotte, Sponsor

Rebecca Ellis, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

Matt Cota, Lobbyist, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association

 

4:00 PM          Coyote Meeting

Committee hearing

Room 11

Brenna Galdenzi, President, Protect Our Wildlife

Barry Londeree, Vermont State Director, United States Humane Society

Alana Stevenson, Animal Behavior Specialist, Charlotte

Rob Mullen, Bolton

Jacqueline Carr, Essex Junction

Linda Huebner, Executive Director, Second Chance Animal Center, Shaftsbury - Phone

Jeff Mack , Citizen Advocate, Shoreham

Jennifer Lovett, Citizen Advocate, Stamford - Phone

Scott Skinner, Middlesex

Melissa Hoffman, Citizen Advocate, Vermont Coyote Coexistence Coalition - Phone

Rhonna Gable, Plainfield

Walter Medwid, Citizen Advocate, Vermont Wildlife Coalition - Phone

Renate Callahan, Johnson

Donna Underwood Owens, Citizen

Dennis Boggs, Citizen

Erik Hammond, Huntington

David Galasky, Moretown

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

9:30 AM          House Floor

 

15 mins after floor          Carbon Pricing Study

Introduction and discussion

 

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment - Phone

Johanna Miller, Energy & Climate Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Ben Edgerly Walsh, Climate & Energy Program Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Daniel Barlow, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          Carbon Pricing Study

Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Joseph Fusco, Chair, Casella Waste Systems

Bob Amelang, Rutland - Phone

Rick Wackernagel, Itinerant Climate Activist, Burlington

Linda McGinnis, Energy Action Network

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 10 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Christy Ketchel at 802-828-2266 or cketchel@leg.state.vt.us