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  • Sen. Christopher Bray, Chair
  • Sen. Brian Campion, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Mark A. MacDonald
  • Sen. John Rodgers
  • Sen. Christopher A. Pearson

Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

April 24, 2018 - April 27, 2018

Last Updated 4/27/2018 10:24 AM

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

8:30 AM                   H. 559 - An act relating to miscellaneous environmental subjects

Committee Discussion and vote

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

 

9:10 AM                   Adjourn

 

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

8:30 AM                   H. 636 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife subjects

Committee Discussion and vote

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Colonel Jason Batchelder, Game Warden, Department of Fish & Wildlife

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

Barry Londeree, Vermont State Director, United States Humane Society

Brenna Galdenzi, President, Protect Our Wildlife - Invited

Mike Covey, Vermont Tradition Coalition

Ed Larson, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition

 

9:30 AM                   H. 663 - An act relating to municipal land use regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Stephanie Smith, Chief Policy Enforcement Officer, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Invited

Kate McCarthy, Sustainable Communities Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Andrea Stander, Consultant, Rural Vermont

Alex Weinhagen, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Planners Association - Invited

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

 

10:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

8:30 AM                   H. 410 - An act relating to adding products to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Dan Potter, Energy Policy and Program Analyst, Department of Public Service

Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety

Gerald Garrow, Chief Plumbing Inspector, Department of Public Safety

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, Vermont Public Power Supply

Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission

Stephanie Smith, Chief Policy Enforcement Officer, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation

 

10:15 AM                   H. 636 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife subjects

Committee Discussion and vote

 

10:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 27, 2018

8:30 AM                   H. 904 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Committee Discussion and vote

Diane Snelling, Chair, Natural Resources Board

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

Jamey Fidel, General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Michael Synder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation

 

9:30 AM                   H. 636 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife subjects

Committee Discussion

 

 

10:00 AM                   H. 663 - An act relating to municipal land use regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

Committee Discussion and vote

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Stephanie Smith, Chief Policy Enforcement Officer, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers

Andrea Stander, Consultant, Rural Vermont

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 6 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

 Jude Newman at 828-2296 or jnewman@leg.state.vt.us