House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife

 

AGENDA

 

Room 47

April 23, 2019 - April 26, 2019

Last Updated 5/1/2019 10:02 AM

 

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -   Meeting today in Ethan Allen Room.

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Introduction by Sponsor.

Sen. Christopher Bray, Sponsor

 

1:30 PM                   S. 96 - An act relating to the provision of water quality services

Discussion and Possible Vote.

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

Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources

Charles Baker, Executive Director, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

Lyn Munno, Director, Watershed United Vermont

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - Meeting Today in Ethan Allen Room

9:00 AM                   19-0040 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Pittsford

Chris Smid, President, New England Slate Company

Craig Markcrow, Owner and President, Vermont Structural Slate Company

Richard Hill, Owner and CEO, Greenstone Slate Company

John Hill, Greenstone Slate Company

Charles Brown, Owner and President, Brown's Quarried Slate Products Company

 

9:45 AM                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Walk-through.

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

 

10:30 AM                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

John King, Vice President, Foley Distributing

Judith Enck, Visiting Professor Bennington College;, Founder of Beyond Plastics

Louis Celt, Student, Bennington College

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

10 min. after Floor                   S. 96 - An act relating to the provision of water quality services

Committee Discussion.

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

Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

 

Thursday, April 25, 2019 - Check Agenda for Room Assignment.

9:00 AM                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Room 47

Brad Braddon, General Manager of Technology, Tekni-Plex Co

Paul Poe, Co-Director, Government Affairs, Dart Container

Andrew Hackman, Lobbyist, Ameripen

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:15 AM                   S. 96 - An act relating to the provision of water quality services

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

Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Jill Arace, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources

Charles Baker, Executive Director, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

Lyn Munno, Director, Watershed United Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

10 min. after Floor                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Ethan Allen Room

Patrick Moreland, Assistant City Manager, Brattleboro - Phone

Katie Reilly, Senior Manager, Environmental and Sustainability Policy, Consumer Technology Association - Phone

Anne Watson, Mayor, Montpelier

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Maggie Eaton, Resident, New Haven

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

 

Friday, April 26, 2019 -  Meeting Today in Ethan Allen Room.

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10 min. after Floor                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association

Jen Duggan, Vice President/Director, Conservation Law Foundation

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Melinda Petter, Resident, Williston VT

Heather McLane, Social Studies Teacher, Montpelier High School

Chloe Reynolds, Student, Montpelier High School

Aquinnah Fleisher, Student, Montpelier High School

Caleb Richardson, Student, Montpelier High School

Braeden Adams, Student, Montpelier High School

Jack Grossman, Student, University of Vermont

Evan Kaye, Student, University of Vermont

 

2:00 PM                   S. 113 - An act relating to the prohibition of plastic carryout bags, expanded polystyrene, and single-use plastic straws

Walk-through and Mark-up.

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

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association & Bayada Home Health

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 4 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

 Laura Bozarth at 802-828-2266 or lbozarth@leg.state.vt.us