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Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
AGENDA
Room 8
February 11, 2020 - February 14, 2020
Last Updated 2/13/2020 9:02 AM
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
9:30 AM Senate Floor
10:00 AM VT Clean Water Initiative 2019 Performance Report
Walk-through
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
Emily Bird, Program Manager, Clean Water Initiative, Department of Environmental Conservation
Hannah Smith, Associate General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources
Padraic Monks, Stormwater Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation
11:00 AM Wetlands and Three Acre Permits
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
12:00 AM Adjourn
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
9:00 AM Solid Waste
Committee Discussion
9:30 AM Lake Champlain Action Plan
Walk-through
Mark Naud , Vice Chair, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee
Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland
Hilary Solomon, Manager, Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District
Lori Fisher, Chair, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
Wayne Elliott, committee member, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
Bob Fischer, Water Quality Superintendent, South Burlington
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Standards (RES) Tiers 1.2.3; Renewable Energy Credits (REC's) the Basics
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
12:00 AM Adjourn
Thursday, February 13, 2020
9:00 AM Act 250
Land Use Planning in VT
Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Peg Elmer Hough, Retired Planner, Citizen
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Act 250 Report
Diane Snelling, Chair, Natural Resources Board
Greg Boulbol, General Counsel, Natural Resources Board
12:00 AM Adjourn
Friday, February 14, 2020
9:00 AM PFAS Update
Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources
Chuck Schwer, Director, Waste Management Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
10:00 AM Renewal Energy Standards
Hantz Presume, Systems Planning Manager, VELCO
Josh Castonguay, Vice President of Chief Innovation Executive & Power Supply, Green Mountain Power
Craig Kieny, Power Supply Manager, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
11:30 AM Senate Floor
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 or comments, please contact
Jude Newman at 802-828-2296 or jnewman@leg.state.vt.us