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