Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 1/18/2019 8:44 AM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   DEC WMPD Division Overview

Chuck Schwer, Waste Management and Prevention Division Director, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:30 AM                   Biennial Solid Waste Report

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

 

11:30 AM                   Committee  Discussion

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

8:30 AM                   River Corridor, Floodplain Protection and Lake Shoreland Management Report

Peter LaFlamme, Director, Watershed Management Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

9:00 AM                   River Corridor, Floodplain Protection and Lake Shoreland Management Report

Mike Kline, Program Manager, Watershed Management Division, Rivers Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

9:30 AM                   River Corridor, Floodplain Protection and Lake Shoreland Management Report

Perry Thomas, Program Manager, Watershed Management Division, Lakes and Ponds Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

Peter LaFlamme, Director, Watershed Management Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   Clean Water Investment Report

Emily Bird, Assistant Program Manager, Nonpoint Source Coordinator, Vermont Clean Water Initiative Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

Ethan Swift, Monitoring, Assessment and Planning Program Manager, WSMD, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

11:15 AM                   Tactical Basin Planning Report

Ethan Swift, Monitoring, Assessment and Planning Program Manager, WSMD, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

9:00 AM                   DEC AQCD Division Overview

Dr. Heidi Hales, Air Quality and Climate Division Director, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

9:30 AM                   DEC DWGWPD Division Overview

Ellen ParrDoering, Assistant Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Bryan Redmond, Director, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   Clean Water Program Revisions

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

Matthew Chapman, General Counsel, Department of Environmental Conservation

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

12:30 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

8:30 AM                   PFAS

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

Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:20 AM                   PFAS

 Continued

Ken Rumelt, Senior Attorney, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Sarah Vose, State Toxicologist, Department of Health

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 8 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