House Committee on Environment

 

AGENDA

 

Room EA and Zoom

January 6, 2026 - January 9, 2026

Last Updated 1/7/2026 4:15 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-environment.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Water Law Overview

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

 

3:00 PM                   Current Water Issues

Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee

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

 

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

9:00 AM                   Wildlands Designations

Zack Porter, Director, Standing Trees

 

10:30 AM                   Rewilding the Northeast

John Davis, Rewilding Advocate, Adirondack Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's State of the State Address

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, January 8, 2026

9:00 AM                   Land Use Review Board

This is a Joint Hearing with Senate Natural Resources and Energy, Room 11 and will be livestreamed on House Environment YouTube Channel

Janet Hurley, Chair, Land Use Review Board

Peter Gill, Executive Director, Land Use Review Board

Brooke Dingledine, Board Member, Land Use Review Board

 

11:00 AM                   Bottle Bill

This is a Joint Hearing with Senate Natural Resources and Energy, Room 11 and will be livestreamed on House Environment YouTube channel

Resa Demino, Principal, Resource Recycling Systems

Rachel Pearlman, Primary Researcher, Resource Recycling Systems

Josh Kelly, Solid Waste Program Manager, Waste Management and Prevention Division, Department of Environmental Conservation, Agency of Natural Resources

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   DEC and Miscellaneous Bill

Neil Kamman, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, January 9, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

11:15 AM                   DEC Miscellaneous Bill

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

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Cat Morgan at Cat.Morgan@vtleg.gov