House Committee on Environment

 

AGENDA

 

Room EA and Zoom

February 4, 2025 - February 7, 2025

Last Updated 2/4/2025 3:08 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

10:00 AM                   House  Floor & Caucuses

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Phosphorus Reduction Modeling

Emily Bird, Program Manager, Clean Water Initiative, Department of Environmental Conservation, Agency of Natural Resources

Claire Madden, Clean Water Initiative Program Tracking & Accounting Supervisor, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

2:10 PM                   Per- and Polyflouroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Sylvia Knight, Earth Community Advocate and Researcher, Vermont Pesticide and Poison Action Network

 

2:30 PM                   Green Mountain Water Environment Association

Stormwater, wastewater and PFAS.

Christine Dougherty, President GMWEA and Public Works Assistant Director, Town of Williston, Green Mountain Water Environment Association

Matt Dow, Director of Wastewater, City of Burlington, Green Mountain Water Environment Association

Christina Adams, Vice President GMWEA and Industrial Sales Manager, Resource Management Inc., Green Mountain Water Environment Association

Harry Shepard, Second Vice President GMWEA and Public Works Director, Town of Stowe, Green Mountain Water Environment Association

 

3:00 PM                   Beavers in Vermont

John Aberth, Flint Brook Wildlife Rescue

Robert Hyams, Riverscape Ecology/ HRS LLC

 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

9:00 AM                   Act 59 Oversight

An introduction to Vermont Housing and Conservation Board and their work with Act 59, Community Resiliency and Biodiversity Protection

Trey Martin, Director of Conservation and Rural Community Development

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

Pollaidh Major, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

 

10:30 AM                   Per- and Polyflouroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Anna Seuberling, Environmental Advocate, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Katie Pelch, Senior Scientist, Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council

Anna Reade, Director, PFAS Advocacy, Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Per- and Polyflouroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Kelly Ault, Executive Director, Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance

Mike Bald, Founder and Owner, Got Weeds?

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 6, 2025

9:00 AM                   Three Acre Storm Rule

Bill Houston, Concerned Citizen

Page Kaleita, Concerned Citizen

Tom Dipietro, Director of Public Works, South Burlington

Neil Kamman, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

Kevin Burke, Stormwater Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation, Watershed Management Division

 

10:30 AM                   Apex Species and Landscape Restoration

Emily Carrollo, Cougar Research Collaborative Project Coordinator, Panthera

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 AM                   TBD

 

Friday, February 7, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Functioning Floodplain Initiative and Floodplain Management

Rebecca Pfeiffer, River Corridor and Floodplain Protection Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation, Watershed Management Division

Staci Pomeroy, Department of Environmental Conservation, Watershed Management Division

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBD

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Anika Adams at aeadams@leg.state.vt.us