House Committee on Environment

 

AGENDA

 

Room EA and Zoom

February 11, 2025 - February 14, 2025

Last Updated 2/10/2025 5:23 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor & Caucus

 

-                                   Lunch

 

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

PFAS treatment, the capacity of the Coventry Landfill, and what the state is doing to site another landfill

Rep. Woodman Page, House Committee on Health Care

Matt Chapman, Director of Waste Management & Prevention Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Samuel Nicolai, P.E., VP Engineering and Compliance, Casella Waste Management

 

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

9:00 AM                   Vermont Outdoor Recreation Day

Shelby Semmes, Vice President, Trust for Public Lands

Molly Mahar, President, Vermont Ski Areas Association

 

9:30 AM                   Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

-Invited

Testimony on Agency of Natural Resources Report on Act 131

Martin Wolf, Wolf Sustainability

 

11:00 AM                   Sustainable Forestry

Colleen Goodridge, Vice President, Vermont Forest Products Association

Dana Doran, Executive Director, Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   TBD

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 13, 2025

9:00 AM                   Reserve Forest Land Category of Current Use Program

Keith Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

 

10:00 AM                   Act 59 Oversight

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

 

11:00 AM                   Wildlife Action Plan

Dr. Rosalind Renfrew, Wildlife Diversity Program Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Districts

Peter Danforth, Director, Lamoille County Conservation District

Cory Ross, Executive Director, Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District

Dan Koenemann, District Manager, Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, February 14, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition

Drew Watson, Policy Manager, The Nature Conservatory

Jaime Schulte, Monkton Town Forest Committee

Damian Boomhower, Owner, Bitter Sweet Valley Farms

Hannah Redmon, Project Manager, Trust for Public Land

Elise Shanbacker, Executive Director, Addison Housing Works

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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