House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources (Room 47)

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

9:00 AM

River Bills Discussion

H.466 - AN ACT RELATING TO RIVER MANAGEMENT AND FLUVIAL EROSION HAZARD PLANNING; H.482- STREAM ALTERATION; H.483- REQUIRING A STREAM ALTERATION PERMIT FOR REMOVAL OF TIMBER FROM WATERCOURSES; H. 519 - REGULATION OF FLOOD HAZARD AREAS; H. 546 - GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCY STREAM ALTERATION ACTIVITIES; H.563 -- REGULATION OF FLOOD HAZARD AREAS

• David Mears, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
• Rob Evans, River Corridor and Flood Plain Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation, Agency of Natural Resources
• Mike Kline, Rivers Program Manager, Agency of Natural Resources
• Peg Elmer, Associate Director & Assistant Professor, Vermont Law School
• Susan Donegan, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
• Ivy Frances, Chief, FEMA Floodplain Mgmt & Insurance Branch Mitigation Division
• Marli Rupe, District Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
• Jim Leland, Director Resource Management Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

FLOOR

15 Min After Floor

H.464 - An act relating to hydraulic fracturing wells for natural gas and oil production

Committee Discussion

3:00 PM

Critical Source Area Report

A presentation will be made in Room 10 from 3:00 - 4:30 and is open to all those interested in this report conducted by Stone Environmental for the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

• Mike Winchell, Senior Hydrologist, Stone Environmental, Inc.
• Julie Moore, Water Resources Manager, Stone Environmental
• Buzz Hoerr, Chair, Lake Champlain Citizens Advisory Committee