STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Kent Eken, Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:16 P.M. on Thursday, March 15th, 2007, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
EKEN, Kent (Chair) MOE, Frank
HANSEN, Rick (Vice-Chair) OLIN, David
BRYNAERT, Kathy OZMENT, Dennis
CORNISH, Tony SAILER, Brita
GARDNER, Paul SCALZE, Bev
HACKBARTH, Tom THAO, Cy
HOPPE, Joe TINGELSTAD, Kathy
MARIANI, Carlos WAGENIUS, Jean
McNAMARA, Denny
Members excused:
DILL, David
A quorum was present.
Representative Brynaert moved approval of the minutes of March 13th, 2007. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
HF 1316 (Hortman) Mercury; certain mercury-containing products sales prohibited; sales, use, and disposal requirements modified; consumer information required; lamp recycling requirements modified; and mercury reduction at crematoriums provided.
Representative Moe moved HF 1316 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.
Chair Eken moved the
A07-0303 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken moved the
A07-0353 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken moved the
A07-0346 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken moved an oral amendment to HF 1316 as follows:
On lines 2.19 and 2.20 retain the stricken language "other than a motor vehicle".
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken moved an oral amendment to HF 1316 as follows:
On line 2.28 strike "12" and insert "10".
On line 3.9 strike "12" and insert "10".
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
People who testified on HF 1316:
Representative Melissa Hortman
Carin Skoog, Institute for Ag and Trade Policy
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Catherine Zimmer, Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, U of M.
Michael Lubrant, Program of Mortuary Science
Peder Larson, Mercury Waste Solutions Inc.
Brad Buscher, Mercury Waste Solutions Inc.
Cathy Moeger, Minnesota Polution Control Agency
Buzz Anderson, Minnesota Retailers Association
Representative Moe renewed his motion that HF 1316 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1476 (Knuth) Individual sewage treatment systems provisions modified.
Representative Hansen moved HF 1476 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Representative Hansen moved an oral amendment to HF 1476 as follows:
On lines 2.29 and 2.30 strike "January 1, 2008" and insert "within a year of the final adoption by the agency".
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
People who testified on HF 1476:
Representative Kate Knuth
Dennis Fink, Saint Louis County Commissioner
Gretchen Sabel, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Representative Hansen renewed his motion that HF 1476, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1663 (Moe) Wild rice; genetically-engineered organisms regulation provisions modified.
Representative Moe moved HF 1663 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Representative Moe moved an oral amendment to HF 1663 as follows:
On line 1.16 strike "state tribal leaders" and insert "federally recognized tribes".
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Moe moved the
A07-0354 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
People who testified on HF 1663:
George Goggleye Jr., Chairman, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Curt Kalk, Mille Lacs Reservation
Steve Blake, Twin Cities American Indian Movement
Craig Hagel
Phil Griffin, Life Science Alley
Tom Keliher, Bio Tech Industry Organization
Alan Richardson, White Earth Land Recovery Project
Representative Ozment moved and oral amendment to HF 1663 as follows:
On line 1.16 after "federally recognized tribes" add "within Minnesota".
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
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Representative Moe renewed his motion that HF 1663, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Hansen assumed the gavel at 5:45 P.M.
HF 1418 (Eken) Natural resources rulemaking authority state park permit, and other provisions modified; and Mineral Coordinating Committee expiration extended.
Chair Eken moved HF 1418 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations, Reform, Technology, and Elections.
Bob Meier, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, testified on HF 1418.
Chair Eken moved an oral amendment to HF 1418 as follows:
Delete Section 5.
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken moved an oral amendment to HF 1418 as follows:
On line 7.2 delete "236, article 1" and insert "273".
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken renewed his motion that HF 1418, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations, Reform, Technology, and Elections. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 1674 (Eken) Environmental review rules relating to biofuel production facilities adoption required.
Chair Eken moved HF 1674 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Chair Eken moved the
A07-0356 amendment.
Representative Wagenius moved an oral amendment to the
A07-0356 amendment as follows:
On line 1.12 after "process" and before the semicolon add "and reduce the groundwater needed for production".
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Eken renewed his motion to pass the
A07-0356 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken renewed his motion that HF 1674, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:01 P.M.
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Kent Eken, Chair
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Andrew Duerr, Committee Legislative Assistant