STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
Environment Policy and Oversight Committee
MINUTES
Representative Kent Eken, Chair of the Environment Policy and Oversight Committee, called the meeting to order at 4:40 PM, on February 18, 2010, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Eken (Chair)
Gardner (Vice-Chair)
Bigham
Dill
Falk
Hansen
Juhnke
Persell
Sailer
Sterner
Thissen
Wagenius
McNamara
Cornish
Drazkowski
Hackbarth
Loon
Anderson
A quorum was not present.
A quorum was present at 4:41 PM.
Representative Anderson moved that the minutes from February 16, 2010 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Eken invited the following people to provide informational testimony on landfill financial assurance and siting (FASIT) rules:
Tim Scherkenbach, Pollution Control Agency-Deputy Commissioner
Lisa Thorvig, Pollution Control Agency
David Richfield, Pollution Control Agency
Gary Pulford, Pollution Control Agency
Mike Robertson, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Annalee Garletz, Association of Minnesota Counties
Mike Hanan, Otter Tail and Wadena County
Dennis Siems, Olmsted County
Fred Doran, R.W. Beck and Co.
Dave Engstrom, Friends of Washington County
Dean Johnston, Mayor of Lake Elmo
Peg Larson, City of Lakeland Councilwoman
The meeting was adjourned at 6:54 PM
Representative Kent Eken, Chair
Diogo Reis
Committee Legislative Assistant