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Capital Investment

FIRST JOINT MEETING - NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

2023-2024 Regular Session - Wednesday, February 28, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION


JOINT CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE MINUTES

Representative Lee, Chair of the Capital Investment Committee, called the joint meeting of the Capital Investment Committee and the Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee to order at 2:00 PM on February 28, 2024, in the Basement Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Capital Investment Members Present:
LEE, Fue, Chair
REYER, Liz, Vice-Chair
URDAHL, Dean, Republican Lead
CARROLL, Ned
FOGELMAN, Marj
FRANSON, Mary
HANSEN, Rick
HUSSEIN, Samakab
KOZLOWSKI, Liish
LILLIE, Leon
MYERS, Andrew
SKRABA, Roger
WEST, Nolan
XIONG, Jay

Capital Investment Members Excused:
GROSSELL, Matt
PELOWSKI, Gene
WOLGAMOTT, Dan

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Members Present:
HANSEN, Rick, Chair
BLISS, Matt
BRAND, Jeff
BURKEL, John
LEE, Fue
PURSELL, Kristi
SKRABA, Roger
VANG, Samantha

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Members Excused:
JORDAN, Sydney, Vice-Chair
HEINTZEMAN, Josh, Republican Lead
EDELSON, Heather
FINKE, Leigh
FISCHER, Peter
GILLMAN, Dawn
JACOB, Steven
LISLEGARD, Dave

A quorum was present.

Presentation from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office on PFAs and Infrastructure.

Presenting:
• Peter Surdo, Special Assistant Attorney General, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office



Presentation from Safer States on State Action for PFAs.

Presenting:
• Gretchen Salter, Strategic Advisor, Safer States

Chair Hansen assumed the gavel at 2:41 PM.

Presentation from Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.

Presenting:
• Abigail Hendershott, Executive Director of Michigan PFAs Action Response Team, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy

Chair Lee assumed the gavel at 3:22 PM.

The Capital Investment committee adjourned at 3:30 PM.

The Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy committee recessed at 3:30 PM.




Representative Fue Lee, Chair



Alayna Smieja, Committee Legislative Assistant



More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
View Archive

PFAS and infrastructure.
00:54 -- Legal status of the 3M settlement and multistate settlement.
29:17 -- PFAS: State Action.
1:01:54 -- Michigan perspective on PFAS.
The House Capital Investment Committee adjourned.
The Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee recessed.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.


PFAS and Infrastructure Overview

Note: The Environment Finance and Policy Committee will recess at the end of the Joint Hearing and reconvene as their own committee at 3:45 pm.

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