AGENDA

Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Interim Committee

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Room 302 Capitol Building

Cheyenne, Wyoming

8:00 a.m.         Call to order/Roll call

Approval of minutes from May meeting

8:05 a.m.*       National pollutant discharge elimination system permitting process**

                                    Task force report – John Corra, Director DEQ

9:00 a.m.         Wage and benefit disparity study

                                    Michelle Aldrich, Chair, Wage Disparity Committee

                                    UW Professor John Jackson

10:00 a.m.     BREAK

10:15 a.m.       Air service in Wyoming

UW Professors Kenyon Griffin, Owen Phillips and Larry Weatherford

Patrick Pitet, Wyoming Business Council

Sonjia Murray, Wyoming Business Council

Shelly Reams, WYDOT Aeronautics Division

Noon               LUNCH

1:00 p.m.         Tourism issues

                                    Diane Shober, Wyoming Business Council

                                    Patrick Sweeney and Paul Smith, Wyoming Tourism Board

1:30 p.m.         Progress report on transmission planning initiative

                                    Steve Waddington - Governor's Energy Policy Advisor

2:00 p.m.         Enhanced Oil Recovery

                                    Benefits to the State of Wyoming and potential State activity

                                    UW Professor Dag Nummedal

Discussion - James Barlow, Andy Franklin, Rick Robitaille, Ambassador Tom Stroock, Steve Waddington, Peter Wold

                                    Proposals for legislation – Steve Waddington

*  The Committee anticipates a full day's work and thus will endeavor to maintain the timeframes established.

**  The Committee will take public comment after each scheduled presentation.