AGENDA
Joint Minerals, Business and Economic Development Interim Committee
September 20 and 21, 2010
Teton County Commission Chamber
200 South Willow Street, Jackson, Wyoming
(September 17, 2010)
This agenda sets forth the order in which the Committee will consider each topic. The times stated are tentative – if a topic is concluded early, the Committee will proceed to the next topic. Topics not completed on the first day may be carried over to the second day. The names stated are tentative – if the named person is unable to make the presentation, another person may be substituted.
Monday, September 20, 2010
8:30 a.m. Call to Order/Roll Call/Opening remarks/ Approval of June Minutes
8:35 a.m. 1. University of Wyoming (2 hours)
A. School of Energy Resources
Mark Northam, Director of the School of Energy Resources
Updates and future plans
Report #537 – Revenues, expenditures and benefits to Wyoming's energy economy
Uranium Discussion
Uranium Symposium Report – Mark Northam
Wyoming Uranium Development – Donna Wichers, Senior Vice President, ISR Operations, Uranium One Americas
B. Report #643 – Clean Coal Technologies in Wyoming
Mark Northam
Rob Wallace, Manager of Government Relations for GE Energy and Clean Coal Task Force Board Member
C. High Plains Gasification - Advanced Technology Center (HPG‑ATC) – Update on progress and recent developments.
Keith White, HPG-ATC Voting Member - GE Energy
Bill Gern, Vice-President for Research and Economic Development
D. Carbon Management – Wyoming Underground Storage Project (WY-CUSP)
Mark Northam
E. NCAR update
Bill Gern, Vice President for Research and Economic Development
MONDAY JOINT MINERALS AGENDA - CONTINUED
10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. 2. A. Wyoming Pipeline Authority (45 minutes)
Bill Hawks, Chairman of the Wyoming Pipeline Authority
Brian Jeffries, Executive Director of the Wyoming Pipeline Authority
John Masterson, Wyoming Pipeline Authority Counsel
1) Update on Proposed Pipeline Projects and Enhanced Oil Recovery
2) Ruby Pipeline Project Update – Larry Wolfe
3) Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0020.W3 – Wyoming pipeline authority.
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0020.W4 – Wyoming pipeline authority.
B. Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
Bret Jones, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority Board Member
Loyd Drain, Executive Director of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
John Masterson, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority Counsel
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0019.W3 – Wyoming infrastructure authority.
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0019.W4 – Wyoming infrastructure authority.
11:30 a.m. 3. Office of State Lands and Investments (30 minutes)
Susan Child, Deputy Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments
Discussion by OSLI on managing all state lands – Bebout request
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
1:30 p.m. 4. Wyoming Business Council (1 hour)
Bob Jensen, Chief Executive Officer
Clarene Law, Wyoming Business Council Board
Updates on Economic Development Programs and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Report #645 – Energy Conservation Improvement Program
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0111.W3 – Workforce housing infrastructure funds-reversion
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0112.W2 – Wyoming market research center
2:30 p.m. 5. Equal Access to Justice Act/Judgment Act (1/2 hour)
Funding of Environmental Litigation
Karen Budd-Falen, Western Legacy Alliance
3:00 p.m. BREAK
MONDAY JOINT MINERALS AGENDA - CONTINUED
3:15 p.m. 6. Coal Generation (45 minutes)
Updates on Production, Transportation, Transmission and Future Projections
Rob Hurless - Energy and Telecommunications Advisor to the Governor's Office
Marion Loomis, Executive Director of the Wyoming Mining Association
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0018.W1 – Coal value added facilities-tax exemptions.
4:00 p.m. 7. Energy and Land Trust Partnerships (15 minutes)
Wyoming Land Trust - Larry Wolfe, Board Member and Lara Ryan, Executive Director
Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust - Pamela Dewell, Executive Director
4:15 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENT
5:00 p.m. RECESS FOR THE DAY
Optional Tram Ride for Committee
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
8:30 a.m. Call to Order/Opening remarks
8. Wyoming Banking Commission (1 hour)
Jeff Vogel, Banking Commissioner
Collection Agency Regulation
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0017.W5 – Collection agencies.
9:30 a.m. BREAK
9:45 a.m. 9. Department of Environmental Quality
A. Landfills and Municipal Solid Waste Management
John Corra, Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Carl Anderson, Solid and Hazardous Waste Administrator
Update on Landfill Plans
Discussion on need for subcommittee on landfills
B. Permitting
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0116.W3 – Environmental quality-expedited permitting.
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0172.W5 – Mining permits.
TUESDAY JOINT MINERALS AGENDA - CONTINUED
C. U. S. EPA Greenhouse Tailoring Rule and Fracking Position Update
Rob Hurless - Energy and Telecommunications Advisor to the Governor's Office
John Corra
D. Air Quality – Southwest Wyoming
Update on Ozone Quality
John Corra, Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
1:30 p.m. E. Carbon Sequestration (30 Minutes)
Report #638 - Carbon Sequestration
Introduction – Wallace Urich, State Geologist
John Corra11LSO-0083.W4 – Contractor residency requirements
2:00 p.m. 10. Regulated Utility Eminent Domain and Line Extension Discussion (45 minutes)
Matt Grant, Rocky Mountain Power
2:45 p.m. BREAK
3:00 p.m. 11. Public Construction Statutes (1hour)
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0083.W4 – Contractor residency requirements.
Senator Bebout
Proposed legislation – 11LSO-0084.W2 – Public works contracts.
Senator Hastert
4:00 p.m. 12. Successor Liability - Discussion (20 minutes)
Representative Elaine Harvey
William "Bill" Gallagher, Senior Vice President Secretary and General Counsel, Crown Cork & Seal
Proposed legislation - 11LSO-0045.L1 – Successor corporation asbestos related liability act.
4:20 p.m. 13. Rare Earth Minerals – Discussion (20 minutes)
Don Ranta, President and CEO Rare Element Resources
4:40 p.m. GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
PUBLIC COMMENT
Next Meeting – November 29 and 30, 2010, Oil and Gas Conservation Building,
2211 King Blvd, Casper
ADJOURN: Upon Completion of Committee Business