Tentative AGENDA

Joint Minerals, Business and

Economic Development Interim Committee

Thursday, August 26, 2004 and

Friday, August 27, 2004

Oil and Gas Building

Casper, Wyoming

This agenda sets forth the order in which the Committee will consider each matter, without specific time frames allotted.  The Committee will take public comment after each scheduled presentation.  The Committee will take a one-hour lunch break.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

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

1.            Mortgage Lenders and Brokers (2 hours)

                        Jeff Vogel, Banking Commissioner

Review of 05LSO-074

2.            Economic Development

Economic Development Options - Cynthia Lummis, State Treasurer (1 hour)

Wyoming Business Council - Tucker Fagan, Wyoming Business Council (1 hour)

Business Ready Community – Update and review of 05LSO -____

Air Services Enhancement - Update

Partnership Challenge Loan Program – Update and review of 05LSO-_____

3.            Environmental Quality (2 hours)

Leaking underground storage tanks - Postpone

Coal Bed Methane Permitting - Update

Regional haze - Update

Landfills – Review of 05LSO-___(Article 19)

 - Review of 05LSO-     (Article 20)

John Corra, Department of Environmental Quality

4.            Reclamation Bonds for Mineral Production – Update (1/2 hour)

Marion Loomis, Wyoming Mining Association

Friday, August 27, 2004

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

1.            Infrastructure Authority – Update (1 hour)

Steve Ellenbecker, Governor's Office

2.            Wyoming Business Technology Center - Update (1/2 hour)

Rick Miller, University of Wyoming

3.            Alternative Construction Methods (1-2 hours)

Fred Bronnenberg, Wyoming Contractor's Association

Review 05LSO-075

4.            Royalties in Kind - Update (1 hour)

Lynne Boomgaarden, Office of State Lands and Investments

ADJOURN