Joint Minerals Committee Agenda for Meeting August 28 & 29, 2006

AGENDA

Joint Minerals, Business and

Economic Development Interim Committee

August 28 and 29, 2006

Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Building

2211 King Boulevard

Casper, Wyoming

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. The names stated are tentative – if the named person is unable to make the presentation, another person may be substituted.

Monday, August 28, 2006

9:00 a.m. Call to Order/Roll Call/Opening Remarks

9:10 a.m. Wyoming Pipeline Authority

Mark Doelger, Chairman, Bryan Hassler, Executive Director

· Current Status on Rockies Express Pipeline

· Current Status on Special Study on oil pipeline take away capacity

· Update on Coalbed Methane Task Force – Senator Jennings

· Options to build environmentally friendly refineries– Rob Hurless

Wyoming Pipeline Authority and Wyoming Infrastructure Authority

Mark Doelger, Chairman WPA and Steve Waddington, Executive Director WIA

Constitutional Amendment to allow capacity purchases in pipelines and transmission systems

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0126.W3 – State engagement in pipeline and transmission line works.

Wyoming Infrastructure Authority

Steve Waddington, Executive Director

· FutureGen Experience

· Status of IGCC

· Status of Frontier line

· Status of TransWest Express line

Review of May 25, 2006 Committee meeting information on incentives for new projects/new technologies and continuity of existing industrial facilities and discussion of potential legislation

Marion Loomis, Wyoming Mining Association

Wendy Lowe, Powder River Coal Company

Bill Stafford, Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Public Comment on above topics as time allows

12:00 – 1:00 pm. Lunch Break

Monday, August 28, 2006 (continued)

1:00 pm. Department of Environmental Quality leaking underground storage tanks

John Corra, Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

Proposed Legislation – Storage tank remediation program.

Community Assistance for Energy Impacts

John Corra, Director, Department of Environmental Quality

Lynne Boomgaarden, Director Office of State Lands and Investments

Don Richards, Senior Research Analyst Legislative Service Office

Workforce housing infrastructure - update

Tucker Fagan, Chief Executive Officer Wyoming Business Council

Sharon Garland, Deputy Treasurer

George Axlund, Executive Director, Wyoming Community Development Authority

Wyoming Business Council

Tucker Fagan, Chief Executive Officer Wyoming Business Council

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0073.W1 – Wyoming business council-repeal of sunset.

4:00 p.m. Public Comment

5:00 p.m. RECESS FOR THE DAY

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

8:00 a.m. Call to Order/Opening remarks

8:10 a.m. Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs).

Steve Furtney, Chairman Public Service Commission

Bob Tarantola, PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power

Thor Nelson, Wyoming Industrial Energy Consumers

Chris Petrie, Office of Consumer Advocate

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0030.W7 – Electric utility resources.

University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources – Update

University of Wyoming Business Technology Center - Update

Rick Miller, VP for Governmental, Community & Legal Affairs, University of Wyoming

Myron Allen, VP for Academic Affairs, University of Wyoming

Workforce training and development

Gillette Career Technical Training Center - Senator Von Flatern

Wyoming Community College Commission - Jim Rose, Executive Director

Sioux Falls Technical Training/Community College Program – Ron Pasco and Nathan Bekke, Casper Area Economic Development Alliance