TENTATIVE  AGENDA

 

Joint Minerals, Business and

Economic Development Interim Committee

 

October 4, 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.

 

 

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

8:00 a.m.         Call to Order/Roll Call/Opening Remarks

 

8:05 a.m.         Department of Environmental Quality leaking underground storage tanks

John Corra, Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

 

                        Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0031.W4– Storage tank remediation program.

 

Wyoming Pipeline Authority

Mark Doelger, Chairman WPA, Bryan Hassler, Executive Director

 

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0166.W2 – State engagement in pipeline works.

 

Wyoming Infrastructure Authority

                        Steve Waddington, Executive Director

 

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0167.W2– State engagement in transmission line works.

 

                        Incentives for new projects/new technologies and continuity of existing industrial facilities

                        Wendy Lowe, Powder River Coal Company

 

                                    Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0168.W2– Industrial facilities.

 

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0169.W2– Clean coal technology.

 

 

12:00 – 1:00 pm.        Lunch Break

 

 

October 4, 2006 (Continued)

 

 

1:00 pm.          Tourism Board within the Wyoming Business Council

Tucker Fagan, Chief Executive Officer Wyoming Business Council

Gene Bryan, Chair Wyoming Tourism Board

 

Proposed Legislation – 07LSO-0170.W3 – Wyoming Tourism Board.

 

                        Workforce training and development - Update

Western Wyoming Community College Collaborative Workforce Training Program

                        Wyoming National Guard Youth Challenge Program

 

                        Community Assistance for Energy Impacts – Update

                        Lynne Boomgaarden, Director Office of State Lands and Investments

 

Workforce housing infrastructure – Subcommittee Update

Senator John Schiffer and Representative Tom Lockhart

 

                        Reports and Updates

                        Report # 537 – University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources

 

 

4:00 p.m.         Public Comment

 

 

4:30 p.m.         General Committee discussion including agenda items for future meetings

 

 

5:00 p.m.         ADJOURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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