The Saturday Summary is a weekly roundup of some of ICIE’s activities in and around the Idaho Legislature. Staffing limits mean we can’t cover every meeting. If there’s an item of interest to you at an upcoming meeting of one of the environment or agriculture committees, let us know and we’ll try to cover it. Agendas are available at www.state.id.us. Click on “Legislative” and click on “Calendars and agendas.”
Members of ICIE’s Environmental/Regulatory Affairs (E/RA) Committee gave a presentation to the House Environment, Energy & Technology Committee on Rules, Guidance and Stringency. This was fifth presentation to a legislative committee on the topic for this session. The same cast of characters were introduced by Norm Semanko, Chairman of the E/RA Committee —Roy Eiguren, Eiguren Public Law & Policy; Jack Lyman, Idaho Mining Association; Joan Cloonan, member of the Board of Environmental Quality and environmental consultant.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
ICIE Legislative Activities - ICIE's Saturday Summary 2/14/09
The Saturday Summary is a weekly roundup of some of ICIE’s activities in and around the Idaho Legislature. Staffing limits mean we can’t cover every meeting. If there’s an item of interest to you at an upcoming meeting of one of the environment or agriculture committees, let us know and we’ll try to cover it. Agendas are available at www.state.id.us. Click on “Legislative” and click on “Calendars and agendas.”
The House Resources and Conservation Committee, 2-11-09
The House Resources and Conservation Committee met on Wednesday to discuss a number of resolutions. Among which: a request to expand the duties of an interim committee to study the impacts of state policy initiatives designed to protect the value of working ranches, farms and forest land for other uses, which passed. Another resolution would have provided funding from license fees for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to administer a survey of hunters and fishermen regarding their views on the management practices of the department. This resolution, and a similar one following it were sent back to the bills’ sponsor for reworking.
House Environment, Energy & Technology Committee, 2-12-09
Rich Rayhill of Ridgeline Energy presented the committee with information on the New Energy Economy, focusing on his company’s development in wind energy. He noted that the Snake River Plain provides ideal wind conditions as the winds gain strength as they hit the mountains that boarder the plain, that wind energy is a factor of rotor diameter (a windmill rotor in 1981 was 10m, today it is 127 m), and that problems with birds have been alleviated by changes in machinery and intelligent placement. Rayhill further noted that wind can provide baseload energy need according to a recent study by Stanford. Representative Eskridge noted that this committee has demonstrated its willingness to get behind the wind energy, doing everything in their power to create incentives equivalent to other states that attract such industries.
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The House Resources and Conservation Committee, 2-11-09
The House Resources and Conservation Committee met on Wednesday to discuss a number of resolutions. Among which: a request to expand the duties of an interim committee to study the impacts of state policy initiatives designed to protect the value of working ranches, farms and forest land for other uses, which passed. Another resolution would have provided funding from license fees for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to administer a survey of hunters and fishermen regarding their views on the management practices of the department. This resolution, and a similar one following it were sent back to the bills’ sponsor for reworking.
House Environment, Energy & Technology Committee, 2-12-09
Rich Rayhill of Ridgeline Energy presented the committee with information on the New Energy Economy, focusing on his company’s development in wind energy. He noted that the Snake River Plain provides ideal wind conditions as the winds gain strength as they hit the mountains that boarder the plain, that wind energy is a factor of rotor diameter (a windmill rotor in 1981 was 10m, today it is 127 m), and that problems with birds have been alleviated by changes in machinery and intelligent placement. Rayhill further noted that wind can provide baseload energy need according to a recent study by Stanford. Representative Eskridge noted that this committee has demonstrated its willingness to get behind the wind energy, doing everything in their power to create incentives equivalent to other states that attract such industries.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
ICIE Legislative Activities - Saturday Summary 1/31/09
This is from a weekly roundup of some of ICIE’s activities in and around the Idaho Legislature. Staffing limits mean we can’t cover every meeting. If there’s an item of interest to you at an upcoming meeting of one of the environment or agriculture committees, let us know and we’ll try to cover it. Agendas are available at http://www.state.id.us/. Click on “Legislative” and click on “Calendars and agendas.”
Senate Health & Welfare Committee, 1-26-09 Members of ICIE’s Environmental/Regulatory Affairs (E/RA) Committee gave a presentation to the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Rules, Guidance and Stringency. Norm Semanko, Chairman of the E/RA Committee introduced the presenters—Roy Eiguren, Eiguren Public Law & Policy; Jack Lyman, Idaho Mining Association; Joan Cloonan, member of the Board of Environmental Quality and environmental consultant discussed the differences between rules and guidance and the issue of state stringency over federal rules. The same presentation was made the next day to the House Resources & Conservation Committee.
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