Date: 11/10/2015

Final
Water Resources Review Committee

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Approve Memorials A and B and Resolution A recommePass Without Objection



09:25 AM -- Water Resources Review Committee

Senator Roberts, Water Resources Review Committee chair, came to the table to present Memorials A and B and Joint Resolution A recommended by the committee. She explained that the resolution is recommended jointly by the Water Resources Review Committee and Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the memorials and resolution, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment H.

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The memorials and resolution are as follows:

Memorial A - Good Samaritan Protection for Voluntary Remediation of Abandoned Mine. This memorial urges Congress to pass legislation establishing a good Samaritan exemption from liability under the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

Memorial B - Wildfire Funding. This memorial urges Congress to enact laws necessary to protect federal land management agencies' ability to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires and manage the lands within their jurisdiction by funding catastrophic wildfire response in a manner analogous to that used for other natural disasters.

Resolution A - Timely Access to Federal Lands for Dam Restoration. This resolution urges the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to respond promptly to requests for permission to access a dam to maintain, repair, or rehabilitate it.
BILL:Water Resources Review Committee
TIME: 09:26:58 AM
MOVED:Roberts
MOTION:Approve Memorials A and B and Resolution A recommended by the Water Resources Review Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection