SB159

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Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Environmental Resources
Senate Bill 159
Relating to: drilling beneath the beds of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters to explore for or produce oil or gas.
By Senators Cowles, Baumgart, Burke, Risser, Jauch, Rosenzweig, Wirch, Decker and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Krawczyk, Ryba, Black, Plouff, Richards, Pocan and La Fave.

April 25, 2001 Referred to Committee on Environmental Resources.

May 10, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (4) Senators Baumgart, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.

Absent: (1) Senator Hansen.

Appearances for
· Senator Robert Cowles, author
· Larry Lynch, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
· Richard Bogovich, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin's Environmental Decade

· Caryl Terrell, Madison, WI, for Sierra Club, John Muir Chapter

Appearances against

· Jeff Schoepke, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

Appearances for Information Only

· None

Registrations for
· Kerry Schumann, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG)
· J. F. Fleming, Milwaukee, WI, for the City of Milwaukee
· Diefer Bingemann, Madison, WI, for himself
· Senator Fred Risser, Madison, WI, for himself
· Senator Rick Grobschmidt, Madison, WI, for 7th Senate District
· Emma Rose, Madison, WI, for herself

· Udi Lazimy, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Environmental Jewish Initiative

Registrations against
· Erin Roth, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Petroleum Council
· Jessica Becker, Madison, WI, for herself

· Kira Williams, Madison, WI, for herself

May 31, 2001 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (5) Senators Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Senator Cowles, seconded by Senator Hansen, that Senate Bill 159

be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (5) Senators Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch (Polling), Cowles and Schultz.
Noes: (0) None.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent 0

Committee Clerk