AB215

AB215 AB215
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Environment
Assembly Bill 215
Relating to: discharges of dredged or fill material into nonfederal wetlands.
By Representative Kedzie and Johnsrud.

March 15, 2001 Referred to Committee on Environment.

March 15, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (10) Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers, Vrakas, Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.

Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· State Representative Neal Kedzie, 43rd Assembly District
· Ron Kuehn, WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Association
· Jerry Deschane, WI Builders Association
· Mike Theo, WI Realtors Association
· Bill Carity, Brookfield, WI
· Tom Larson, WI Realtors Association
· Bill Suick, D'Onfrio, Kottke and Associates

· Ed Huck, WI Alliance of Cities

Appearances against
· State Representative Spencer Black, 77th Assembly District
· State Representative Joe Plouff, 29th Assembly District
· Charles Luthin, Wisconsin Wetlands Association
· Laura Hewitt, Trout Unlimited
· Keith Reopelle, WI Environmental Decade
· Brett Hulsey, Dane County Supervisor
· Don Hammes, Dane County Conservation League
· Greg Kidd, Madison, WI
· Alice Thompson, Thompson and Associates Wetland Services
· Jeff Bord, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association

· Caryl Terrell, Sierra Club, John Muir Chapter

Appearances for Information Only
· Darrell Bazzell, Secretary, WI Department of Natural Resources
· Mike Cain, WI Department of Natural Resources
· Kirk McVoy, WI Wetlands Association

· Bill McClenahan, Forest County Potowatomi

Registrations for

· State Representative Jeff Stone, 82nd Assembly District
· Don Simon, Madison, WI
· Kenyon Kies, WI Public Service Corp.
· Leigh Himebauch, Metropolitan Builders Association
· Pat Osborne, Aggregate Producers of Wisconsin
· Michael Semman, WI Builders Association
· Jeff Schoepke, WI Manufacturers and Commerce
· Paul Zimmerman, WI Farm Bureau
· Leon Church, Appleton, WI

· David Simon, Madison, WI

Registrations against
· Todd Ambs, River Alliance of Wisconsin
· Dave Czeslewicz, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
· Barbara Houghton, McFarland, WI
· Karen Etter Hale, Madison Audubon Society
· Bill Hallstrom, Green-Rock Audubon Society

· Galen Smith, Madison, WI

March 15, 2001 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (10) Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers, Vrakas, Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.

Absent: (0) None.

Moved by Representative Johnsrud, seconded by Representative Vrakas, that Assembly Bill 215

be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (6) Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Ott, Powers and Vrakas.
Noes: (4) Representatives Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.

Absent: (0) None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 4, Absent 0

Dan Johnson
Committee Clerk