AB547

AB547 AB547
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Environment
Assembly Bill 547
Relating to: environmental regulation of mining and notice to transferees of interests in mining sites.
By Representatives McCormick, Krawczyk, Bies, Underheim, Meyerhofer, La Fave, Sherman, Black, Ryba, Miller, Berceau and Huber; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Erpenbach, Shibilski and Decker.

October 10, 2001 Referred to Committee on Environment.

February 19, 2002 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (9) Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Ott, Powers, Vrakas, Pocan, Bock, Miller and J. Lehman.

Absent: (1) Representative Gunderson.

Appearances for
· State Representative Terri McCormick, 56th Assembly District
· State Representative Judy Krawczyk, 88th Assembly District
· Al Milham, Vice Chair - Forest County Potawatomi
· Jeff Crawford, Attorney General - Forest County Potawatomi
· Dr. Robert Ham - Forest County Potawatomi
· Peter Thibodeau - Forest County Potawatomi
· Dr. Doug Hambley - Forest County Potawatomi
· Chuck Sleeter, Chairman - Town of Nashville
· Claire Schmidt, WI Environmental Decade
· Zolton Grossman, Wolf Watershed Educational Project
· Tom Wilson, Northern Thunder
· Ken Fish, Menominee Indian Tribe
· Claire Vanderslke, Ozaukee County League of Women Voters
· Clyde Winter, Grafton, WI

· Coleen Poler, Crandon, WI

Appearances against
· Ray Carey, Nicolet Minerals Company
· Tracy Milhalko, Nicolet Minerals Company
· Al Savoie, Chairman, Town of Lincoln
· Steve Kircher, Nicolet Minerals Company
· Scot Rasmussen, Laona, WI
· Russell Kazmierczak, Laona, WI
· Lynn Smith, Nicolet Minerals Company
· Melissa Kircher, Laona, WI
· Donald Kircher, Laona, WI
· Pat DeWitt, Mayor, City of Crandon
· Joan Hansen, WI Manufacturers and Commmerce

· Bob Glaser, Steelworkers Union

Appearances for Information Only
· Larry Lynch, WI Department of Natural Resources

· Charles Hammer, WI Department of Natural Resources

Registrations for
· Senator Dave Hansen, 30th Senate District
· Christine Munson, Midwest Treaty Network
· Debra McNutt-Grassmer, Midwest Treaty Network
· Marcus Looze, Madison, WI
· Mark Redsten, Madison, WI
· Shauna Cook, Madison, WI
· Liz Wessel, Madison, WI
· Barry Ashenfelter, WI League of Conservation Voters
· Barbara Grau, Bayside, WI
· Todd Hansen, WI Stewardship Network
· Ricardo Jomarron, Madison, WI
· Dave Blouin, Sierra Club
· Caryl Terrell, Sierra Club
· Robert Munson, Mosinee, WI
· Tom Soles, Walleyes for Tomorrow
· Barbara Munson, Mosinee, WI
· Linda Sturnot, Mining Impact Coalition of WI
· Bonnie Mayer, Mining Impact Coalition of WI
· Tom Krajewski, Forest County Potawatomi

· Daniel Smith, Wabeno, WI

Registrations against
· Sam Wilcox, Iron Workers
· Wilmer Kramer, Laona, WI
· John Neilitz, Laona, WI
· Jolene Plautz, Madison, WI
· John Hess, Laona, WI
· Carolyn Schallock, Crandon, WI
· Joyce Kircher, Laona, WI

· Emerick Zoromski, Wittenburg, WI

March 14, 2002 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Dan Johnson
Committee Clerk