Legislature(1999 - 2000)
04/26/2000 06:00 PM House 001
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SCR 1
April 26, 2000
6:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Drue Pearce, Co-Chair
Representative Ramona Barnes, Co-Chair
Senator John Torgerson
Representative Beth Kerttula
Senator Johnny Ellis
Representative Gail Phillips
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1
Suspending provisions of Rule 1(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska
State Legislature, relating to proportional minority membership on
standing committees as it applies to the Senate Finance Committee
during the Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature.
-MOVED CCS SCR 1 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS ACTION
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
1/19/99 8 (S) SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Y15 N4 A1
1/19/99 8 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME
1/19/99 9 (S) READ SECOND TIME AND ON FINAL PASSAGE
1/19/99 9 (S) PASSED Y14 N5 A1 SCR 1
1/19/99 23 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
1/21/99 44 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
1/21/99 44 (H) RLS
4/20/00 Text (H) RLS AT 9:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
4/20/00 Text (H) Moved HCS SCR 1(RLS) Out of Committee
4/20/00 3343 (H) RLS RPT HCS(RLS) NT 4DP 1NR
4/20/00 3344 (H) TITLE CHANGE AUTHORIZED BY HCR 27
4/20/00 3344 (H) DP: JOULE, PHILLIPS, KOTT, COWDERY;
4/20/00 3344 (H) NR: GREEN
4/20/00 3344 (H) ZERO FISCAL NOTE (H.RLS)
4/20/00 3374 (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/20/00
4/20/00 3374 (H) READ THE SECOND TIME
4/20/00 3374 (H) RLS HCS ADOPTED Y29 N8 A3
4/20/00 3375 (H) PASSED Y29 N11
4/20/00 3387 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
4/25/00 3489 (S) FAILED CONCUR (H) AM Y- N20
4/25/00 3489 (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
4/25/00 3489 (S) *PEARCE, TORGERSON, ELLIS
4/25/00 3505 (H) FAILED RECEDE (H) AM N40
4/25/00 3506 (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
4/25/00 3506 (H) *BARNES, PHILLIPS, KERTTULA
4/26/00 Text (S) 001 AT 10:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
4/26/00 Text (H) 001 AT 5:00 PM CAPITOL 120
4/26/00 Text (H) Time to be Announced
4/26/00 Text (S) 001 AT 5:45 PM BUTROVICH 205
ACTION NARRATIVE
Tape 00-01, Side A
SCR 1-MOTORIZED OIL TRANSPORT TASK FORCE
CO-CHAIR SENATOR DRUE PEARCE called the Conference Committee on SCR
1 to order at 6:00 p.m. Present were Senators Pearce, Torgerson,
and Ellis and Representatives Barnes, Phillips and Kerttula.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE announced that a proposed conference committee
substitute for SCR 1 (labeled Version M) was before conferees.
CO-CHAIR Barnes moved to adopt Version M as the conference
committee substitute.
There being no objection, CO-CHAIR PEARCE announced that Version M
was adopted.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE explained the changes from the House version of SCR
1 as follows.
On page 2, line 1, rather than designating a specified number
of members, CCS SCR 1 creates a task force composed of an
unspecified number of members.
Subsection 12 was added which allows for other participants as
may be agreed to by the commissioner of the Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Senate and House members
of the task force. Inadvertently, no representatives from the
fishing industry or local governments were included. They
may, or may not, wish to be a part of the group.
Certain resolve clauses that referred to achieving response
planning were deleted because those references were
incorporated into SB 273.
Subsection (1) was changed to give DEC the burden of showing
why the response planning standard cannot be implemented using
containment equipment that is readily available for purchase
in the market.
Subsection (2) was rewritten and now speaks to the practical
measures used to implement the standard West of 157 degrees
longitude or North of 62 degrees latitude. Alternative
compliance measures will be necessary in far Western Alaska
waters.
Subsection (3) is new: it directs the task force to recommend
and report on the use of fleet plans, vessel agents, generic
contingency plans, etc., that will help meet the response
planning standard.
Subsection (4) requires that the task force report include
inspections measures to be included in the regulations.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS asked if drills and exercises need to be
identified separately.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE explained that the contingency planning process
includes drills and exercises as part of the statute so a specific
reference is unnecessary.
REPRESENTATIVE KERTTULA said the language in subsection (1) on page
3 is confusing but it is her understanding that the task force will
be able to look at all of the ways that tankers and the railroad
can achieve their contingency plans so that they will not be stuck
trying to prove a negative.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE agreed but noted the task force will not be
revisiting contingency plans for tankers.
REPRESENTATIVE KERTTULA said she meant non-tankers.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE stated an ongoing concern has been expressed that
as part of meeting the planning standards, the contingency plan
holders are going to have to purchase a tremendous amount of new
equipment. She disagrees and maintains that the amount of
equipment in place is probably sufficient, if not overly so in some
cases. She expects the costs to go down in terms of maintaining
that equipment. For example, Cook Inlet shippers do not want to
see a task force come back and recommend an escort vessel be used
in Cook Inlet for the cargo carriers. She said she does not expect
to see that happen.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS suggested including a due date for the
submittal of the task force report in the last "further resolved"
clause.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE noted the due date for the report is included in
the bill on page 3, line 15.
There being no further discussion, CO-CHAIR BARNES moved to adopt
the conference committee report for SCR 1.
CO-CHAIR PEARCE announced that, with no objection, the motion
carried. She pointed out that a new zero fiscal note is
forthcoming from the conference committee.
There being no further business to come before the committee, CO-
CHAIR PEARCE adjourned the meeting at 6:09 p.m.
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