Legislature(1993 - 1994)
02/16/1993 11:10 AM Senate O&G
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SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL & GAS
February 16, 1993
11:10 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Loren Leman, Chairman
Senator Rick Halford
Senator Bert Sharp
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Judith Salo
Senator Al Adams
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 81
"An Act repealing the 65-day time limit for approval or
disapproval of a proposed oil discharge contingency plan by
the Department of Environmental Conservation; and providing
for an effective date."
SENATE BILL NO. 90
"An Act clarifying powers and duties of state officials in
relation to a disaster emergency caused by a catastrophic
oil discharge or the release of a hazardous substance."
PREVIOUS ACTION
SB 81 - See Oil & Gas minutes dated 2/9/93.
SB 90 - No previous action to record.
WITNESS REGISTER
Jeff Morrison, Legislative Liaison
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 110900
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0900
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported SB 90.
Janice Adair, Assistant Commissioner
Department of Environmental Conservation
410 Willoughby Ave., #105
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1795
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported SB 90.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 93-2, SIDE A
Number 001
SENATOR LEMAN called the Special Committee on Oil and Gas
meeting to order at 11:10 a.m. and announced SB 81 REPEAL
65-DAY DEADLINE: OIL SPILL PLANS to be up for consideration.
SENATOR SHARP moved to discharge SB 81 from Committee with
individual recommendations. There were no objections and it
was so ordered.
SENATOR LEMAN announced SB 90 DECLARATION OF DISASTER
EMERGENCIES to be up for consideration.
JEFF MORRISON, Legislative Liaison, Division of Military and
Veterans Affairs, and JANICE ADAIR, Assistant Commissioner,
Department of Environmental Conservation, joined the
Committee.
MR. MORRISON said the bill is basically in two sections; the
second section is primarily a housekeeping section. The
first section eliminates confusion by deleting the language
saying something is automatically a disaster. This is
confusing because there are two different ways a disaster
can be declared. The Commissioners of the Department of
Environmental Conservation and the Department of Military
and Veteran's Affairs executed a memorandum agreeing to work
with this situation until it is clarified. This bill takes
away the automatic declaration and puts in statute that an
emergency isn't declared until it's declared by the
Governor.
Number 115
JANICE ADAIR agreed with Mr. Morrison's testimony. SB 90
resolves the conflict satisfactorily.
Number 136
SENATOR SHARP moved to discharge SB 90 from Committee with
individual recommendations. There were no objections and it
was so ordered.
Number 151
SENATOR LEMAN adjourned the meeting at 11:19 a.m.
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