04/11/1994 03:36 PM Senate RES

                   SENATE RESOURCES COMMITTEE                                  
                         April 11, 1994                                        
                           3:36 P.M.                                           
 MEMBERS PRESENT                                                               
                                                                               
 Senator Mike Miller, Chairman                                                 
 Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chairman                                            
 Senator Steve Frank                                                           
 Senator Drue Pearce                                                           
 Senator Al Adams                                                              
 Senator Fred Zharoff                                                          
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
 Senator Dave Donley                                                           
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 18                                           
 Requesting the governor to offer the United States Congress                   
 $10,000,000,000 in cash, or other terms that may be negotiated                
 between the state and the federal government, to purchase all                 
 federal land, water, or land and water, including any surface or              
 subsurface interests, in Alaska other than military reservations              
 and federal offices, to have the federal government relinquish all            
 dominion, control, and regulatory authority over all land, water,             
 or land and water, including surface or subsurface interests, in              
 Alaska other than military reservations and federal offices, and              
 providing a bonus if certain federal agencies are removed from the            
 state within six months of the federal sale to the state and                  
 relinquishment of control.                                                    
                                                                               
 Commissioner Harry Noah                                                       
 Department of Natural Resources                                               
                                                                               
 PREVIOUS ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
 SCR 18 - See Resources minutes dated 4/8/94.                                  
                                                                               
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 Number 001                                                                    
 CHAIRMAN MILLER called the Resources Committee meeting to order at            
 3:36 p.m. and announced  SCR 18  (PURCHASE FEDERAL LAND FROM THE              
 U.S.) to be up for consideration.                                             
 SENATOR LEMAN moved to pass SCR 18 from committee with individual             
 recommendations.  SENATORS MILLER, LEMAN, PEARCE, and FRANK voted             
 yes; SENATOR ADAMS voted no and the bill passed.                              
 SENATOR MILLER announced they would hear from Harry A. Noah,                  
 Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources.                          
                                                                               
 COMMISSIONER NOAH said he had graduated from Humboldt State with a            
 degree in Resource Management.  He started out by working on land             
 use plans and then preparing impact statement for various                     
 environmental groups.  He came to Alaska in 1980 to work on the               
 Greens Creek project and worked on the Red Dog Project, north of              
 Kotzebue.  He worked on the gas line for the Governor and then                
 worked in the Western United States for a group of mining companies           
 dealing with resource problem areas.                                          
                                                                               
 SENATOR MILLER thanked him for attending the meeting and he said              
 they had the standard letter for the committee.                               
                                                                               
 SENATOR MILLER said there were also six members of the Big Game               
 Commercial Service Board, Commercial Fishing Entry Commission, and            
 the Board of Game.                                                            
                                                                               
 SENATOR ADAMS said he was prepared to forward all names to a joint            
 session.                                                                      
                                                                               
 SENATOR MILLER asked if anyone had any comments.  No one had any              
 objections.                                                                   
                                                                               
 SENATOR MILLER adjourned the meeting at 3:43 p.m.