03/21/2011 01:00 PM House RESOURCES

             HB  89-EXTRACTION OF BEDLOAD MATERIAL                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
2:41:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FEIGE announced  that the final order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO.  89, "An Act  authorizing the  commissioner of                                                               
natural  resources to  offer bedload  material  for disposal  for                                                               
flood  control  purposes in  exchange  for  a percentage  of  the                                                               
profit from  the sale of  that material."  [Before  the committee                                                               
was CSHB  89, Version 27-LS0334\B,  Bullock, 3/11/11,  as amended                                                               
and  adopted as  the  working  document at  the  March 14,  2011,                                                               
hearing.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:41:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR   SEATON  clarified   that  the   site  specific   flood                                                               
mitigation plan approved  by the commissioner is not  drawn up by                                                               
the commissioner, rather  it's done by a local  flood district or                                                               
the municipality.   The site specific flood  mitigation plans are                                                               
a function  of the locality  not a function of  the commissioner.                                                               
Co-Chair  Seaton  also  clarified   that  the  amendment  adopted                                                               
calling for plans to be  reviewed by a professional engineer with                                                               
relevant  experience   would  include  experience  as   a  stream                                                               
hydrologist.    The  commissioner will  determine  what  relevant                                                               
experience is necessary for a  particular project in a particular                                                               
flood mitigation plan, and therefore it could vary.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:43:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MUNOZ  moved  to  report  CSHB  89,  Version  27-                                                               
LS0334\B,  Bullock, 3/11/11,  as amended,  out of  committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There  being no  objection, CSHB  89(RES) was  reported from  the                                                               
House Resources Standing Committee.