01/16/2002 08:10 AM House MLV

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
            HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND                                                                           
                       VETERANS' AFFAIRS                                                                                      
                        January 16, 2002                                                                                        
                           8:10 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:    MAJOR  GENERAL PHILLIP  OATES,  ADJUTANT  GENERAL  -                                                               
TERRORISM DISASTER POLICY CABINET;  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & FINANCIAL                                                               
INFORMATION                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02-3, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                             
02-4, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MIKE CHENAULT,  Chair, called  the House  Special                                                               
Committee on Military  and Veterans' Affairs meeting  to order at                                                               
8:10 a.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members  present were Representatives  Chenault, Masek,                                                               
Murkowski,  Cissna, and  Hayes.   Other legislators  present were                                                               
Representatives Dyson and Lancaster, and Senator Phillips.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MAJOR  GENERAL  PHILLIP   OATES,  Adjutant  General/Commissioner,                                                               
Department   of   Military   and  Veterans'   Affairs,   answered                                                               
legislators'    questions   specific    to   each    department's                                                               
subcommittee reports and stated specific recommendations.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
JIM   DUNCAN,   Commissioner,   Department   Of   Administration,                                                               
discussed recommendations of  the Telecommunications Subcommittee                                                               
on the Governor's Terrorism Disaster Policy Cabinet Report.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
GARY L.  HAYDEN, Director,  Construction, M&O,  Southeast Region,                                                               
Department  of  Transportation   &  Public  Facilities,  answered                                                               
questions  specific   to  whether  or  not   the  Department  had                                                               
considered shutting down public access to the Dalton Highway.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DEL  SMITH, Deputy  Commissioner,  Department  Of Public  Safety,                                                               
addressed  statewide communication  capabilities during  times of                                                               
disaster or terrorist  threats.  He discussed  having a statewide                                                               
test project.   Commissioner Smith  brought up protection  of the                                                               
Alaska  pipeline  and  having a  security  checkpoint  along  the                                                               
Dalton Highway,  which is  now being manned  by the  Alaska State                                                               
Troopers and the Alaska Defense Force.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
COLONEL  RANDY  CRAWFORD,  Director,  Division  of  Alaska  State                                                               
Troopers,  Department  of  Public Safety,  answered  legislators'                                                               
questions regarding  top priorities,  the listed  military bases,                                                               
and the Port  of Anchorage.  He expressed a  need to work closely                                                               
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PAT  POURCHOT,  Commissioner,  Department Of  Natural  Resources,                                                               
examined the possibility of a  threat to Anchorage's water supply                                                               
at Eklutna Lake and explained  that the department was beefing up                                                               
its protection.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CHENAULT adjourned the House  Special Committee on Military                                                               
and Veterans' Affairs meeting at 9:45 a.m.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.