03/24/1999 01:22 PM House RES

         HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                   March 24, 1999                                                                                               
                     1:22 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMISSION ON FEDERAL AREAS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
TAPE(S)                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
99-18, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Jerry Sanders, Co-Chair, convened the House                                                                      
Resources Standing Committee meeting at 1:22 p.m.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives                                                             
Sanders, Ogan, Harris, Morgan, Whitaker and Joule.  Representatives                                                             
Masek, Barnes and Kapsner were excused.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
STAN LEAPHART, Executive Director, Citizens' Advisory Commission on                                                             
Federal Areas (CACFA), gave an overview on the following current                                                                
federal land management issues:  the Bureau of Land Management                                                                  
proposed 3809 Surface Management Regulations; the Fortymile Wild                                                                
and Scenic River long-term camping plan; the U.S. Forest Service                                                                
suspension of road construction and reconstruction in unroaded                                                                  
areas; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife notice issued to prepare an                                                                   
environmental impact statement on a natural gas pipeline                                                                        
right-of-way application in the Kenai Wildlife Refuge; the Outer                                                                
Continental Shelf revenue-sharing bills in Congress; the Glacier                                                                
Bay Fisheries Act; snowmachine access in Denali National Park; and                                                              
the review of the 16 management plans for Alaska's refuge areas.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
STEVE PORTER, Chairman,  Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal                                                               
Areas (CACFA), explained the composition of the commission and                                                                  
noted an opening that could be filled by a rural member, as was                                                                 
suggested by Representative Joule.  Mr. Porter explained that the                                                               
purpose of CACFA is to make sure that residents know of federal                                                                 
area decisions, and that they have reasonable opportunities to                                                                  
comment.  Because CACFA has received flat funding the past few                                                                  
years, there is a lot of volunteer work being done; in addition,                                                                
there is excellent support from other state agencies.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was recessed at 2:14 p.m.  [The hearing on HB 109 is                                                                
found in the minutes for 2:17 p.m. on this same date; HB 131 was                                                                
scheduled but not heard.]                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                                                                   
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                                                                
second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, in the                                                             
Legislative Reference Library.