02/14/2001 01:10 PM House RES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                       February 14, 2001                                                                                        
                           1:10 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  FEDERAL CO-MANAGEMENT                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-11, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              

01-12, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   BEVERLY  MASEK,   Co-Chair,  called   the  House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee to order at 1:10 p.m.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were  Representatives Masek,  Scalzi,                                                               
Fate, Green, Chenault, Stevens, Kapsner, and Kerttula.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TOM  BOYD,  U.S.  Fish  &  Wildlife  Service,  described  to  the                                                               
committee  the structure  of the  Office of  Subsistence and  the                                                               
history  of federal  and state  judicial disputes.   He  stressed                                                               
that the Federal  arm is seeking to work with  the state body and                                                               
with the Native corporations.   A copy of his entire presentation                                                               
was provided in committee packets.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
FRANK  RUE,  Commissioner, Alaska  Department  of  Fish and  Game                                                               
(ADF&G), gave  a presentation  to the  committee that  focused on                                                               
dual management.  He stressed that  the goal of the department is                                                               
to protect the  resources and the users of the  resources, and to                                                               
regain state management of Alaska's resources.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
LAURA  BOTTGER,  Assistant  Attorney General,  Natural  Resources                                                               
Section,   Civil  Division   (Anchorage),   Department  of   Law,                                                               
testified via  teleconference.   When asked  about the  U.S. Army                                                               
Corps  of  Engineers'  definition   of  "navigable  waters,"  she                                                               
clarified that it  is difficult to say when a  case would be ripe                                                               
for litigation.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
RON SOMERVILLE, Consultant to the  Senate/House Majority, who had                                                               
been  asked to  look at  the co-management  issue, presented  his                                                               
finding that  the federal arm  has managed Alaska's  resources in                                                               
an  intrusive  manner.    Mr. Somerville  said  he  has  numerous                                                               
examples of his findings for overlapping programs.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no committee announcements.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee  thanked its presenters  and decided that  it would                                                               
like to  hear another overview at  some point from the  office of                                                               
the Attorney General.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR MASEK  adjourned the House Resources  Standing Committee                                                               
meeting at 3:25 p.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.