SB 163-NATL. RES. WATER NOMINATION/DESIGNATION                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:06:52 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  GIESSEL announced  consideration of  SB 163  [version CSSB                                                               
163, 29-GS2916\I, as conceptually amended  on 4/1, was before the                                                               
committee].  She said  the  conceptual  amendment referenced  the                                                               
correct  federal  law  and  invited Ms.  Hale,  Director  of  the                                                               
Division of Water, to explain the differences.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:08:05 PM                                                                                                                    
MICHELLE  HALE,  Director,  Division   of  Water,  Department  of                                                               
Environmental Conservation (DEC),  Juneau, Alaska, explained that                                                               
40 CFR 230.3 was  changed to 40 CFR 122.2 on page  6, line 14, to                                                               
reference  the correct  definition of  "waters of  the U.S."  The                                                               
definition  in  40 CFR  230.3  relates  to  the Dredge  and  Fill                                                               
Program;  40 CFR  122.2  relates to  the  Point Source  Discharge                                                               
Program, which is the reference that should be used in SB 163.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COSTELLO  moved to  report  CSSB  163(RES), version  29-                                                               
GS2916\I as  conceptually amended from committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations  and newly  attached fiscal  notes, one  from DEC                                                               
OMB  component 2062,  dated  March  31, 2016  at  3:15 p.m.,  OMB                                                               
component 3002 from  DNR dated April 1, 2016 at  12:a.m., and OMB                                                               
component  486 from  the ADF&G  dated April  2, 2016  at 11  a.m.                                                               
There were no objections and it was so ordered.