HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                                    
                February 11, 1999                                                                                               
                     10:04am                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                          COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Overview:  Oil Spill Response and Procedures                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  99-4, SIDE A                                                                                                                  
  99-5, SIDE A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
  REPRESENTATIVE JIM WHITAKER, Chairman, convened the House                                                                     
  Special Committee on Oil and Gas at 10:04 a.m.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
  Committee members present at the call to order were                                                                           
  Representatives Whitaker, Harris, Dyson, Phillips, Smalley,                                                                   
  Brice and Kemplen. Representatives Porter and Ogan were                                                                       
  excused.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
  SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
  CAPTAIN DENNIS EGAN, Chief of Maritime Planning Division,                                                                     
  United States Coast Guard, presented information to the                                                                       
  committee relating to responsibilities and procedures of the                                                                  
  Coast Guard regarding oil spills.   In addition, Captain Egan                                                                 
  answered questions from committee members.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  LARRY DIETRICK, Director of Spill Prevention and Response,                                                                    
  Department of Environmental Conservation, discussed the                                                                       
  Department's responsibilities associated with oil spill                                                                       
  response and answered questions from committee members.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
  COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
  The committee took no action                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
  REPRESENTATIVE WHITAKER adjourned the meeting at 11:46 a.m.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
  NOTE:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.                                                                
  A copy of the tapes 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.