Me Legislature's Environment & Natural Resources Committee - Feb 1, 2021 - Orientation Day speakers

 Committee intro

Report 1 Dalyn Houser,  Saco River Corridor Commission

Report 2 Leeann Hanson. Joint Environmental Training Coordinating Committee/

INTRODUCTIONS  (Each from to to 3 minutes long)

1. Acadia Center (Jeff Marks)

2. Agricycle Energy (Dan Bell)

3. American Chemistry Council (Margaret Gorman)

4. Associated General Contractors of Maine (Matt Marks)

5. Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (Jake Cassady)

6. Baxter Law (Holly Lusk)

7. Casella Resource Solutions (Jeff McBurnie)

8. Casella Waste Systems (Toni King)

9. Coalition for Community Solar Access (Kaitlin Kelly O’Neill)

10. Conservation Law Foundation (Sean Mahoney)

11. Consumer Brands Association (Greg Costa)

12. Consumer Healthcare Products Association (Carlos Gutiérrez) (No Show)

13. Defend Our Health (Sarah Woodbury)

14. Dirigo Partners (Garrett Mason)

15. Don’t Waste ME (Ed Spencer)

16. Drummond Woodsum (Joanna Tourangeau)

17. Eaton Peabody (Bill Ferdinand)

18. Ecomaine (Kevin Roche)

19. Efficiency Maine Trust (Michael Stoddard)

20. Environment Maine (Anya Fetcher).

21. Friends of Casco Bay (Ivy Frignoca)

22. Friends of Penobscot Bay (Ron Huber)

23. Glass Packaging Institute (Scott DeFife)

24. GrowSmart Maine (Nancy Smith)

25. Hart Public Policy (Deb Hart)

26. Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Maine (Carl Chretien) (No-show)

27. Hospitality Maine (Greg Dougal)

28. Industrial Energy Consumer Group (Tony Buxton)

29. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (Sharon Treat)

30. Island Institute (Nick Battista)

31. Maine Association of Planners (Tex Haeuser)

32. Maine Association of Wetland Scientists (Alieta Burman)

33. Maine Audubon (Eliza Donoghue)

34. Maine Beverage Association (Newell Augur)

35. Maine Conservation Voters (Beth Ahern)

36. Maine Dairy Industry Association (Julie-Marie Bickford)

37. Maine Farm Bureau (Julie Ann Smith)

38. Maine Farmland Trust (Ellen Griswold)

39. Maine Forest Products Council (Patrick Strauch)

40. Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association (Christine Cummings)

41 Closing remarks /End of meeting

Seven Maine Mining bills gets public hearing. The People speak

The Maine Legislature' s Environment and Natural Resources Committee held a public hearing on March 20, 2017 on seven mining related bills before it : LD 160,  LD 253,  LD 254,  LD 395,  LD 580,   LD 685  & LD 820   Listen to  an always increasing selection of these speakers  (Full audio recording of 3/20/17 mining public hearings available by request )

First Nations

Representative Henry John Bear Maliseet Nation introduces chiefs . 45sec

Maliseet Chief Brenda Commander 5min 40sec

Peter Paul Chief MicMac Nation 1 min 59sec

Rep Henry John Bear testimony 4 min 45sec 

Citizen activists

Jody Spear 4 minutes, 15 seconds

Karin Spitfire 2 minutes 
John F. Slack. 3min 38sec 

ENGOs 
Jeff Reardon- Trout Unlimited 6min 19sec
Heather Spaulding MOFGA. 3min 15 sec
Caitlyn Bernard, Appalachian Mountain Club 2min 38sec
Nick Bennett  NRCM 3min 12 sec

Politician

Chris Johnson 5min 47sec 

Bills under review at hearing

LD 160,An Act To Prohibit the Mining of Massive Sulfide Ore Deposits under the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act,Rep. Robert Duchesne of Hudson

LD 253,  An Act To Repeal the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act - Rep. RalphChapman of Brooksville

LD 254, An Act To Implement a Moratorium on Metallic Mineral Mining - Rep. Ralph Chapman of Brooksville

LD 395,  Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 200: Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining, a Major Substantive Rule  MDEP

LD 580, An Act To Modify the Mining Laws - Sen. Thomas Saviello of Franklin
LD 685 An Act To Establish the Mining Advisory Panel. Rep. Chapman of Brooksville

LD 820 An Act To Protect Maine's Clean Water and Taxpayers from Mining Pollution Sen. Carson of Cumberland