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COMM ITTEE M EETING I NFORM ATIO N September 23-24, 2013 Niobrara County Fairgrounds Lusk, Wyoming

COMM ITTEE M EM BERS PRESENT Senator Gerald E. Geis, Cochairman Representative Mark Semlek, Cochairman Senator Ogden Driskill Senator Fred Emerich Senator Larry Hicks Representative Stan Blake Representative Rita Campbell Representative John Eklund Representative Mike Greear Representative Hans Hunt Representative Robert McKim Representative Nathan Winters Representative Dan Zwonitzer

COMM ITTEE M EM BERS NOT PRESENT Senator Wayne Johnson

LEGISL ATIVE SERVICE OFFICE ST AF F Josh Anderson, Staff Attorney Matt Sackett, Research Manager

OTHERS PRESENT AT M EETING Please refer to Appendix 1 to review the Subcommittee Sign-in Sheet for a list of other individuals who attended the meeting.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Committee met for two days in Lusk. The Committee received agency updates from the State Engineer's Office, the Office of State Lands and Investments, the State Forester, the Wyoming Livestock Board, the State Veterinarian, the Department of Agriculture and the Wyoming Water Development Office. The Committee voted to sponsor five bills as Committee bills for the upcoming Legislative session: 14LSO-0021 – Water well permits; 14LSO-0022 – Groundwater contested cases; 14LSO-0019 – Agency land sale, acquisition and exchange authority; 14LSO-0150 – Brucellosis surveillance; and 14LSO-0020 – Pest control compact.

CALL TO ORDER (SEPTEMBER 23, 2013) Co-Chairman Geis called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. The following sections summarize the Committee proceedings by topic. Please refer to Appendix 2 to review the Committee Meeting Agenda.

WYOMING STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE Mr. Pat Tyrell, State Engineer, provided an agency update to the Committee. He noted that the Laramie County control area had been extended until March but that there is a chance it could end before then. Mr. Tyrell noted that there had been in increase in the frequency of transferring coal bed methane wells to other uses. He stated that the interest in converting the well bores had been for use by ranchers predominately. He noted that it is important to be cautious about partially abandoned wells and there is a need for a defined process. He stated that they are working with the oil and gas commission to make sure the wells are transferrable and to make sure that the transferees understand that there is an obligation to plug the wells if they are not used.

Mr. Tyrell noted that the Colorado river is in pretty dire shape, even with the recent rain. He noted that it is not at a huge issue in Wyoming, but we do have uses that we need to protect. He noted that the dam safety staff had been allowed to go to Colorado in response to the flooding there.

14LSO-0021.W1 – Water well permits Mr. Tyrell provided a copy of a bill on water well permits to the Committee (see Appendix 3 for a copy of the bill). Mr. Tyrell then explained the bill. He noted that one example for the application of the bill is with uranium development which can involve dozens up to hundreds of wells with no consumptive use of the water. He stated that his office has looked at multiple ways of handling these such as providing for one permit per 40 acres. He noted that the bill was intended for industrial operations.

After additional discussion, Representative Zwonitzer moved that the Committee sponsor the bill as a house bill and the motion was seconded.

Senator Hicks moved that the bill be amended on page 2-line 16 by deleting "at his discretion", on page 2- line 17 after "wells" by inserting "for industrial uses for in situ mining and dewatering" and on page 2-line 19 after "for a" by deleting the balance of the line and inserting "single purpose within the department of environmental quality permit boundary". The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

Representative Hunt moved that the bill be amended to be effective immediately. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

The bill as amended passed with a roll call vote of 11 ayes and 2 noes. See vote form attached to the bill.

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14LSO-0022.W1 – Groundwater contested cases Mr. Tyrell provided a copy of a bill on groundwater contested cases to the Committee (see Appendix 4 for a copy of the bill). Mr. Tyrell the explained the bill. He noted that they had not had this type of case until about 2 years ago and at that time they found the language in the statute to be confusing. He stated that it was not the intent to change the process but the intent was mostly to clarify the process that they thought made the most sense when they finally had to hold a contested case hearing.

Representative Zwonitzer moved that the Committee sponsor the bill as a Senate File and the motion was seconded.

Senator Hicks moved that the bill be amended by reinserting the stricken language on page 5-line 4 through "relies." on page 5-line 6 and on page 5-line 22 by deleting "by the state granted". The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

The bill as amended passed with a roll call vote of 12 ayes and 1 no. See vote form attached to the bill.

14LSO-0023.W1 – Well completion Mr. Tyrell provided a copy of a bill on well completion to the Committee (see Appendix 5 for a copy of the bill). Mr. Tyrell explained the bill. He noted the bill would change the determination of when the well is complete to when it has a pump installed. He noted that the idea is not to require a pump at all times and after the well is complete it would be possible to move the pump to another well as necessary.

Senator Emerich moved that the Committee consider sponsoring the bill as a Committee bill and the motion was seconded. After additional discussion, the bill failed with a roll call vote of 3 ayes and 10 noes. See vote form attached to the bill.

Groundwater permit fees Mr. Tyrell provided a handout to the Committee related to a proposed increase in the groundwater permit fees (see Appendix 6 for a copy of the handout). He noted that the water well drillers licensing board had experienced a few bumps in the road but now things are going well. He stated that they now have 281 members with licenses. Mr. Tyrell explained the handout and noted that the increase in fees would allow the board to make a position permanent. He noted that the increase would represent about $60,000 in additional funds which would be used for that position. He stated that the board, while not broke, is also not flush because the revenues can fluctuate from $40,000 per year to $4,000 per year and that it was important for the regulated community pay for that board.

Representative Zwonitzer moved that the Committee consider sponsoring the proposed fee increase as committee bill and the motion was seconded. After additional discussion the motion failed by a roll call vote of 2 ayes and 11 noes. See Appendix 7 for a copy of the vote form.

OFFICE OF STATE LANDS AND INVESTMENTS Mr. Ryan Lance of State Lands and Investments provided a handout to the Committee of a summary of State trust land revenue (see Appendix 8 for a copy of the handout). He noted that the sale in Teton generated $16 million for use for acquisition of federal land which is kept in separate account. He stated that under the Trust Land Preservation Enhancement Account they are continuing with the tin-can alley remediation. He stated that they had already spent $1.6 million and the cost to clean up asbestos at the site would require an additional $400 thousand to $1.5 million. In response to a question he noted that the source of the asbestos was siding material dumped at the site and while there are some suspicions as to how it got there, it was hard to prove anything. He noted that the agency was working on a report on

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institutional acquired lands in response to the bill passed last year and that they were looking forward to submitting report. He noted that several applications for the acquisition or trading of land had been tabled until the report is finalized.

Mr. Lance stated that there are two sections remaining in Teton for sale to the federal government and the next sale is required to occur in January of 2014. He noted that the disposition of the board is to wait until January then evaluate as there is currently an agreement until they default. He stated that if there is a default they will request a reappraisal of the parcels.

Mr. Lance noted that the flaring policy of the board is to defer to the determination of the oil and gas conservation commission. He noted that the board does have the authority to ask the developers to show cause. He noted that the leases have waste provisions and the board has begun the process of using that show cause authority.

14LSO-0019.W1 – Agency land sale, acquisition and exchange authority Mr. Lance provided a copy of a bill on agency land sale authority to the Committee (see Appendix 9 for a copy of the bill). Mr. Lance explained the bill. He noted that his agency has complied with the 10,000 acre cap, but the cap was included in a budget bill and was not permanent legislation. This bill would set the cap in statute with the current situation as the baseline. He noted that under the bill if the cap is ever exceeded they would have 24 months to get back under the cap. In response to a question Mr. Lance stated that currently they comply with the cap and under the proposed bill if there was not a clear path to get back under the cap they would not consent to an acquisition that exceeded the cap.

Senator Hicks moved that the Committee sponsor the bill as a Senate File and the motion was seconded.

Representative Zwonitzer moved that the bill be amended on page 3-line 15 by deleting "through a single transaction" and the motion was seconded. The motion failed by voice vote.

Mr. Lance suggested that the bill be amended on page 4- line 1 by deleting "of subsection (b)" and by removing Page 9-line 19, all of page 10 and page 11 lines 1 through 11 from the bill. Representative Semlek moved that the bill be amended as suggested by Mr. Lance and the motion was seconded. The motion passed by voice vote.

Mr. Mike Massie of the University of Wyoming noted that article 7, section 17 of the Wyoming Constitution give the board of trustees the power to administer the university and its lands. He stated there is a 123 year history of land transactions. He noted that many of these land transactions represent the routine business of the University such as the acquisition of very small properties surrounding the university. He noted that donations of property are owned by the foundation, not by the university. He stated that two members of the board of land commissioners are already on the board of trustees so they already have a say, so inserting the board of land commissioners may delay the process by 2 to 3 months and may have other consequences.

Mr. Bret Moline stated that having the University under the requirements of the bill is not a bad thing and recommended keeping the University under the requirements of the bill.

The bill as amended passed with a roll call vote of 11 ayes and 2 noes. See vote form attached to the bill.

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STATE FORESTER Mr. Bill Hogensen, assistant state forester, said that they are still waiting on bills from last fire season but that the fire account looks ok financially. He noted that this season was below average but they had consistent work. He stated that the Wyoming helitack crew was fully staffed this year and because it was a slower season they completed some training missions and got qualifications.

Mr. Hogensen stated that in relation to state trust land management, in timber salvage for fiscal year 2014 they had 2.4 million board feet sold and they expect that number to go up in order to take advantage of the mills that are back up and running. He stated that in the black hills for beetle control they had 62,000 trees treated and provided as many as possible to saw mills. He noted that the goal is to get to 90,000 trees treated this year.

LIVESTOCK BOARD Mr. Lee Romsa of the Livestock Board noted that numbers of livestock in the state are down. He noted that most of the decrease is due to last year's sell off but the moisture has been better this year across most of the state.

Dr. Logan, State Veterinarian, provided a handout to the Committee on livestock diseases (see Appendix 10 for a copy of the handout). Dr. Logan explained the handout. He noted that there had been numerous cases of West Nile in horses within the last month, over 15 confirmed cases which is a large number compared to last year. He stated that there had been up to 7 human cases with one death.

Dr. Logan stated that there had been no new cases of trichomoniasis and the quarantines have been released. He also noted there were no new cases of vesicular stomatitis. He stated that for brucellosis there is one herd under quarantine which is a domestic bison herd that was infected from infected elk. He stated that the Texas animal health commission has required female cattle from the surveillance area to be tested post entry. He stated that he thinks there actions are overkill and there is not much risk of importing the disease but that it was not having a huge impact on Wyoming producers.

Dr. Logan noted that in relation to the two positive elk found in Big Horn County, four meetings have been held where they visited with producers and others and discussed the need for voluntary surveillance and surveillance of the wildlife. He noted that at this point there is no intention of expanding the boundaries of the surveillance area or creating a new one but that it would depend on additional surveillance. He stated that if the rate in elk is significantly high or if any case is found in cattle they will not have much choice other than increasing the size of the area.

Ms. Leanne Correll of the Wyoming Livestock Board noted that through the computerization efforts of the Board they have selected a vendor. She noted the system will include brand recording, animal health, brand inspection, law enforcement and administrative. She noted that they are focused on the core functionality of the system but there will be a need to expand eventually and there will be a need for some additional funding for hardware.

14LSO-0024.W1 – Definitions of livestock Ms. Correll provided a copy of a bill on the definitions of livestock throughout title 11to the Committee (see Appendix 11 for a copy of the bill). Ms. Correll stated that the Board was not currently recommending any specific change to the definitions.

After additional discussion the Committee, by voice vote, voted to lay the bill back.

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14LSO-0025.W1 – Task force on animal care Ms. Correll provided a copy of a bill creating a task force on animal care to the Committee (see Appendix 12 for a copy of the bill). Ms. Correll explained the bill. She suggested that in the makeup of the task force it would be important to have a livestock producer and a representative from the livestock board. She noted that it would also be valuable to have a veterinarian on the task force.

After additional discussion, Senator Hicks moved that the Committee lay the bill back and ask for additional meeting days to consider this topic the next interim. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with a roll call vote of 10 ayes and 3 noes. See vote form attached to the bill.

14LSO-0150.W1 – Brucellosis surveillance Dr. Logan provided a copy of a bill on the brucellosis surveillance to the Committee (see Appendix 13 for a copy of the bill). Dr. Logan explained the bill. He noted that the bill would expand the brucellosis testing program to an area where the risk of exposure is of imminent concern as designated by the board and approved by the governor. In response to a question, Dr. Logan noted that they are not saying that one positive test in an elk will be enough. He suggested that if surveillance shows that 5% of the elk, that would likely be determined to be a risk. He noted that they want to be able to tap into these funds in that instance and that it was important for the perception of buyers.

Senator Emerich moved that the Committee sponsor the bill as a Senate File and the motion was seconded.

Representative Greear moved that the bill be amended on page 1-line 13 by deleting “the” and inserting “any” and on page 1-line 15 after “area" by inserting "of concern”. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

The bill as amended passed with a roll call vote of 13 ayes. See vote form attached to the bill.

14LSO-0151.W2 – Livestock trespass Ms. Correll provided a copy of a bill creating prohibition on livestock trespass to the Committee (see Appendix 14 for a copy of the bill). Ms. Correll explained the bill. She noted that people think the fencing law is in the statutes, but it is really only created by old case law. She noted that the bill is aimed at repeat offenders and is not intended to be a fence out bill. She stated that the board is not in favor of this bill at this time because it is too broad but they want to continue the conversation. She noted that the future board agenda will involve discussions on what really is and is not in fence law.

Representative Campbell moved that the Committee sponsor the bill as a Committee bill and the motion was seconded.

Ms. Debora Foote stated that she was in support of an interim study on companion animals because there has been difficulty in prosecuting.

Mr. Jim Magagna stated that if there is a move to some type of fence-in legislation it may be more complex than it seems, for example if someone has a 40,000 acre pasture there may be some small parcels that they do not own within that area and they would then have to fence those little parcels. He stated that there is a reason that Wyoming is a fence out state.

Mr. Frank Eathorn of the independent cattlemen of Wyoming stated that there would be a concern if there are changes to Wyoming as a fence in/fence out state.

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Mr. Dan Hansen stated that he was against the bill under consideration and that he would like the stated to keep the fence in/fence out situation the way it currently is.

After additional discussion the bill failed with a roll call vote of 13 noes. See vote form attached to the bill.

MEETING RECESS The Committee recessed at 4:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER (SEPTEMBER 24, 2013) Co-Chairman Semlek called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. Dean Finkenbinder provided a handout to the Committee on the interstate shipment of meat (see Appendix 15 for a copy of the handout). He noted that the Department had conducted a survey and report on the program he noted that of the meat processing plants that were contacted: two plants were interested, one plant said maybe, one plant did not return their call and 13 plants stated that they were not interested.

Mr. Jason Fearneyhough stated that there had been some interest in the program from cattle producers but there has not been much interest from the meat producers. He stated that there may be some options with the University.

Dr. Warrie Means of the University of Wyoming Meat Lab stated that there may be an opportunity to carry out a pilot project at the University meat plant. He stated that one issue is that it is hard to estimate product flow and the main constraints to increasing product flow are cooler and freezer space. He noted that the costs of the project as outlined in the handout are to expand coolers and freezers as well as some additional one time equipment costs and funding for an assistant meat lab manager. Dr. Means stated that the current kill floor facilities are adequate but the animal handling facilities are not useful. He noted that they already have a sophisticated system of product identity. He said that the University does not want to get into the storage or marketing business.

Ms. Cindy Garretson of the Wyoming Business Council provided a handout of the estimated costs for a small meat processing plant (see Appendix 16 for a copy of the handout). She noted that the costs were based on a well-managed plant where all of the stars align. She said that a producer owned plant would not be nearly as profitable but there had been a lot of interest from producers in these plants. She said that in Cody there is a processing facility which is USDA for Wyoming Authentic Products. She added that the facility is for processing only and is not a slaughter facility. In response to a question she stated that if it was highly profitable there would be a lot of people doing it, but it is a low margin industry. She noted that if there is a desire to add value to Wyoming agriculture, this is an area to investigate.

Mr. Finkenbinder provided a handout to the Committee on raw milk (see Appendix 17 for a copy of the handout). He noted that the food safety rule allows for animal shares and that seems to be working.

Mr. Hank Uhden of the Department of Agriculture addressed the Committee on fuel quality and noted that everything appears to be of good quality and while they did find one anomaly, resamples showed no issues. He stated that there was a pesticide spray event in Crook County and they are at the tail end of

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investigation but that the environmental damage was significant. He stated that one bright spot is that there has been lumber exported to Mexico which was turned into window framing by large producers of windows which represents a value added process that is occurring.

14LSO-0020.W1 – Pest control compact Mr. Fearneyhough provided a copy of a bill repealing the pest control compact to the Committee (see Appendix 18 for a copy of the bill). Mr. Fearneyhough explained the bill. He stated that it was not the intent to do away with the program but rather to change its function. Mr. Josh Anderson of the LSO provided a handout to the Committee highlighting that under the terms of the compact repeal is not effective for two years (see Appendix 19 for a copy of the handout).

After additional discussion, the Committee voted to sponsor the bill as a House Bill with a roll call vote of 12 ayes. See vote form attached to the bill.

Mr. Doug Miyamoto noted that under the Governor's energy strategy the Department was directed to lead in three areas and they would be asking for additional funding to bolster some of those areas.

In response to a question, Mr. Fearneyhough noted that the study on interstate shipment of meat is complete, but the conversation is not done and that there would still need to be people looking at the study to figure out what the best result might be.

Mr. Fearneyhough stated that they deal with wild horses daily and the department will stay engaged in that issue. He noted that they will have the data to take legal action if necessary.

14LSO-0027.W1 – NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNER Ms. Cheri Steinmetz provided a copy of a bill regarding notice to property owners to the Committee (see Appendix 20 for a copy of the bill). Ms. Steinmetz explained the bill. She noted that she brought this bill to the last meeting in relation to planning processes for the national scenic byway. She stated that the bill would require written notification to property owners prior to such actions.

Mr. Brett Moline of the Farm Bureau stated that they support this bill in instances where actions could have negative impacts on property values. He noted that in certain similar cases people were not aware of the action until near the end of the process. In response to a question he noted that consent as required under the bill may cause some problems but the most important part is notification.

Mr. Greg Fredrick of the Wyoming Department of Transportation noted that they are sensitive to property owner rights but indicated that this bill may have unintended consequences.

Ms. Stienmetz stated that she was open to the language being tweaked and that this was a first draft on this topic.

Mr. Magagna of the Wyoming Stockgrowers stated that they support the intent of the bill but also share some of the concerns. He stated that the focus needs to be on notice.

Mr. Harry LaBonde stated that in the broadest application of this bill they may have to notify all of the landowners in a watershed district and unnecessarily alarm people when nothing may ultimately occur with that property.

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Representative Zwonitzer moved that the Committee sponsor the bill after considering some amendments. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.

Representative Semlek moved that section (b) be deleted. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. After additional discussion the bill failed a roll call vote with 5 ayes and 7 noes. See vote form attached to the bill.

WYOMING WATER DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Mr. Harry LaBonde of the Wyoming Water Development Office provided two handouts to the Committee on water development (see Appendix 21 for a copy of the handouts). He noted that for the Wyoming Account in the Pathfinder Reservoir there are four priorities. He noted that the first priority is municipal use and that while there is a readiness to serve amount, the actual usage is much less and the weather kept irrigation demands down. He noted that the second priority for pathfinder is replacement water for the North Platte modified decree and approximately one half of the replacement obligations came from the Wyoming account. He stated that the third priority is for mitigation water but this year no water was released for that purpose. He noted that the fourth priority is the sale of water to the Platte River Recovery Implementation program and this year Wyoming provided 4800 acre feet to the program. He stated that the balance in the account is 7969 acre feet which should be enough to cover all obligations.

Mr. LaBonde explained the second handout, which is a teacup diagram showing the result of the dry year in Idaho. He noted that Palisades is close to the lower end of the minimum amount and they need a heavy winter.

Mr. LaBonde addressed the Committee on the weather mod program. He noted that the program has looked for storms over both the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre ranges with the right conditions. They would seed one storm and the scientists would not know which storm was being seeded and the goal of the study is to determine whether it makes a difference in snowfall. He stated that they have not had as many cases as they would like and they need about 30 more to get to confidence level. He stated that the study will wrap this up after this year but they may not reach 30 storms which would get them to the 95% confidence level. He noted that the final report due in 2015.

Mr. LaBonde noted that there is no plan for continuing the weather modification effort because they want results of the study first. However he noted that there had been some discussions with lower basin entities to continue it as a fully operational program and to keep the generators in place following the expiration of the contract following the study. He noted that while there is some benefit to Wyoming irrigators, the benefits go mostly to the downstream states. He said there have been some conversation where Wyoming would fund a certain percentage of the program and the downstream states would fund the remainder. He noted that this would prevent the situation of dismantling the sites and then bringing them back later and would also keep Wyoming in control of managing program.

MEETING ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Co-Chairman Semlek adjourned the meeting at noon.

Respectfully submitted,

Senator Geis, Co-Chairman Representative Semlek, Co-chairman

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Appendix Agenda Item Appendix Description Appendix Provider

1 Committee Sign-In Sheet Lists meeting attendees Legislative Service Office

2 Committee Meeting Provides an outline of the topics the Legislative Service Office Agenda Committee planned to address at meeting

3 Water well permits 14LSO-0021 Water well permits Legislative Service Office

4 Groundwater contested 14LSO-0022 Groundwater contested cases Legislative Service Office cases

5 Well completion 14LSO-0023 Well completion Legislative Service Office

6 Collection of fees Proposed change to W.S. 9-1-904 State Engineer

7 Vote form Vote on change to W.S. 9-1-904 Legislative Service Office

8 State trust land revenue Summary of state trust land revenue State Lands

9 Agency land sale authority 14LSO-0019 Agency land sale, acquisition Legislative Service Office and exchange authority

10 State veterinarian update State veterinarian update on diseases State Veterinarian

11 Definitions of livestock 14LSO-0024 Definitions of livestock Legislative Service Office

12 Task force on animal care 14LSO-0025 Task force on animal care Legislative Service Office

13 Brucellosis surveillance 14LSO-0150 Brucellosis surveillance Legislative Service Office

14 Livestock trespass 14LSO-0151 Livestock trespass Legislative Service Office

15 Interstate meat program Report on interstate meat program Department of Agriculture

16 Interstate meat program Interstate meat program cost estimates Wyoming business council

17 Raw milk Report on raw milk Department of Agriculture

18 Pest control compact 14LSO-0020 Pest control compact Legislative Service Office

19 Pest control compact Article X of pest control compact Legislative Service Office

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20 Notification to property 14LSO-0027 Notification to property Legislative Service Office owner owner

21 Water report Water reports for 2013 Wyoming Water Development Office

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