2019-2020 Interim
Senate Interim Committee On Environment and Natural Resources
6/4/2020 12:00 PM, Remote Meeting
    • Please Note: The Capitol Building is currently closed to the public and meetings are taking place remotely.
      Go to https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019I1/Committees/SENR/Overview to access a live stream of this
      meeting. Locate the meeting date and click on the camera icon at the designated time. A viewing station will
      also be available outside on the front steps of the Capitol Building.
  • Informational Meeting
    • Invited testimony only

    • Status Report on Executive Order 20-04: Directing State Agencies to Take Actions to Reduce and Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Agency Implementation Plans (Noon-12:45 PM)
      Kristen Sheeran, Energy and Climate Change Policy Advisor, Governor’s Office
      Nancy Bennett, Policy and External Relations Manager, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
      Colin McConnaha, Manager of the Office of Greenhouse Gas Programs, Oregon Department of Environmental
      Quality
      Megan Decker, Chair, Oregon Public Utility Commission
      Janine Benner, Director, Oregon Department of Energy
      Lindsay Baker, Assistant Director for External Relations, Oregon Department of Transportation
      Amanda Pietz, Director, ODOT Climate Office

    • Update on Radioactive Waste Disposal at Arlington Landfill (12:45–1:00 PM)
      Janine Benner, Director, Oregon Department of Energy
      Ken Niles, Hanford and Nuclear Safety Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Energy

    • Upstream Methane Emission Reduction (1:00–1:15 PM)
      Mary Moerlins, Corporate Citizenship Manager, Northwest Natural

    • Oregon OSHA Temporary Rule Addressing the COVID-19 Emergency/Agricultural Operations (1:15 PM–2:00 PM)
      Linda Roman, Deputy Legislative Director, Governor’s Office
      Amira Streeter, Natural Resources Policy Advisor, Governor’s Office
      Michael Wood, Administrator, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health
      Alexis Taylor, Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture
      Martha Sonato, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)
      Bruce Chapin, Marion County Farm Bureau

    • COVID-19 and the Oregon Food Supply Chain (2:00–2:45 PM)
      Alexis Taylor, Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture
      Craig Smith, Government Affairs Director, Food Northwest
      Shay Myers, General Manager, Owyhee Produce
      Katie Pearmine, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Oregon Food Bank
      Elin Miller, Co-Chair, Oregon Wine Council
      Jerome Rosa, Oregon Cattlemen Association
      Lori Steele, Executive Director, West Coast Seafood Processors Association

    • Note change: presenters have been updated. The informational meeting titled "Overview of Natural Resource
      Agency Actions in Response to COVID-19" has been removed.