Meeting Notice: Federal Environmental Law Impact Review Committee

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The Federal Environmental Law Impact Review Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, in the Lewis & Clark Room on the 2nd floor of the Bank of North Dakota, 1200 Memorial Hwy, Bismarck, ND.

Agenda

I. Welcome/Introductions
   a. Members
      i. Commissioner Doug Goehring – Chairman
      ii. Aaron Weber – Governor designee 
      iii. Representative Mike Brandenburg – House of Representatives 
      iv. Senator Terry Wanzek – Senate
      v. TBD – Legislative Assembly Minority 
      vi. Andrew Mauch – President, Corn Growers Association 
      vii. Ryan Ellis – President, Grain Growers Association 
      viii. Justin Sherlock – President, Soybean Growers Association 
      ix. Julie Ellingson – Executive Vice President, Stockmen's Association 
      x. Pete Hanebutt – Director of Public Policy, Farm Bureau 
      xi. Matt Perdue – Director, Government Relations, Farmers Union
      xii. Commissioner Randel Christmann – Chairman, Public Service Commission
      xiii. Reice Haase – Director, Department of Water Resources 
      xiv. Jeb Williams – Director, Game and Fish Department 
      xv. Ronald Henke – Director, Department of Transportation
      xvi. Dave Glatt – Director, Department of Environmental Quality 
      xvii. Carlee Mcleod – External Affairs, Minnkota Power Co-op, Utility Companies
      xviii. Josh Kramer – Executive Vice President, Association of Rural Electric
             Cooperatives
      xix. TBD – President/CEO, Lignite Energy Council
      xx. Brady Pelton – Vice President/General Counsel, Petroleum Council
                                                            
II. Roll Call                                                        

III. Draft Meeting Minutes from Aug. 2, 2023   

IV. Budget Update (2 funds)
   a. Federal Environmental Law Impact Review Fund (Litigation Fund)
   b. Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund (Mitigation Fund)

V. HB 1400 – Agriculture Commissioner Authority to Hold Easements         

VI. Litigation Update
   a. Waters of the United States (WOTUS)
   b. Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Impact Statement (DAPL EIS)
   c. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

VII. Additional Pending Matters
   a. US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) / Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
      Endangered Species
      i. EPA Herbicide, Rodenticide, Insecticide Strategies
      ii. EPA Fungicide Strategy (2025)
      iii. USFWS Monarch Proposed Listing
      iv. USFWS Regal Fritillary Proposed Listing
   b. Drain Tiling Litigation

VIII. Next Meeting (Oct. 2025 – Jan. 2026)

IX. Adjourn

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