MEC Capitol Update
March 13, 2003

Senate

Coming up:

Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
Tuesday, March 18, at 3:00 p.m. in room 110 of the Farnum Building.
On the agenda:

SB 289 - Sen. Birkholz - This bill would regulate water withdrawals from certain aquifers within the State of Michigan. It is a pared down version of legislation introduced last year (SB 1197-1200) to regulate groundwater use in Michigan. MEC is concerned that the bill is too limited in scope and may make preventing future diversions of water from the Great Lakes more difficult.

SB 289 will likely be worked on by the committee for a number of weeks.

Committee Clerk Phone Number 517-373-1854

Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee

Tuesday, March 18 at 2:00 PM in Senate Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building

Agenda: FY 2003-04 Budget for the Michigan Dept. of Transportation

Clerk Phone Number 373-2523

House

Appropriations - Natural Resources and Environmental Quality Subcommittee
Tuesday March 18, 2003 at 9:00 am in room 327 of the House Office Building

On the agenda is a FY 2003-2004 MDEQ Budget. The committee will be discussing the Governor's various fee proposals to make up for the 26% reduction in general fund support for the department, including the proposed $6.9 million for water discharge permits.