Agenda - Natural Resources and Environment

House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment
May 2, 2023 9:30 a.m. Room 4
Adjourned

BLUE = already considered. RED = currently being considered. BLACK = not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
		HR85	MINCEY	HUNTING/DEER - Urges and requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to research, evaluate, and make recommendations relative to allowing the use of dogs for deer hunting on the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
		HB120	MUSCARELLO	WATERWAYS/LAKES - Prohibits the permitting of certain above-surface structures on Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain
		HB267	WHEAT	ENVIRONMENT - Places a moratorium on carbon dioxide sequestration projects on Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
		HB308	WHEAT	ENVIRONMENT/PERMITS - Requires an environmental impact statement as part of the coastal use permit application process for certain uses of Lake Maurepas and the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB453	SHERMAN MACK	ENERGY/CONSERVATION - Requires that carbon dioxide injected for geologic sequestration using a Class VI injection well be transported to and sequestered in a storage facility in the Gulf of Mexico
		HB454	SHERMAN MACK	ENERGY/CONSERVATION - Requires a local election for the approval of carbon dioxide sequestration within a parish (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		HB590	BAGLEY	MINERALS - Provides for the payment of royalties for a nonparticipating owner's lessor royalty owner and overriding royalty owner
OTHER BUSINESS
	Adoption of minutes from the 2022 Regular Session dated March 23, 2022, April 6, 2022, April 13, 2022, April 19, 2022, April 27, 2022, May 4, 2022, and May 10, 2022, and the 2022-2023 Interim dated August 3, 2022.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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A. Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.

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NOTE: Statements emailed to h-natr@legis.la.gov and received prior to noon on Monday, May 1, 2023, will be distributed to the committee members prior to the meeting.