Environment and Natural Resources

OR - Senator Michael Dembrow (D)

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Chair

OR - Senator Alan Olsen (R)

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Vice-chair

OR - Senator Herman Baertschiger Jr. (R)

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Member

OR - Senator Cliff Bentz (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Floyd Prozanski (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Arnie Roblan (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Kathleen Taylor (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Kathleen Taylor (D)

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Member

OR - HB4124 Allows county governing body, upon remand of matter from Land Use Board of Appeals to county, to have planning commission or hearings officer conduct hearing and make decision regarding lands designated under statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands.

OR - HB4030 Provides that, for offense under wildlife laws involving unlawful taking or killing of wildlife for which State Fish and Wildlife Commission may recover damages, court may order that part of fine be paid over to commission.

OR - HB4031 Permits and regulates establishment of guest ranches on eastern Oregon exclusive farm use lands.

OR - SB1502 Allows county in eastern Oregon with population of less than 50,000 to approve land use applications on certain nonresource lands for certain industrial or commercial uses that are inconsistent with zoning of such nonresource lands.

OR - SB1509 Provides additional exception to prohibition on commercial vehicle idling.

OR - SB1533 Allows facility providing equine and equine-affiliated therapy or counseling to be established in area zoned for exclusive farm use if certain conditions are met.

OR - SB1550 Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt record keeping requirements for person engaged in taking, landing, buying or selling of food fish for commercial purposes or otherwise dealing in food fish for commercial purposes.

OR - SB1541 Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt program and rules to reduce public health risks from emissions of toxic air contaminants from individual stationary industrial and commercial air contamination sources.

OR - SB1507 Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule program that places cap on greenhouse gas emissions and that provides market-based mechanism for covered entities to demonstrate compliance.

OR - SB1508 Requires Environmental Quality Commission to establish fee applicable to certain air contamination sources to cover direct and indirect costs of Department of Environmental Quality and commission in developing and implementing a program and rules to reduce public health risks of emissions of toxic air contaminants from industrial and commercial air contamination sources.

OR - SB1560 Allows State Forester to order use of wildfire suppression personnel, equipment and services on any lands within state borders.

OR - SB1558 Identifies water use purposes for which certain processes for transferring or changing water use subject to transfer are applicable, including use for purpose of storage in reservoir.