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A
A
And
I
am
here
thank
you
for
calling
the
role
we
have
met
the
quorum,
welcome
everyone
to
the
senate
committee
on
natural
resources.
Before
we
begin,
I
would
like
to
go
ahead
and
explain
to
you
all
how
how
our
virtual
committee
meetings
will
work,
since
this
is
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new
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a
lot
of
us
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you
know,
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legislative
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A
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A
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you
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phone
line.
Please
pay
attention
to
which
bill
is
being
considered
when
the
bills
are
listed
on
the
meeting's
agenda
and
follow
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a
mute
yourself,
senate
bills,
63
and
98
on
the
are
on
the
agenda
today.
In
addition
to
a
presentation
by
carson
water,
conservancy
district
bps
staff
will
call
on
you
to
speak
by
the
last
three
digits
of
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and
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in
committee.
A
At
this
time
we
are
ready
to
go
ahead
and
proceed
with
our
first
bill
hearing.
I
will
now
open
the
hearing
on
sb
63.
B
A
Actually,
I'm
gonna
change
plans.
Let's
go
ahead
and
considering
we
have
a
free
presentations,
I'm
gonna
see
if
we
can
move
and
do
those
first
so
at
this
time,
what
we're
going
to
come
back
to
senate
bill
63,
but
at
this
time
let's
go
ahead
and
move
with
our
presentation.
So
right
now
we
will
have
an
overview
presentation
of
the
carson
watershed.
Conservancy
district
before
hearing
a
bill
related
to
the
district,
mr
ed
james,
general
manager
of
the
district.
Please
begin
when
you
are
ready,
sir.
D
D
D
The
carson
watershed
starts
in
alpine
county.
There
are
two
forks,
the
east
and
west
fork
and
they
flow
down
into
douglas
county
and
come
together
at
genoa
and
then
continue
to
flow
on
to
carson
city
from
carson
city.
It
water
continues
to
flow
into
lyon
county.
I
will
point
out
that
there's
a
little
bit
of
story
county
that
is
in
the
watershed.
They
do
not
touch
the
river
itself,
but
they
do
have
a
participation
in
the
watershed.
D
D
The
carson
watershed
is
about
just
under
4
000
square
miles.
The
river
flows
about
184
miles.
The
elevation
fluctuates
from
a
low
of
3
000
in
churchill
county
to
the
sierras,
which
is
over
11
000
feet.
The
precipitation
varies
quite
a
bit
in
churchill.
County,
it
is
around
four
inches
per
year
continues
to
go,
get
greater
as
you
move
west
of
the
watershed
and
in
the
sierras
we
can
get
over
40
inches
of
precipitation.
D
There
is
very
limited
upstream
storage
on
the
carson.
So
really
we
really
depend
on
mother
nature
every
year
for
our
supply.
If
there's
a
good
wet
year
like
in
2017,
we
have
plenty
of
water.
But
years
like
this,
which
looks
a
little
drought,
it
can
be
short
on
flows.
The
river
is
fully
appropriated.
D
D
D
D
Even
though
we
had
our
own
board
and
the
idea
was
to
negotiate
the
payback
on
the
debt
to
further
washima
dam
between
the
ranchers
and
federal
government,
and
at
that
time
it
was
douglas
and
lyon
county
were
members
in
the
1980.
The
federal
government
abandoned
the
dam
project
on
the
carson
and
then
1989.
D
The
nevada
legislature
changed
cwc's
purpose
to
look
focusing
more
on
water
resources
for
the
region,
realizing
that
again,
all
the
water's
been
allocated.
How
are
you
going
to
be
able
to
meet
the
new
growth
and
demands
in
the
watershed,
and
at
that
time,
carson
city
was
became
a
member
of
carson
water
sub
conservancy
in
1997.
D
D
D
One
of
the
other
thing
important
is
that
cwsd
has
no
regulatory
authority,
so
anything
that
we
come
up
with
has
to
be
brought
back
to
the
counties
to
implement,
and
this
is
kind
of
the
checks
and
balances.
In
the
watershed
we
only
have
five
members
and
staff.
Two
are
full-time
and
three
are
part
time,
but
you
can
see
by
our
expertise.
We
have
a
better,
a
breadth
of
knowledge.
D
So
what
do
we
do?
Carson
waters?
Subconservancy
district's
mission
is
to
promote
cooperative
action
across
agencies
and
political
boundaries
in
the
carson
river
watershed.
Using
an
integrated
watershed
management
plan.
We
do
know
we
no
longer
just
focus
on
water
supply,
but
we
look
at
all
the
water
resource
demands
in
the
watershed.
D
D
D
B
Interrupt
your
meeting,
but
this
is
broadcast.
We
cannot
see
your
presentation
to
the
public,
so,
although
you
guys
are
seeing
it,
the
public
is
not
so
if
there's
any
way,
you
could
stop
your
screen
share
and
come
back
into
it.
You
can
continue
from
that
slide
that
we'd,
like
the
public,
to
be
able
to
see.
E
D
D
D
Part
of
it
also
is
our
outreach
to
the
community.
We
realize
that
by
getting
kids
involved
with
the
watershed,
they
can
then
around
and
teach
their
parents
what
they
need
to
do,
and
so
we
do
a
lot
of
work
with
our
partners
going
to
schools
not
this
year,
but
in
the
past
we've
actually
gone
into
classrooms.
D
We
also
bring
kids
out
to
the
river,
and
so
we
do
quite
a
bit
of
work
with
our
partners
to
educate.
In
fact,
I
have
a
slide
here
showing
one
of
our
projects
that
we
participated
with.
One
of
the
schools
you
can
see
here
we're
showing
the
flood
model
and
you
might
recognize
too
the
people
on
the
right
hand
of
the
slide
we're
looking
at
the
time
we
were
presenting.
D
We
found
out
from
multiple
studies
that,
if
you
allow
the
area
to
flood
in
the
flood
plains,
it's
a
far
cheaper
way
of
dealing
with
your
flooding
than
what
you're
dealing
with.
When
you
do
a
structural
analysis
or
process,
it's
also
environmentally
more
sensitive
to
it.
It
helps
habitat
and
also
recharges
our
aquifer
so
part
of
our
planning
process
is
we
did
a
regional
floodplain
management
plan.
D
D
The
other
thing,
of
course,
is
looking
at
water
supply
and
demands.
We
are
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
the
communities
to
look
sure
that
make
sure
that
we
have
a
sustainable
water
supply
for
all
the
water
agencies.
There
are
11
major
water
provider
purveyors
in
the
carson,
and
we
also
look
at
infrastructure
connections
to
help
move
water
through
that
is
more
cost
effective
than
everyone
doing
on
their
own.
D
D
It's
important
that
they
understand
that
they
live
in
a
watershed.
If
they
don't
understand
that,
then
we're
kind
of
missing
the
point.
So
I
want
to
show
you
a
quick
little
video
that
we
created
basically
of
walking
through
the
watershed
and
making
people
aware
that
they're.
Yet
they
live
in
a
watershed.
F
F
The
carson
river
flows
through
desert,
canyons
and
cottonwood
galleries,
terminating
here
in
the
carson
sink
smaller
creeks
from
the
surrounding
ranges,
also
contribute
water
to
the
carson
river
as
rain,
snow
melt
or
irrigation
runs
off
the
land.
It
can
pick
up
pollutants
as
it
travels
towards
the
river.
This
polluted
runoff
is
the
number
one
impact
to
water
quality.
In
our
watershed,
clean
water
is
critical
to
grow
our
food
to
replenish
our
groundwater
and
to
play
in
the
water
safely.
We're
launching
the.
F
I
am
carson
river
watershed
campaign
to
ask
our
community
to
do
a
few
simple
things
by
picking
up
your
trash
and
pet
waste,
draining
your
rain
gutters
into
your
yard,
recycling,
your
motor
oil,
and
by
washing
your
vehicle
at
the
car
wash
you
can
keep
pollutants
out
of
our
waterways,
so
whether
you're
dying
to
hang
out
in
virginia
city,
hiking,
carson,
valley's
trails,
swaying
to
the
music
in
carson
city
boating
on
lahontan
reservoir
sampling,
churchill's,
finest
or
birding
at
the
stillwater
wildlife
refuge
your
actions
matter.
I
am
carson
river
watershed
and
you
are
too.
B
A
Thank
you,
mr
james,
for
that
presentation,
just
for
clarification
purposes
for
anyone.
That's
watching
this
right
now
from
the
public,
we
did
have
some
technical
difficulties
with
the
video,
so
the
link
to
the
video
and
the
earlier
slides
that
were
not
shown
to
the
public.
You
can
find
this
actually
on
the
exhibits
on
today's
committee
meeting
agenda.
A
So
if
you
go
on
ls,
you
can
click
on
exhibits
and
then
you
will
find
the
presentation
that
was
just
delivered
so
with
that
and
that
clarification
do
any
of
my
committee
members
have
any
questions
for
mr
james
regarding
this
presentation
again.
This
is
separate
from
the
bill
that
we're
about
to
hear.
So,
if
you
have
any
questions,
now
would
be
the
time.
A
A
Let
me
just
double
check.
Okay,
I
think
we're
good.
Thank
you,
mr
james.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
So
in
this
case,
let's
go
ahead
and
proceed
with
the
next
bill.
So
at
this
time
I
will
now
open
the
hearing
on
sb98.
This
measure
makes
various
changes
to
provisions
relating
to
the
carson
water
sub
conservancy
district.
D
A
Course,
senator
settlemyre,
whenever
you're
ready,
sir.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
senate
bill
98.
My
name
is
senator
settlemyer
james
settlemyer,
I'm
the
representative
of
all
of
douglas
county,
all
of
lyon,
county,
all
of
story,
county
and
all
of
churchill
county.
Now,
if
we
just
add
carson
city
to
that,
we'd
basically
have
the
impetus
of
the
carson
water
self-conservancy
district,
which
also
includes
actually
a
member
on
it
from
alpine
county
as
representative,
because,
as
we
know,
water
does
not
really
know
the
concept
of
county
lines
or
state
lines.
G
Instead,
it
tends
to
much
more
focus,
as
mentioned
earlier,
in
the
presentation
on
the
concept
of
a
river
watershed
and
that's
what
we're
discussing
the
carson
river
watershed
and
the
counties
in
these
areas
in
the
northern
part
of
the
state
understand
the
importance
of
that
and
therefore
have
been
happily
members
of
the
carson
waters.
Self-Conservancy
district,
which
seeks
to
of
course,
look
at
everything
from
floodplain
management.
G
Invasive
species
outreach,
education,
recreation,
regional,
water
supply
and
river
projects,
whether
that
be
even
most
certainly,
they
help
work
on
the
marlette
water
system,
which
I
recommend
that
everyone
look
at.
It
is
a
fascinating
project
that
dates
back
to
the
comstock
era
that
actually
helped
convey
water
from
marlette
lake
through
gravity
flow
siphon
system
to
story
county
and
in
that
respect,
that's
what
we're
discussing
today
the
concept
of
allowing
story
county
who
wishes
to
become
and
is
currently
actually
a
member
in
an
advisory
capacity
only
to
the
carson
waters,
subconscious
district.
G
So
in
that
respect,
mr
chairman,
I
feel
it's
fairly
simple
in
that
respect.
If
there
is
such
a
thing
as
a
simple
bill-
and
I
probably
just
jinxed
everything
by
saying
that
in
that
respect,
I
would
gladly
willing
to
take
questions
or
if
mr
james
wishes
to
correct
me
on
anything.
That's
always
a
good
thing
as
well.
A
Thank
you
senator
settlemeyer,
for
that
presentation.
Mr
james,
would
you
like
to
add
anything
or
are
we
ready
to
proceed
with
questions.
D
I
just
want
to
clarify.
One
thing
is
that
story
county
has
asked
that
this
not
be
on
their
tax
role,
that
they
are
going
to
fund
this
through
their
general
fund.
The
calculation
would
be
the
same
as
every
all
the
other
counties
of
three
cents
per
100,
but
it
will
actually
just
come
out
of
their
general
fund.
A
Thank
you,
sir.
Let's
go
ahead
and
proceed
with
questions
from
the
members.
The
first
one
I
see
is
senator
gotechia.
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
and
james.
The
reason
that
story
county
is,
in
fact
paying
this
from
their
general
fund.
Is
that
because
they're
truly,
I
I
thought
I
heard
mr
james
say
there
truly
isn't
any
water
rights
on
the
carson
in
story
county?
Is
that
right.
D
For
the
record,
ed
james,
the
carson
water
sub
conservancy
district
really
has
nothing
to
do
with
water
rights.
On
the
carson.
It
was
more
of
their
service
area.
The
total
funds,
I
believe
that
would
come
out
of
story
county
was
about
16
000,
and
I
believe
that
they
felt
that
they
had
enough
funds
in
their
general
fund
to
cover
this
cost,
and
they
did
not
want
to
put
another
tax
on
their
customers,
but
I
believe
austin.
D
The
county
manager
is
going
to
participate
and
answer
any
questions.
If
you
have
at
that
time,.
H
I'm
fine
with
that.
I
just
thought.
Maybe
it
was
a
case
of
didn't-
want
to
oppose
the
imposed
three
cents,
because
there
wasn't
any
actual
beneficial
use,
I.e.
G
I
appreciate
this
is
senator
settlement.
I
think
there's
also
a
thing.
If
you
look
at
the
map,
you
look
at
the
actual
land
mass.
That's
within
story
county,
however,
that
water
that
drains
into
the
cars
water,
sub-conservancy
district,
the
other
water
that
is
served
by
the
marlette
lake
system,
goes
into
story
county
and
benefits
other
areas
that
may
not
directly
drain
within
to
the
carson
water
sub-conservancy
district.
At
least
that
is
my
opinion.
G
If
mr
osborne
happens
to
be
on
the
phone,
he
might
be
able
to
clarify
that.
But
my
understanding
that
I
forgot
about
is
that
at
james
it
indicated
that
I'm
not
a
james.
As
it
indicated,
the
county
felt
that
the
amount
of
funds
that
were
necessary,
it
was
easier
just
to
pay
out
of
their
general
fund,
rather
than
to
look
at
doing
any
type
of
an
assessment.
A
Great.
Thank
you
for
that
clarification.
Does
any
other
committee
members
have
any
questions?
Senator
hansen
go
for
it.
I
Thank
you.
Sorry
about
that
quick
question
number
one
historically
story
county
got
most
their
water
from
marlin
lake.
Didn't
they
are
they
actually
going
to
start
taking
a
draw
off
of
the
carson
city
up
the
carson
river
just
out
of
curiosity
and
did
they
currently
use
carson
river
water
on
you
know
the
dayton
area,
where
the
boundaries
of
story
and
the
other
counties
meet
I'm
more
kind
of
curious.
Why
why,
now,
after
all
these
years
and
years,
do
they
want
to
be
part
of
part
of
this
carson
city,
drainage
issue.
G
This
is
senator
settlemyre
for
the
record.
It
is
my
understanding
which
again,
I
hope
that
austin
osborne
might
be
available
to
answer
this
question.
But
if
you
look
at
the
carson
waters,
sub-conservancy
district,
the
cwsd
cwsd.org
website,
you
can
see
how
the
cwsd
helped
assist
in
the
marlette
lake
water
system
redevelopment
and
that
does
benefit
story
county,
and
I
think
that
you
know
recently.
G
They
looked
at
it
and
realized
that
they
were
acquiring
a
benefit
and
they
have
certain
portions
of
their
county
that
drain
into
the
carson
water,
sub-conservancy
district,
so
no
to
my
knowledge
in
any
way,
shape
or
form
they're,
not
looking
to
draw
water
directly
out
of
the
carson
river.
Just
you
know
out
of
the
carson
river.
However,
they
understand
that
they
have
water
that
drains
into
it
and
that
they
are
getting
water
from
marlette
lake,
which
is
again
part
of
the
carson
water,
drainage
system
or
the
personal
river
watershed.
I
Now
is
there
still
a
giant
siphon,
I
like
the
head
back
in
the
comstock
days.
It's
still
there
fascinating,
really
all
right.
Well,
anyway,
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
other
folks
on
that,
I'm
just
more
of
a
curiosity
and
kind
of
a
historical
question.
Thanks
mr
chair.
A
Okay,
seeing
none
up
senator
brooks.
B
Thank
you
chair.
My
curiosity
has
now
been
peaked
by
the
marlette
water
system.
Comment.
What
what
is
the
interaction
between
the
the
carson
river
conservancy
district
and
the
sub
conservancy
district
and
the
marlette
system?
What's
the
the
interaction
there
in
the
relationship?
G
This
is
senator
settlemen.
I
let
mr
james
take
a
stab
at
like
I
said.
The
best
thing
to
me
is
to
go
to
their
website.
You
can
actually
see
the
video
where
they
help
with
some
of
the
funds
to
help
out
with
the
upkeep
of
the
system,
because,
as
you
know,
the
system
is
rather
old
and
requires
some
funds
to
be
put
into
it
and
also
some
technical
stuff.
So
but
I'll,
let
that
james
have
a
stab
at
it.
D
First,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
for
the
record
ed
james.
Our
involvement
with
the
marlett
system
happened
years
ago.
D
Historically,
when
the
state
would
pump
water
to
out
of
the
marlette
lake,
they
had
this
huge
diesel
pump
and
motor
and
they
had
a
hull
diesel
and
it
really
did
not
fit
with
the
environmental
view
that
you
wanted.
On
marlette
lake.
There
was
also
concerns
of
diesel
spills
and
all
that
so
cwc
got
involved.
We
met
with
the
epa
and
we
actually
were
able
to
get
a
grant
to
look
at
getting
rid
of
the
diesel
pump
and
we
do
have
a
video
on
cwsd.
If
you're
ever
interested
in.
D
Seeing
that
you
can
see,
it
really
does
not
fit
with
the
environment,
and
we
got
some
funding
to
help
be
able
to
bring
water
using
a
natural
gas
and
generator
to
bring
water
over
the
mountains
from
marlette
into
the
hobart
drainage
area.
Now,
historically,
what
happened
was
the
water
would
run
through
flumes
out
of
marlette
lake?
And
that's?
D
Why
have
you
ever
been
on
the
flume
trail,
the
bike
that
was
the
old
original
way
of
bringing
water
out
of
the
marlette
lake
through
a
flume
and
into
a
tunnel
that
they
dug
back
in
the
late
1800s
and
brought
water
around
that
way,
and
then
all
by
gravity
would
flow
in.
D
We
can
do
a
lot
of
work
with
them,
and
so
that's
really
kind
of
what's
drawing
this
also
any
water
that
comes
off
virginia
city
and
flowing
down
that
way
goes
through
lyon,
county
and
so
there's
been
impacts
between
the
two
counties
with
flood
waters
and
so
we're
also
dealing
with
obnoxious,
weeds
we've
been
spending
a
lot
of
money
trying
to
deal
with
noxious
weeds,
but
the
problem,
if
you
don't
deal
with
them
in
alpine
county,
I'm
sorry
story
county.
D
A
Thank
you,
mr
james
and
senator
settlemeyer.
For
that
clarification.
Any
other
last-minute
questions
before
we
proceed.
B
Chair,
can
I
follow
up
real
quick
go
for
it.
Isn't
the
marlette
system
completely
outside
of
the
carson
river
system,
the
sub-conservancy
district.
D
That
is
correct.
It's
in
turkey
or
actually
the
tahoe
tahoe
drainage,
but
carson
city
gets
quite
a
bit
of
their
water
from
on
the
marlette
system.
In
fact,
for
years
the
state
had
its
own
water,
separate
water
system,
separate
from
the
state
from
carson
city,
and
they
would
actually
bring
water
from
the
marlette
over
into
the
state
facilities
and
also
provide
water
to
carson
city,
and
that's
how
we
got
involved
again
to
upgrade
this
system,
even
though
it's
not
in
our
watershed.
The
water
was
delivered
into
this
watershed
and
again
the
concerns.
D
It
was
more
of
a
for
the
record
ed
james,
carson
motorcycle
conservancy.
It
was
an
opportunity
at
the
time
we
were
able
to
get
the
u.s
senator
staff
up
to
the
marlette
back
in
the
early
2000s
and
show
her
the
you
know
what
was
existing
up
there
and
the
concerns
we
saw
on
the
fisheries.
We
had
a
lot
of
state
agencies
working
with
us.
D
A
Thank
you,
mr
james
senator
gokula.
Do
you
have
another
question,
sir?.
H
A
Great
thank
you.
Do
I
see
any
other
last-minute
questions,
seeing
none.
Thank
you,
mr
james
and
senator
settlemeyer,
for
your
presentation.
At
this
time.
We
will
go
ahead
and
move
with
testimony.
So
as
a
reminder,
we
will
be
limiting
all
testifiers
to
two
minutes.
Each
testifiers
are
encouraged
to
summarize
their
positions
and
submit
more
comprehensive
testimony
in
writing.
Bps
is
there
anyone
on
the
line
who
would
wish
to
provide
support
testimony
for
sp98.
C
C
J
J
Okay,
thank
you.
This
is
austin
osborne
story,
county
manager.
I
was
slated
to
speak
at
this.
I
had
some
unmuting
issues.
I
will
go
ahead
and
give
my
presentation,
I'm
representing
story
county
and
I'm
honored,
senator
don
today
or
dante
for
letting
me
speak
story.
County
has
been
cooperating
with
the
carson
water
sub
conservancy
for
roughly
over
10
years
on
various
projects
and
everything
dealing
with
conservation
and
flood
management
throughout
the
carson
river
watershed
portions
of
story,
county
projects,
we've
worked
with
ed
james
and
his
team.
J
J
They
have
helped
us
with
national
flood
insurance
program,
compliance
and
the
community
rating
system,
and
also
education
and
outreach
through
both
k-12
schools,
as
well
as
our
other
citizens.
Everything
we
do
with
them
is
of
regional
importance.
The
bill
enables
us
to
have
long-term
planning
and
coordination
with
the
communities
in
our
environmental
natural
environment.
J
C
C
B
Afternoon,
chairman
and
committee,
my
name
is
steve
walker,
s-t-e-d
w-a-l-k-e-r,
I'm
representing
carson
lyon
story
and
douglas
county,
with
the
exception
of
churchill,
all
the
counties
within
nevada.
Within
the
watershed,
I
would
like
to
thank
senator
settlemyre
for
sponsoring
the
bill,
I'm
speaking
in
support.
It
is
a
important
that
all
the
acreage
that,
in
the
watershed,
the
story
county
portion
be
included.
I'd
also
like
to
add
some
clarity
to
senator
brooks
question.
The
actual
marlette
system
has
three
basins:
marlette
lake
is
in
tahoe
over
the
hill.
B
Hobart
is
in
the
frank
town
drainage
into
the
truckee,
and
then
the
piping
goes
over
the
hill
into
to
story
county
which
will
drain
into
the
truckee,
but
also
portable
water
goes
down
the
road
into
silver
into
silver
city,
so
it
does
go
as
portable
water.
That's
delivered
through
three
watersheds.
C
C
A
C
A
A
Great,
thank
you.
Are
there
any
last-minute
remarks?
Senator
seidmeyer
did
you
want
to
say
anything
else.
Well,
go
for
it.
G
A
Thank
you
senator
great,
so
at
this
time
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
hearing
on
sb9898.
We
will
not
be
taking
any
action
on
any
bills
today,
but
we
will
bring
them
back
for
a
future
work
session.
So
at
this
time,
thank
you,
sir,
and
let's
go
ahead
and
proceed
way
back
to
the
beginning
of
this.
So
let's
go
ahead
and
begin
our
next
bill
hearing.
I
will
now
open
the
hearing
on
sb
63..
A
E
Good
afternoon,
thank
you,
mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
present
senate
bill
63.
I'll
just
provide
a
brief
background
on
on
how
this
program
works.
That
provides
a
little
bit
of
context
as
to
why
we're
putting
this
bill
forward.
A
key
piece
here
is
that
hemp
has
to
be
re.
It
has
to
be
registered,
so
our
department
of
agriculture
oversees
this
piece
and
the
key
reasoning
behind
that
is
that
the
thing
that
distinguishes
it
from
marijuana
has
to
be
done
through
chemical
analysis.
E
So
that's
why
the
department
of
ag
we
take
in
registrations.
We
perform
crop
sampling
and
all
those
things
in
cooperation
with
usda,
to
make
sure
that
these
hemp
facilities
are
truly
hemp
as
federally
defined.
E
So,
as
I
mentioned
annually,
we're
taking
in
applications
we're
performing
inspections,
making
sure
that
we
know
where
the
hemp
plants
are,
that
all
the
criteria
on
their
application
meets
federal
expectations
and
then,
of
course,
the
crop
sampling,
every
single
crop.
Every
variety
needs
to
be
sampled
and
tested
and
to
make
sure
that
it
is
not
marijuana.
E
There
are
a
couple
additional
changes
that
we
have
mainly
for
ease
of
implementation
of
the
program
specific
to
the
deadline
that
we
have
put
in
place,
also
just
trying
to
modernize
and
provide
transparency
as
to
what
we
need
to
do
for
this
program
and
a
key
thing
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
you
know,
folks
that
are
involved
in
this
industry,
that
they
can
take
a
look
at
these
statutes
and
and
understand
what
the
expectations
are,
and
some
of
that
is
cleanup
of
language
and
again
folding
in
some
of
those
codes
of
federal
regulations.
E
E
Sometimes
we
we
continue
to
get
applications
in
the
mid-summer,
and
that's
really
in
august
september
october
november,
through
december,
are
the
times
that
we
need
to
be
available
out
in
the
field
to
sample
props,
so
we're
requesting
the
july
1st
deadline
to
allow
our
staff
to
prioritize
in
being
available
to
get
out
in
the
field
quickly
and
take
those
crop
samples
just
for
a
little
bit
of
context.
The
the
timing
for
crop
sampling
is
incredibly
critical,
that
thc
can
continue
to
spike,
depending
on
environmental
factors
and
as
the
crop
matures.
E
E
This
excuse
me
this
section.
Two
also
just
specifies
that
we
need
to
provide
a
report
of
analysis
to
those
producers,
meaning
when
we're
taking
those
samples
that
we're
actually
giving
them
what
their
thc
levels
are,
because
they
need
that
in
order
to
sell
their
crop.
So
again,
some
of
that's
clarifying
what
what
expectations
are
from
both
sides
and
making
that
very
clear,
and
that's
also
a
requirement
of
usda
for
state
departments
of
ag
that
have
that
primary
regulatory
oversight.
E
The
falsification,
if
there
is
any
falsification
in
an
application,
especially
intentional
of
course
cfr-
requires
that
we
do
not
accept
those
applications
and
we
deny
them
so
we're,
including
that
language
and
in
addition
to
that,
there's
some
language
pertaining
to
compliance
with
local
and
federal
or
local
government
requirements.
E
E
These
are
things
you
need
to
be
pursuing,
so
that
they're
not
then
getting
a
license
and
then,
after
the
fact,
there's
repercussions
for
not
meeting
those
other
expectations.
It's
much
better
to
do
it
beforehand
and
we're
trying
to
work
closely
with
our
other
agencies
to
help
that
happen.
E
I
think
those
are
the
key
changes,
so
I'll
just
reiterate,
trying
to
get
our
statutes
in
par
with
federal
requirements,
as
we
must
demonstrate
that
in
order
to
continue
to
have
a
state
program
with
that,
I
will
conclude
my
presentation.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
I
can
hear
you
now
hi
on
yep
you're.
H
Good,
thank
you,
chair
donati,
just
a
couple
questions.
It
says
here
that
you're
going
to
you
know
the
department
shall
collect
and
sample
the
crop
now,
but
then
it
also
allows
that
the
grower
can
have
the
sample
tested
at
an
independent
cannabis
testing
lab
now
who
collects
that
that
test
or
that
sample
miss
jepson.
E
That's
a
great
question
for
the
record
ashley
jepson,
so
at
this
point
in
time
it
had
all
samples,
regardless
of
where
they
would
be
analyzed,
would
have
to
be
performed
by
the
department
of
ag
and
that's
a
requirement.
E
It
specifies
that
the
the
private
labs
have
to
be
approved
by
the
department
in
order
to
provide
that
service,
and
at
this
point
in
time
we
have
not
authorized
any
third
party
labs
just
for
making
sure
that
there's
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
there's
no
conflicts
and
so
forth
and
that
things
are
done
consistently.
So
at
this
time
we're
doing
all
sample
analysis
within
our
agency
with
that.
We
do
encourage
growers
to
to
utilize
private
labs.
So
they
can.
I
should
have
specified
this.
I
apologize.
E
They
can
send
a
sample
to
a
private
lab
to
have
analyzed
just
to
get
an
indication
of
where
their
thc
levels
are,
but
the
department
of
ag
performs
the
testing
and
sampling
for
the
compliance,
the
compliancy
piece,
so
they
can
during
the
season
if
they
want
to
see
where
their
thc
levels
are
at,
so
that
they
time
it
right
with
us.
H
I
think
I
know
where
you,
mr
chair,
if
I
may
now
have
we
got
all
the
regulations
in
place
to
the
department,
may
adopt
regulations
relating
to
the
testing.
So
do
you
have
all
the
regs
in
place
miss
jepson.
E
For
the
record
ashley
jefferson,
yes,
we
actually,
we
went
through
a
temporary
regulation,
adoption
phase
just
to
get
us
through
until
we
can
get
past
the
legislative
session
when
the
legislative
commission
reconvenes.
So
we
do
have
all
the
regulations
in
place
that
we've
that
usda
has
indicated
we
need
in
place
for
them
to
approve
our
state
plans.
So
we
have
primary
regulatory
oversight,
we're
doing
that
through
temporary
regulation
and
we'll
pursue
full
adoption
at
the
conclusion
of
the
legislative
session.
When
legislative,
commission
reconvenes.
H
All
right,
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
you
know.
We
did
have
some
problems
last
year,
which
I
don't
have
to
tell
you.
You
know
on
the
testing
the
30-day
requirement
do
you
feel
you
have
the
staff
and
enough
personnel
in
place
to.
H
I
know
our
head
production
is
down
considerably
this
year
compared
to
what
has
been
was
a
year
ago
or
even
two
years
ago,
but
you
know
that
that
was
a
real
issue
when
they
called
you
and
it
was
a
week
before
you
showed
up
to
cut
the
test
and
another
week
turn
around
and
and
at
that
point
I
think
we
were
running
on
a
15-day
window.
The
30-day
window
now
will
help.
H
But
again,
I'm
just
concerned
that
you
know
some
of
these
guys
got
millions
of
dollars
invested
in
that
the
the
larger
ones
out
there
silver
lion
or
whatever,
and
if
you're
tall
like
talking
a
million
dollar
crop,
and
you
fail
to
get
there
to
test
it
and
they
can't
meet
the
guidelines.
It's
huge.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Miss
miss
jepson.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Of
course,
thank
you
senator
for
that
clarification.
Does
anyone
else
have
any
other
questions,
mr
hansen?
Senator
hansen
go
go
for
it.
I
Thanks,
sir,
I
I'm,
I
cannot
remember
all
the
details
from
last
session
when
we
talked
about
him.
What
is
the
bulk
of
this
hemp
used
for,
and
is
it
still
I
mean?
Put
it
bluntly,
I
mean
if
you
smoke
the
stuff,
do
you
get
high
and
in
the
absence
of
that,
what
are
they
using
the
bulk
of
the
hemp
crop
for.
E
For
the
record,
ashley
jepson,
most
folks
are
using
it
for
cbd
oil.
So
as
part
of
these
new
federal
regulations,
they
did
clarify
definition,
so
it
means
extracts
and
derivatives.
So
if
a
manufacturer
is
trying
to
concentrate
some
of
the
the
crop
and
trying
to
create
oils,
concentrated
forms
that
could
concentrate
the
thc
levels
that
end
product
is
regulated
as
well,
so
they're
supposed
to
be
under
that
0.3
percent
thc,
as
established
by
federal
law
and
the
whole
intent,
is
if
it's
sold
with
that
that
it
shouldn't
be
psychoactive.
E
So
so
that's
how
it's
structured
at
this
point
in
time,
but
yes,
most,
are
using
it
for
cbd
oil,
which
then
is
going
into
a
number
of
other
products.
Very
few
are
using
it
for
industrial
pers
purposes.
There
are
a
few,
though.
E
For
the
record
ashley
jepson
so
for
context
in
2018
we
had
about
115
registered
producers
2019
we
had
216
and
then
in
2020
it
dropped
back
down
to
116..
E
If
you
give
me
a
second,
I
have
all
the
stats.
I
just
don't
have
them
right
on
my
my
table
with
me,
but
I'm
happy
to
send
those
as
well.
Our
our
production
acreage
is
is
still
higher
than
it
was
in
2018,
but
I
think
it's
roughly
about
a
third
of
what
it
was
last
year,
but
I'm
happy
to
provide
those
statistics
to
the
committee.
So
you
can
see
it.
I
A
Thank
you,
senator
hanson.
I
have
a
quick
question
just
for
clarification
purposes.
Ms
jepson,
can
you
walk
me
through
the
process
of
once
a
department
has
determined
that
something
has
been
falsified
or
that
you
might
pursue
suspending
or
revoking
the
registration
or
something
can
you
walk
me
through?
Is
there
an
appeal
process
that
can
go
into
that
like
what?
How
does
this
process
go
for
on
both
sides?.
E
For
the
record
ashley
jepsen,
yes,
there
is
an
appeal
process.
So
if
we
found
that
somebody
had
falsified
information,
they
would
receive
a
denial
letter
as
to
why
and
a
notice
of
hearing,
especially
if
a
certificate
had
already
been
issued
and
it
was
found
after
the
fact
they
would
be
issued
a
notice
of
hearing
where
they
would
have
opportunity
to
to
plead
their
case.
E
And
then,
if
the
conclusions
are
still
that
they
falsified
the
information
and
the
denial
or
revocation
is
going
to
move
forward.
They
can
appeal
it
there
and
then
move
forward
with
court.
A
And
just
for
clarification,
who
is
the
one
that
reviews
the?
Who
is
the
one
that
reviews
that
process
the
appeal
that
would
that
would
be
filed.
E
For
the
record
ashley
jefferson,
so
our
deputy
attorney
general
will
serve
the
notice
of
hearing
and
the
hearing
officer
is
established
in
statute
and
is
our
deputy
director
and
again.
If
their
conclusions
are
that
you
know
they
do
conclude
that
they
had
the
violation,
then
it
can
move
forward
with
disreport.
A
Great,
thank
you,
man.
Anyone
else
have
any
other
further
questions
at
this
time.
H
For
it
just
to
comment
more
than
anything,
senator
hansen
was
questioning
the
other
uses
of
it,
but
we
do
have
a
bill
coming
forward.
We
hope
to
expand
the
industrial
use
of
the
camp
in
nevada
to
establish
a
better
marketplace.
More
of
a
wider,
broader
market.
A
Thank
you
senator
go
get
you
for
that
comment
and
clarification.
Okay,
I
don't
think
we
see
any
other
questions,
so
we
are
ready
to
move
forward.
As
a
reminder,
we
will
be
limiting
all
testifiers
to
two
minutes.
Each
testifiers
are
encouraged
to
summarize
their
positions
and
submit
more
comprehensive
testimony
in
writing.
Bps
is
there
anyone
on
the
line
who
would
wish
to
provide
support
testimony
at
this
time.
A
Great
thank
you.
Next,
we
will
go
ahead
and
hear
a
testimony
in
opposition.
A
Thank
you
and
then
last,
not
least.
Finally,
is
there
anyone
wishing
to
testify
in
neutral
of
the
bill.
C
C
K
K
I
speak
on
on
behalf
of
battleborn
biologics,
a
licensed
hemp
grower,
as
well
as
western
state
hemp,
another
licensed
hemp
grower
and
looking
over
this
bill,
I
I
would
like
to
to
see
if
we
can
add
one
other
thing
in
there
right
now.
As
of
right
now,
nrs
557.240,
subsection
2
only
allows
for
crops
that
have
failed
to
be
disposed
of.
K
Recently,
the
usda
revised
its
interim
final
regulations,
which
was
a
major
step
to
allow
for
crops
that
have
failed
to
be
remediated
or
to
be
repurposed
so
as
to
prevent
a
total
loss.
I
believe
that
we
need
to
include
language
in
this
bill
to
allow
that
same
process
to
apply
for
crops
here
in
nevada.
K
I
do
understand
the
department's
concerns
and
need
for
that.
However,
that
would
be
an
approach
that
is
different
from
other
states.
It
would
put
potentially
put
nevada
at
a
competitive
disadvantage
if
there
are
other
people
who
are
entering
or
or
establishing
new
site
that
having
that
deadline
may
be
problematic,
and
I
think
that
we
might
want
to
reconsider
that,
for
is
to
eliminating
the
deadline.
There
are
many
states
that
that
don't
have
any
deadline
like
that,
and
that
is
all
the
the
comments
that
I
have.
Thank
you.
C
A
E
For
the
record
ashley
jepson,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
this
bill
and
I
I
will
mention
our
intent
also
is
to
allow
for
the
new
provisions
for
remediation
of
crop.
This
is
a
new
addition
that
the
final
rules
will
allow
us.
Final
federal
rules
will
allow
us
to
apply
we
adopted
cfr
by
reference
in
our
latest
regulations,
so
it
will
allow
remediation,
but
I
would
agree
that
this
would
be
a
good
opportunity
to
clarify
that
language
here
as
well
being
that
that
new
information
is
available.
E
A
Thank
you,
ms
jefferson,
for
that
clarification,
and
I
appreciate
your
time
today
again
just
for
everyone
that
is
out
there
in
the
public.
As
I
mentioned
with
the
other
bill,
we
will
not
be
taking
any
actions
on
these
bills
today,
but
we
may
bring
them
back
for
a
future
work
session.
Great.
Thank
you
at
this
time.
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
the
introduction
of
committee
bdrs,
so
this
is
a
continuation
of
the
bdrs
that
we
have
been
receiving
from
the
interim
committee.
A
So
committee
members,
as
you
know,
pursuant
to
joint
standing
rule
14,
a
majority
of
the
members
of
the
committee,
must
vote
to
introduce
legislation
on
behalf
of
the
committee.
As
noted
on
in
our
committee
rule
six
committee
introductions
may
be
for
accommodation
only
and
is
not
to
be
considered
construed
as
approval
of
a
measure.
Joint
standing
rule
14
requires
that
certain
measures
be
introduced
by
a
standing
committee
and
among
those
measures
are
those
requested
by
statutory
committees
and
interim
legislative
studies.
A
Today
we
only
have
one
bdr
that
was
requested
by
the
legislative
committee
on
public
lands.
Before
I
read
about
the
edr,
I
just
want
to
go
back.
I
believe
I
forgot
to
close
the
hearing
on
sb
663,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
reflected
on
the
record.
A
Okay,
so
going
back
onto
the
introduction
on
committee
bdrs.
So
again
as
noted,
this
is
for
accommodation
only
and
it's
not
to
be
construed
as
approval
of
a
measure.
The
bdr
that
we
have
at
this
moment
is
bdr48471.
A
A
Thank
you
senator
vice
chair,
scheibel,
so
motion
to
approve
by
senator
schreibel
and
do
I
have
a
second
second
brooks
seconded
by
senator
brooks?
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
A
Seeing
none
will
the
committee
secretary
please
take
a
whirl
call
vote.
K
A
And
I
am
a
yes
thank
you,
the
motion
passes
and
this
bill
will
not
be
introduced.
Great.
Thank
you
all
for
this
time.
So
at
this
time
we
can
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
public
comment.
I
will
not
call
for
public
comment.
Please
remember
to
limit
your
comments
to
two
minutes.
Each
vps
staff
is
there.
Anyone
who
would
wish
to
provide
public
comment.
C
C
C
A
Thank
you
for
that
bps
great.
At
this
time.
Do
I
have
any
last
minute
comments
before
we
adjourn
from
any
of
my
committee
members
seeing
none.
So
our
next
meeting
is
on
tuesday
march
2nd
at
3
30
p.m.
The
agenda
was
actually
just
posted
for
that
we'll
be
hearing
sb125
and
we'll
be
having
a
work
session
on
sb33,
sb43
and
sb53.
So
with
that,
this
meeting
is
now
adjourned.
Thank
you.