HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
REP. GARY HOWELL
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 7, 2019
10:30 AM
Room 521, House Office
Building
The House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation was called to order by
Chairman Howell.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Howell, Wakeman, Calley, Rendon, Eisen, Sowerby, Pohutsky.
Absent/Excused: Reps. Reilly, Cambensy.
Representative Sowerby moved to adopt the minutes from the March 5th, 2019 meeting. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation was meeting jointly with
the House Committee on Appropriations- Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Environmental
Quality.
The Chair invited DEQ Director Liesl Clark, MPART Executive Director Steve Sliver, and MDHHS
Population Health Administration Physician Dr. Eden Wells, all representing the Michigan PFAS Action
Response Team, to give a presentation. Questions and discussion followed.
Representative Wakeman moved to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection Reps.
Reilly and Cambensy were excused from the meeting.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:53 AM.
Representative Gary Howell, Chair
Amy K Rostkowycz
Committee Clerk
arostkowycz@house.mi.gov