Analysis of 15 Climate Change Recommendations in Montana’s Climate Change Action Plan

In advance of the Environmental Quality Council’s May 12-13 meeting, EQC members requested an analysis of 15 of the 54 recommendations included in the Montana Climate Change Action Plan.

A draft of the analysis is now complete and available at the EQC Website at http://leg.mt.gov/eqc.

The information included in the analysis includes a summary of key points from the Montana Climate Change Action Plan and the associated appendices. The legislative and administrative options were prepared by EQC staff and participating agencies. Unless noted otherwise, the Department of Environmental Quality assisted in compiling the information.

The Environmental Quality Council conducted a survey during the month of February, inviting the public to rank, on a scale of 1 to 5, the 54 recommendations included in the Montana Climate Change Action Plan. The EQC reviewed the survey results, including an analysis prepared by EQC member Sen. Bob Hawks. Sen. Hawks compiled the combined (5 and 4) ranking scores for EQC and public responses totaling over 50%.

Based on the survey results, the EQC voted to take a closer look at 15 of the 54 recommendations. By looking at the 15 recommendations, council members noted that they were not endorsing those 15 recommendations or dismissing any of the others. Members requested the following information on the 15 recommendations:

*Conservation considerations

*What is currently being done in this area

*What potential new legislation in this area could be considered

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sonja Nowakowski, EQC staff, at 406-444-3078 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Thank you.

Analysis of 15 Recommendations http://leg.mt.gov/css/lepo/2007_2008/environmental_quality_council/climaterecs/climaterecs.asp

EQC Website http://leg.mt.gov/css/lepo/2007_2008/default.asp