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Beth Elroy highlights DEQ oversight experience and industry background at Board of Environmental Quality reappointment hearing
Summary
Beth Elroy, a Micron vice president and long-serving Board of Environmental Quality member, appeared before the committee to discuss her environmental and industry experience and said her top goal is balancing environmental protection with business prosperity; the committee will vote on her reappointment the next day.
Beth (Elizabeth) Elroy appeared before the Senate Health and Welfare Committee for her gubernatorial reappointment to the Board of Environmental Quality, outlining two decades of industry and regulatory experience and urging a balanced approach to protecting the environment while supporting business in Idaho.
Elroy said she holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the College of Idaho and a master’s in environmental engineering from Idaho State University. She told the committee she has worked at Micron for more than 20 years in roles from environmental engineer to construction and operations leadership; she has served for a little over a decade on the Board of Environmental Quality and currently serves as vice president of global environmental safety, health and sustainability at Micron.
Asked by Senator Harris about successes she has seen on the board, Elroy pointed to the ability of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to attract and retain technical leadership and to the board’s capacity to manage contested cases requiring technical oversight. When asked about specific environmental concerns related to agriculture and cloud seeding, Elroy said she is not an agricultural or cloud-seeding expert and deferred to subject-matter experts, but said the board’s aim should be to protect the land and seek socially responsible approaches that allow agriculture to continue.
The committee did not hold a confirmation vote at this hearing; members said Elroy’s reappointment would be considered in a separate vote the next day.
