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Committee Hears Bill Letting Full FSEC Hold Confidential Consultations With Tribes
Summary
Lawmakers heard House Bill 2,496, which would require the full Energy Facilities Site Evaluation Council (FSEC) to conduct government-to-government consultations with federally recognized tribes and allow tribes to review consultation summaries before the council’s report goes to the governor; supporters said confidentiality protects sacred sites while opponents raised due-process concerns for applicants.
House members on the Environment and Energy Committee heard testimony on House Bill 2,496 on the bill’s goal to expand government-to-government consultations between federally recognized tribes and the Energy Facilities Site Evaluation Council (FSEC).
Matt Sterling, staff to the committee, told members the bill would require the entire FSEC rather than only the chair to conduct consultations and would "allow the tribe to either request corrections or for additional information to be added and also to submit the tribe's own summary to be included in the report." He said consultations would be exempted from the Open Public Meetings Act "as long…
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