
Nolan Cloutier
13:30 - 14:23
"in the NDAA, both the Senate and the House version, the National Defense Authorization Act, that we have language in both bills that would convey land at the landfill, at the Anchorage landfill that's adjacent to landfill that we've actually been leasing from, um, Jaybear for a long time, that would be conveyed to the Municipality of Anchorage for the purposes of ultimately hosting a waste-to-energy plant."
“in the NDAA, both the Senate and the House version, the National Defense Authorization Act, that we have language in both bills that would convey land at the landfill, at the Anchorage landfill that's adjacent to landfill that we've actually been leasing from, um, Jaybear for a long time, that would be conveyed to the Municipality of Anchorage for the purposes of ultimately hosting a waste-to-energy plant.”
Sure, Mr. Chair. We can go through a few of our federal pieces, I think, if that was your intent. We are— and I think we've shared with this committee before, at least with several members, that in the NDAA, both the Senate and the House version, the National Defense Authorization Act, that we have language in both bills that would convey land at the landfill, at the Anchorage landfill that's adjacent to landfill that we've actually been leasing from, um, Jaybear for a long time, that would be conveyed to the Municipality of Anchorage for the purposes of ultimately hosting a waste-to-energy plant. And so, um, that's something we've been actively working on with all, all three offices of our congressional delegation, um, in particular in the bill language and getting it moving with, with Senator Sullivan's office and with Representative Begich's office.
Anchorage officials told the Assembly Legislative Committee on Thursday that both House and Senate defense bills would convey about 50 acres of JBER land next to the Anchorage Regional Landfill for a waste-to-energy plant. The House version orders the transfer. The Senate version only directs study.

Anchorage's $1.79 million Community Development Block Grant will be adjusted by how fast the city adds housing starting in fiscal 2029 under the federal housing law enacted July 10. Assembly member Anna Brawley asked Thursday whether a hard place to build gets punished for trying.
