Environmental Quality Council 



The Environmental Quality Council (EQC) is a state legislative committee created by the 1971 

 Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). As outlined in MEPA, the EQC's purpose is to 

 encourage conditions under which people can coexist with nature in "productive harmony". The 

 Council fulfills this purpose by assisting the Legislature in the development of natural resource 

 and environmental poHcy, by conducting studies on related issues, and by serving in an advisory 

 capacity to the state's natural resource programs. 



The EQC is bipartisan, meets 4-6 times a year, and has 17 members--6 state senators, 6 state 

 representatives, 4 public members, and a representative of the governor. 



Environmental Quality Council Members 



House Members: Representative Haley Beaudry, Representative Vicki Cocchiarella, 

 Representative Kim Gillan, Representative George Heavy Runner, Representative Karl Ohs, 

 Representative Bill Tash 



Public Members: Mr. Bill Snoddy, Mr. Jerry Sorensen, Ms. Jeaime-Marie Souvigney, Mr. 

 Greg ToUefson 



Senate Members: Senator Vivian Brooke, Senator William Crismore, Senator Lorents 

 Grosfield, Senator Bea McCarthy, Senator Ken Mesaros, Senator Barry Stang 



Governor's Representative: Ms. Julie Lapeyre 



EQC Staff 



Todd Everts, Legislative Environmental Analyst; Larry Mitchell, Resource Policy Analyst; Mary 

 Vandenbosch, Resource Policy Analyst; Kathleen Williams, Resource Policy Analyst; Maureen 

 Theisen, Publications Coordinator 



