BILLINGS TECHNICAL OFFICE2535 St. Johns Avenue |
General Website Questions -Tom Richmond or Jim Halvorson Data Access and Webmapper -Jim Halvorson |
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| Tom Richmond (trichmond@mt.gov) | Division Administrator and Petroleum Engineer | Management, policy, and personnel matters; public and legislative liaison; drilling permit processing; technical expertise at hearings |
| Jim Halvorson (jhalvorson@mt.gov) | Petroleum Geologist | Technical requirements for drilling and plugging program; technical expertise at hearings; coordination of program activities; special projects |
| George Hudak | UIC Coordinator | Coordination and technical requirements for Class II Underground Injection Control program; EPA liaison; injection and disposal well permitting |
| Vacant | Statistician | Production statistics; statistical analysis; financial assurance; bond program; portions of annual report |
| Kris Goll | Draftsman | Dry hole maps; field maps; library of well cutting samples |
| Karen Maddaus | Office Manager | Supervises the permitting, production, drafting and administrative support functions. It is also responsible for providing quality assurance for all data, reports and publications. |
| Vacant | Permit Clerk | Maintenance of logs, reports, and records; ; compliance responsibility; bank deposits; data entry into database records |
| Nancy Lausch | Bond Tech
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Production reports and injection reports; database maintenance; electronic reports and forms; special projects; financial assurance; bond program |
SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIELD OFFICE2535 St. Johns Avenue |
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Steve Sasaki
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Chief Field Inspector | Supervision and coordination of field inspection activities; approval of abandonment plans, well workovers, and well recompletions; coordination of plugging program |
Jerry Fraser
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Field Inspector | Inspection of operations to drill wells, plug wells and seismic shot holes, and reclaim dry holes; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports |
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HELENA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE1625 11th Avenue |
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| Terri Perrigo | Executive Secretary/Administrative Officer | Scheduling and coordination of BOGC business meetings and public hearings; budget development and financial reports; personnel and policy matters; liaison with DNRC management and the legislature |
| Erin Ricci | Administrative Assistant | draft docket coordination, preparation of docket files, coordination of monthly reports (forms 7, 9, 10 and 13), preparation of historical hearing files for microfilm/scanning, phones and general office duties |
| Vacant
| Administrative Support | Compiles information from transportation agency reports, refiners reports, monthly gas reports, gas or extraction reports; and authorizes transportation of oil and gas from leases |
| N. Clyde Peterson | Attorney |
Research of legal matters; legal counsel |
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NORTHERN DISTRICT FIELD OFFICEPO Box 690 Shelby MT 59474 Phone: (406) 434-2422 Fax: (406) 434-2516 |
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| Gary Klotz | Field Supervisor | Inspection of operations to drill wells, plug wells and seismic shotholes, and reclaim dry holes; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports |
| Bill Halvorson | Field Inspector | Inspection of operations to drill wells, plug wells and seismic shot holes, and reclaim dry holes; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports |
| Hilary Dumas | Administrative Support | Typing; filing; data entry |
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EASTERN DISTRICT FIELD INSPECTORS
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Ron Prevost |
Field Inspector | Inspection of operations to drill wells, plug wells and seismic shot holes, and reclaim dry holes; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports |
Darrell Hystad |
Field Inspector | Inspection of operations to drill wells, plug wells and seismic shot holes, and reclaim dry holes; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports |
Robert Schmidt |
Field Inspector | Inspection of operations to drill wells, plug wells and seismic shot holes, and reclaim dry holes; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports |
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BOARD MEMBERS
| NAME/ADDRESS |
PHONE |
QUALIFICATION |
TERM of OFFICE |
| Linda Nelson, Chair 469 Griffin Road Medicine Lake, MT 59247 |
286-5611 |
Landowner with Minerals |
3-29-13 to 1-1-17 |
| Wayne Smith, Vice-Chair 9843 Cut Bank Highway Valier, MT 59486 |
289-0788 (cell) 279-3454 (home) |
Industry Representative |
3-29-13 to 1-1-17 |
John Evans 3910 Harrison Avenue Butte MT 59701 |
494-2504 |
Industry Representative |
3-29-13 to 1-1-17 |
| Ronald Efta P.O. Box 300 Wibaux, MT 59353 |
796-2431 |
Public Member and Attorney |
3-29-11 to 1-1-15 |
Vacant
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Public Member |
3-29-13 to 1-1-17 |
| Jack King P.O. Box 2527 Billings, MT 59103 |
252-0576 |
Industry Representative |
3-29-11 to 1-1-15 |
| Bret Smelser 409 3rd St. SE Sidney, MT 59270 |
488-7103 (work/home) 433-2809 mayor (Tues & Thurs) |
Landowner Without minerals |
3-29-11 to 1-1-15 |
