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REGULATORS DIRECTORY
vironmental Protection, Division of Water, in the Energy & Environment Cabinet, 200 Fair Oaks Lane, Frankfort, Ky. 40601.
Directing the permits branch in the Division of Water under the Environmental Department is permit writer (VACANT), 502-564-3410. Region IV of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has primacy for Class
II injection wells in Kentucky, phone 404-562-9478.
Kentucky is treated as a single geographic region for administering oil and gas regulations.
LEGAL
Diane Fleming, general counsel . . . . . . . . . . 502-564-6940
TECHNICAL
Kim Collings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
Marvin Combs, assistant director . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
James Gallagher, geoprocessing specialist. . . 502-573-0147
Marvin Smith, environmental scientist IV . . 502-573-0147
RULE MAKING/INTERPRETATION
Kim Collings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
MAPPING
Jerry Weisenfluh, interim state geologist and director,
Kentucky Geological Survey . . . . . . . . . . 606-257-5500
FIELD ENFORCEMENT
Marvin Combs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
UIC
Marvin Combs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
RECORDS
James Gallagher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
AUDIT
Gina Cavender, administrative
section supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
PERMITS
Marvin Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
PLUGGING
Marvin Combs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147
GATHERING LINES
James Gallagher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502-573-0147

LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Office of the Secretary, LaSalle Office Building, 617 N. Third
St., Baton Rouge, LA 70802; 225-342-2710; website
www.dnr.louisiana.gov
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, under the
direction of Secretary Thomas Harris, performs the proprietary
and regulatory functions over the state oil and gas industry through
the department's four major offices: Coastal Management, Mineral Resources, Conservation, and Office of the Secretary.
Office of Coastal Management
This office is responsible for maintaining and protecting the
state's coastal wetlands. Its main function is regulating use of
Louisiana's coastal zones, especially those that have a direct and
significant impact on coastal waters. Keith Lovell is the assistant
secretary of the Office of Coastal Management. Coastal Management's Permits and Mitigation Division is headed by Administrator Karl Morgan. Coastal Management's interagency affairs and field services administrator is Donald Haydel.
Office of Mineral Resources
The Office of Mineral Resources manages the state's miner-

al assets and advises the Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board
on granting and administering leases on state-owned lands and
water bottoms for developing and producing minerals-primarily oil and gas. Stacey Talley is the deputy assistant secretary in
charge of the Office of Mineral Resources. The office is composed
of four divisions: Executive, Petroleum Lands, Geological and
Engineering, and Mineral Income.
Office of Conservation
This office is responsible for regulating all oil and gas activities. Under the direction of Assistant Secretary and Commissioner
of Conservation Richard Ieyoub, it administers state and federal regulations through seven divisions: Engineering/Administrative,
Engineering/Regulatory, Pipeline, Geological Oil and Gas, Injection and Mining, Environmental, and Executive. Field agents
are known as conservation enforcement specialists. There are three
conservation District offices located in Lafayette, Monroe and
Shreveport, La.
Online Information
DNR's computer information system, Strategic Online Natural Resources Information System (SONRIS), is available to the
public and industry to obtain a variety of data and well information,
including maps, records, charts and other information relating to
oil and gas production and mineral-resource activity. Information can be downloaded at no charge in pdf format by accessing
the DNR website.
LEGAL
Mark Falcon, general counsel . . . . . . . . . . . 225-342-2614
TECHNICAL (Office of Conservation)
Todd Keating,
engineering/administrative director . . . . . 225-342-5507
Brent Campbell,
engineering/regulatory director . . . . . . . . 225-342-4505
Stephen Lee, injection and mining director . . 225-342-5569
David Elfert, geological
oil and gas division director. . . . . . . . . . . 225-342-5501
Gary Snellgrove, environmental director . . . 225-342-7222
Steven Giambrone, pipeline director . . . . . . 225-342-5505
TECHNICAL (Office of Mineral Resources)
Victor Vaughn, geologist administrator
geological & engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225-342-7121
Rick Heck, petroleum lands director . . . . . . 225-342-6122
FIELD ENFORCEMENT (Office of Conservation)
Pierre Catrou, geologist supervisor
(Injection and Mining Division) . . . . . . . . 225-342-5567
Richard Hudson, district manager
(Lafayette Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337-262-5777
Jackie Devall, district manager
(Shreveport Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318-676-7585
James York, district manager
(Monroe Office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318-362-3111
OFFICE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Karl Morgan, administrator
(Permits Division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225-343-6470
Don Haydel, administrator
(Interagency Affairs Division) . . . . . . . . . 225-342-8953
AUDITS (Office of Conservation)
Becky Henry, mineral production manager . . . 225-342-5539
AUDITS (Office of Mineral Resources)
Rachel Newman, audit director . . . . . . . . . . 225-342-4499
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