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Minutes, July 2Z-Z4, 199 ~;i~ D RAT 28 Subject To Board Approval At this point, Ron Cattany saki that the Governor recently signed an administrative order making Michael Long the Director of Minerals and Geology Division of DNR. He said that Dave Bucknam will eventually be appointed Director of the Office of Active and Inactive Mines. Mr. Cattany said that Mr. Pat Rogers will be appointed Acting Director of Geological Survey effective Nugust 1, 1992. He said the Executive Director will probably make a riecision regarding the appointment of a State Geologist, a replacement for John Rold, and Director of Water Conservation by the middle of August. Mr. Cattany said the Department plans to provide the Governor with recommendations for the Minerals and Geology Polir:y Advisory Board by the end of next week. Mr. Long said that Frank Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, will begin working one-half time for the Division, and Ms. Cheryl Linden will start working part-time for the Division. He said Ms. Linden will be working on the legal aspects on some of the closure problems facing the Division, i.e., landowner agreements, cost-sharing, vandalism, etc. Mr. Long said Frank Johnson is pursuing the possibility of existing OOM statutes allowing the Director of DMG to sign orders for closures. He said Mr. Johnson is also drafting a letter to the State's county district attorneys in counties where problems are being experienced informing them of the statute and requesting that appropriate action be taken for its enforcement. >F ~ ~ 3. Outreach and Educational Program or Local Government and Public Mr. Long stated that the conr:eption of an outreach program was developed through discussions of the Blueprint for Change. During those discussions, it was deckled that an educational program for citizens and local governmental agencies would be established. He said he felt it would be beneficial to include mining representatives, i.e., trade associations, individual operators, etc., as components of the program. Mr. Long asked the Board to consider whether the mining industry would be receptive to this idea. Loretta Pineda presented an outline that she said was developed with input from the Senior Staff. She said one of the functions of the communications programs would be to provide more information about the Division's existing reclamation programs. Ms. Pineda said communicating information relativ~a t:o the issue of consolidation would also be included in this effort. Hc•wever, she said that at this time, the plan is to develop a proposal to be implemented after the issue regarding the Geological Survey is resolved.