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    • 2535 St. Johns Avenue | Billings, MT 59102 | Phone: (406) 656-0040 | Fax: (406) 652-5305

    Ben Jones

    		 Administrator / Petroleum Engineer
    Management, policy, and personnel matters; public and legislative liaison; technical requirements for drilling and plugging program; technical expertise at hearings.
    Ben Davis Technical Program Coordinator Coordination and technical requirements for compliance activities; technical expertise at hearings; drilling permit processing.
    Amit Garg UIC Director Coordination and technical requirements for Class II Underground Injection Control program; EPA liaison; injection and disposal well permitting.
    John Gizicki Chief Field Inspector Supervision and coordination of field inspection activities; approval of abandonment plans, well workovers, and well recompletions; coordination of plugging program.
    Vacant Compliance Specialist Coordination of compliance activities; spill and incident reporting; inspector liaison for compliance matters.
    Jennifer Breton Program Specialist Scheduling, preparation, and coordination of BOGC meetings and public hearings; budget development and financial reports; personnel and policy matters; liaison with DNRC management; plugging and reclamation bonds.
    Jodi Hoppel-Fischer License Permit Technician Permitting specialist; database maintenance, oversight and procedures; production reporting, completion reporting.
    Allison Young Swallow Administrative Assistant Permitting processing;  maintenance of logs, reports, and records; data entry into database records; special projects.
    Nancy Heinaman Permit Clerk Maintenance of logs, reports, and records; compliance responsibility; bank deposits; data entry into database records.

    201 Main Street | PO Box 690 | Shelby, MT 59474| Phone: (406) 434-2422| Fax: (406) 434-2516

    Gary Klotz

    		 Field Supervisor Well inspections and field compliance; supervision of well abandonment and reclamation projects; geophysical inspections; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports.
    Greg Larson Field Inspector Well inspections and field compliance; supervision of well abandonment and reclamation projects; geophysical inspections; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports.
    Katelyn Bohmer Administrative Support Typing; filing; data entry.

    John Gizicki, Chief Field Inspector

    		 Billings (406) 656-0040
    Gary Klotz, Field Supervisor Shelby

    (406) 434-2422

    (406) 698-4871
    Greg Larson Shelby

    (406) 434-2422

    (406) 698-4826
    Scot Bloomfield Roundup

    (406) 698-4832
    Russ Utter Sidney (406) 697-0491
    Sam Thielen Glendive (406) 698-4861
    Mark Woodman Plentywood (406) 698-5266

    Name/Address

    		 Phone Qualification Term of Office
    Steve Durrett (Chair) (406) 294-5990 Industry Representative 3/8/19 to 1/1/27
    Roy Brown (406) 591-1072 Public Member 1/14/21 to 1/5/25

    Paul Gatzemeier

    7256 Hwy 3

    Billings, MT 59106

    		 (406) 696-9842

    Landowner Without Minerals

    		 3/8/19 to 1/1/27

    Mac McDermott

    406 5th Ave S

    Shelby, MT 59474

    		 (406) 434-7049

    Industry Representative

    		 3/17/17 to 1/5/25

    John Tietz

    PO Box 1697

    Helena, MT 59624

    		 (406) 443-6820

    Attorney

    		 2/13/23 to 1/1/27

    Corey Welter

    2110 Overland Ave., Suite 105

    Billings, MT 59102

    		 (406) 259-4878

    Industry Representative

    3/17/17 to 1/5/25

    Jeff Wivholm

    225 Flandrem Road

    Medicine Lake, MT 59247

    		 (406) 789-2511

    Landowner with Minerals

    1/14/21 to 1/5/25