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Oil and Gas Advisory Committee

Contact:  Michigan Geological Survey, 517 241 1515


The Oil and Gas Advisory Committee advises the DEQ on matters of regional or state-wide significance relating to oil and gas exploration and production.  The Committee provides input on policy, rules, orders, instructions, technical reviews, and hearings.  The Committee is comprised of members from the oil and gas industry and the public, with background or expertise in oil and natural gas and related environmental and resource issues.  The Committee meets four times per year.  Meeting notices are published in the Department of Environmental Quality Calendar.

Committee Members
revised 1/14/2009

Ray Barnhart
Highmount Exploration
Traverse City, MI
Gene A. Farber
Attorney at Law
Bingham Farms, MI
Gregory Fogle
Old Mission Energy, LLC
Traverse City, MI
Jack R. Harkins
Lease Management, Inc.
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Ken Prior,
Omimex Energy, Inc.
Ludington, MI
Donna Stine
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Lansing, MI
William C. Myler, Jr.
Muskegon Development Co.
Mt. Pleasant, MI
James Stark
Timmus, LLC
Mt. Pleasant, MI

Geological Survey staff 

Harold R. Fitch, Director
Assistant Supervisor of Wells

Thomas Godbold
Supervisor
Field Operations Section
Susan Maul,
Hearings Officer
Permitting & Technical Services Section
David R. Davis
Supervisor
Permits and Bonding Unit
Michael D. Bricker
Supervisor
Permitting & Technical Services Section
Linda Sandborn
Management Assistant to Harold Fitch
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