Coal Bed Methane

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Montana State Agencies
Wyoming State and Federal Agencies
Federal Agencies
Local Agencies
Tribal Governments
Industry
Citizens' Groups

Montana State Agencies
Agency	Contact	Phone/Fax
Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) P.O. Box 200901 Helena, MT 59620-0901	Greg Hallsten DEQ CBM Project Mgr.	Phone: 406-444-3276 Fax: 406-444-1374
	Lisa Peterson Public Affairs Coordinator	Phone: 406-444-2929 Fax: 406-444-4386
	Dave Klemp Air quality issues	Phone: 406-444-0286 Fax: 406-444-1499
	Eric Merchant Air quality issues	Phone: 406-444-1457 Fax: 406-444-1499
	Angela McDannel Controlled Groundwater Area	Phone: 406-444-4991 Fax: 406-444-1923
	Jeff Blend Socioeconomic issues	Phone: 406-444-6762 Fax: 406-444-6836
	Tom Reid Water discharge permits	Phone: 406-444-5329 Fax: 406-444-1374
	Chris Levine Water quality issues	Phone: 406-444-0371 Fax: 406-444-6836
	Jeff May Permit monitoring	Phone: 406-444-5326 Fax: 406-444-1374
	Dean Yashan TMDL Planning and Public Outreach	Phone: 406-444-5317 Fax: 406-444-6838
	Pat Newby TMDL Monitoring and Assessment	Phone: 406-444-3474 Fax: 406-444-6836
Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC) 2535 St. John's Avenue Billings, MT 59102	Tom Richmond Administrator	Phone: 406-656-0040 Fax: 406-657-1604
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) 1300 North 27th Street Billings, MT 59101	John Wheaton Hydrogeology	Phone: 406-657-2629
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) P.O. Box 200701 Helena, MT 59620-0701	Don Skaar Fisheries	Phone: 406-444-5686 Fax: 406-444-4952
Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation, (DNRC) P.O. Box 201601 Helena, MT 59620-1601	Keith Kerbel Water Rights	Phone: 406-247-4415 Fax: 406-247-4416
	Rich Moy Controlled Groundwater Area	Phone: 406-444-6633 Fax: 406-444-0533
Montana Tech of the University of Montana Groundwater Information Center (GWIC) 1300 West Park Street 322 Main Hall Butte, MT 59701	Tom Patton Groundwater Assessment	Phone: 406-496-4153 Fax: 406-496-4343

Wyoming State and Federal Agencies
Agency	Contact	Phone/Fax
State Agencies
Department of Environmental Quality Herschler Building 122 West 25th Street Cheyenne, WY 82002	John Wagner Administrator Water Quality Division	Phone: 307-777-7781 Fax: 307-777-5973
	David A. Finley Administrator Air Quality Division	Phone: 307-777-7391 Fax: 307-777-5616
Game and Fish Department 5400 Bishop Boulevard Cheyenne, WY 82006	John Baughman Director	Phone: 307-777-4600 Fax: 307-777-4610
Geological Survey Wyoming Office P.O. Box 3008 Laramie, WY 82071	Lance Cook State Geologist	Phone: 307-766-2286 Fax: 307-766-2605
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission P.O. Box 2640 Casper, WY 82602-2640	Don Likwaarts State Oil and Gas Supervisor	Phone: 307-234-7147 Fax: 307-234-5306
State Engineer's Office Herschler Building 4th Floor East Cheyenne, WY 82002	Sue Lowry	Phone: 307-777-7354 Fax: 307-777-5451
Federal Agencies
Army Corps of Engineers WY Regulatory Office 2232 Dell Range Blvd Suite 210 Cheyenne, WY 82009	Contact Information	Phone: 307-772-2300 Fax: 307-772-2920
Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office 1425 Fort Street Buffalo, WY 82834	Dennis Stenger Field Manager	Phone: 307-684-1100 Fax: 307-684-1122
Fish and Wildlife Service 170 North First St. Lander, WY 82520	Mark Hogan

Federal Agencies
Agency	Contact	Phone/Fax
Army Corps of Engineers Billings Regulatory Office 1629 Avenue D Billings, MT 59102	Larry Robson	Phone: 406-657-5910
Army Corps of Engineers Helena Regulatory Office 301 South Park, Drawer 10014 Helena, MT 59626-0014	Alan Steinle	Phone: 406-441-1371 Fax: 406-441-1380
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Miles City Field Office 111 Garryowen Road Miles City, MT 59301	Mary Bloom CBM Program Manager	Phone: 406-233-3649 Fax: 406-233-2921
BLM, Billings Field Office P.O. Box 36800 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101	Ken Hanify Natural Resources Specialist	Phone: 406-896-5245 Fax: 406-896-5281
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Rocky Mountain Regional Office 316 North 26th Street Billings, MT 59101	Rick Stefanic Environmental Scientist	Phone: 406-247-7911 Fax: 406-247-7976
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Coalbed Methane Outreach Program 6202J Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20460	Karl Schultz	Phone: 202-564-9468 Fax: 202-565-2077
	Clark Talkington	Phone: 202-564-8969 Fax: 202-565-2077
Environmental Protection Agency Region VIII 999 18 Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202-2466	Cindy Cody NEPA	Phone: 303-312-6228
	Wes Wilson NEPA	Phone: 303-312-6562
	Mike Reed NPDES permits	Phone: 303-312-6132
	David Hogle Underground Injection Control permits	Phone: 303-312-6137
	Jean Belille Environmental Justice	Phone: 303-312-6291
	Peggy Livingston Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act legal	Phone: 303-312-6858
	Kimi Matsumoto National Environmental Policy Act and Indian law, Office of the Regional Council	Phone: 303-312-6875
EPA, Montana Office Federal Building Helena, MT 59601	John Wardell CBM activities in Montana	Phone: 406-441-1123 ext. 238 Fax: 406-441-1125
	Barbara Burkland Tribal Assistance Program	Phone: 406-441-1141 ext. 236 Fax: 406-441-1125
	Julie DalSoglio Water Quality Standards and TMDLs	Phone: 406-441-1140 ext. 256 Fax: 406-441-1140
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Billings Suboffice Ecological Services 2900 4th Avenue N, #301 Billings, MT 59101	Lou Hanebury Acting Coordinator	Phone: 406-247-7366 Fax: 406-247-7364
Forest Service Custer National Forest Beartooth Ranger District HC49, Box 3420 Red Lodge, MT 59068	Pat Pierson	Phone: 406-446-2103 Fax: 406-446-3918
Geological Survey (USGS) Helena Office 3162 Bozeman Avenue Helena, MT 59601	John Kilpatrick Water issues	Phone: 406-457-5902 Fax: 406-457-5990
USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team Box 25046, MS 939 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225	Ted Dyman CBM studies in Wyoming and Montana	Phone: 303-236-5730 Fax: 303-236-0459

Local Agencies
Agency	Contact	Phone/Fax
Coal Bed Methane Coordination Coalition 760 West Fetterman Buffalo, WY 92824 A coalition made up of Sheridan, Johnson, Campbell, Converse and Carbon County Commissions in the Powder River Basin of WY.	Mickey Steward CBM Coordinator	Phone: 307-217-0869
	B.J. Kristiansen Asst. CBM Coordinator	Phone: 307-751-4657
Big Horn County Commission P.O. Box 908 Hardin, MT 59034	Commissioners	Phone: 406-665-9700 Fax: 406-665-9706
Powder River County Commission P.O. Box 270 Broadus, MT 59317	Commissioners	Phone: 406-436-2657 Fax: 406-436-2151
Rosebud County Commission P.O. Box 47 Forsyth, MT 59327	Commissioners	Phone: 406-356-2251 Fax: 406-356-7551

Tribal Governments
Agency	Contact	Phone/Fax
Crow Reservation Crow Tribe Box 159 Crow Agency, MT 59022	Neta Old Elk Director Mineral Mining Office	Phone: 406-638-2601 Fax: 406-638-7283
Northern Cheyenne Reservation Northern Cheyenne Tribe PO Box 128 Lame Deer, MT 59043	Danny Sioux Lame Deer Council Representative	Phone: 406-477-6284 Fax: 406-477-6210

Industry Associations
Agency	Contact	Phone/Fax
Coal Bed Methane	Information, Resources and Engineering Data on Coal Bed Methane
Montana Coal Bed Natural Gas Alliance 608 2nd Street Helena, MT 59601	Harmon Ranney JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc.	Phone: 406-495-0781 Fax: 406-495-0786
Montana Petroleum Association 601 Euclid Avenue P.O. Box 1186 Helena, MT 59624-1186	Gail Abercrombie	Phone: 406-442-7582 Fax: 406-443-7291
Petroleum Association of Wyoming 951 Werner Court Suite 100 Casper, WY 82601	Tom Clayson	Phone: 307-234-5333 Fax: 307-266-2189
Powder River CBM Information Council P.O. Box 6752 Sheridan, WY 82801	Amy McDougal Public Relations	Phone: 307-673-7161 Fax: 307-674-6835
Wyoming Independent Producers Association P.O. Box 2325 Gillette, WY 82717-2325	Karen Kennedy Executive Director	Phone: 307-686-1081 Fax: 307-686-0560

Citizens' Groups
Organization	Contact	Phone/Fax
Montana Environmental Information Center P.O. Box 1184 Helena, MT 59624	Jim Jensen Executive Director	Phone: 406-443-2520 Fax: 406-443-2507
Northern Plains Resource Council 2401 Montana Ave., #200 Billings, MT 59101	Michael Reisner	Phone: 406-248-1154 Fax: 406-248-2110
	Mark Fix Chair NPRC CBM Committee	Phone: 406-421-5460
Park and Gallatin Citizens' Alliance P.O. Box 672 Bozeman, MT 59771	Mel Frost	Phone: 406-586-1593 Fax: 406-586-0851
Powder River Basin Resource Council 23 N. Scott Sheridan, WY 82801	Jill Morrison	Phone: 307-672-5809 Fax: 307-672-5800
Tongue River Water Users Association P.O. Box 5171 Birney, MT 59012	Art Hayes President	Phone: 406-984-6260
Wyoming Outdoor Council 262 Lincoln Street Lander, WY 82520	Tom Darin	Phone: 307-332-7031 Fax: 307-332-6899

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