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REGULATORS DIRECTORY

TENNESSEE
STATE OIL & GAS PROGRAM
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources, 11th Floor, TN Tower, 312 Rosa L. Park Blvd.,
Nashville, TN 37243; 888-891-8332; website www.tn.gov/environment
The State Oil & Gas Program is a function of the Tennessee
Bureau of Environment. The supervisor of the Oil & Gas
Board, Mike Burton, phone 615-687-7120, is located at 711 R.S.
Gass Blvd., Nashville, TN 37216.
LEGAL
Joe Sanders, DEC general counsel . . . . . . . 615-532-0131
TECHNICAL
Mike Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7120
RULE MAKING/INTERPRETATION
Bryan Epperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865-594-5529
Mike Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7120
MAPPING
Ron Clendening, geologist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7118
Elaine Foust, geologist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7109
FIELD ENFORCEMENT
Mike Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7120
Glenn Burke, inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865-207-0733
Christina Coyt, inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931-312-9112
PRODUCTION ALLOCATION
Elaine Foust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7109
UIC
Scott Sorrells,
Division of Water Resources . . . . . . . . . . 615-532-1504
OIL AND GAS RECORDS
Kathy Mitchell, administrative assistant. . . . 615-687-7053
WELL RECORDS
Ron Clendening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7118
Elaine Foust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-532-1502
AUDIT
Bryan Epperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865-596-5520
PERMITS
Mike Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-687-7120

TEXAS
OIL & GAS DIVISION
Texas Railroad Commission, 1701 N. Congress, P.O. Box
12967, Austin, TX 78711-2967; 512-463-6838, Fax 512-463-6780;
website www.rrc.state.tx.us
The Oil & Gas Division is one of four regulatory divisions within the Texas Railroad Commission. Headed by Director Lori
Wrotenbery, the division regulates all oil and gas activities in the
state with the exceptions of oil and gas leasing, royalty payments,
surface damage resulting from oil and gas operations, and contractual matters between operators and landowners.
The Office of General Counsel handles legal affairs for all divisions of the Railroad Commission.
The Oil & Gas Division administers Texas' oil and gas regulations through nine district offices, each manned by a district
director and support personnel. Business may be conducted and
information about state oil and gas activities may be obtained at
each of the nine district offices.

FIELD OPERATIONS
Santos Gonzales, assistant director . . . . . . . 512-463-6830
James Huie, director Districts 1 & 2
(San Antonio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210-227-1313
Peter Fisher, director District 3
(Houston) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713-869-5001
William Thompson, director District 4
(Corpus Christi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361-242-3113
Michael Vanderworth, director Districts 5 & 6
(Kilgore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903-984-3026
Joe Cress, director District 7B
(Abilene) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325-677-3545
Brian Floyd, acting director District 7C
(San Angelo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325-657-7450
(VACANT), director Districts 8 & 8A
(Midland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-684-5581
Kim Peterson, director District 9
(Wichita Falls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940-723-2153
Cole Fraley, director District 10
(Pampa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806-665-1653
TECHNICAL PERMITTING SECTION
Leslie Savage, assistant director . . . . . . . . . 512-463-7308
Grant Chambless, manager
(environmental permits and support) . . . 512-463-4354
David Hill, manager
(injection/storage permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-3011
Richard Behal, team lead
(engineering unit and support) . . . . . . . . 512-463-6473
Norman Gearhart, manager
(Groundwater Advisory Unit). . . . . . . . . . 512-463-2937
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE SECTION
Tim Poe, assistant director . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-2655
Mysti Doshier, manager (P-5 organization
reports and financial assurance) . . . . . . . 512-463-6743
Deborah Davis, manager (production reporting,
T-1 and P-18 reports,
and surface commingling). . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-6722
Joe Stasulli, manager (well compliance) . . . 512-463-3905
Lorenzo Garza, manager (drilling permits). . . 512-463-2184
Patrick Maxwell, manager (well mapping
and GIS pipeline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-6844
SITE REMEDIATION
Peter Pope, manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-8202
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Susan Rhyne, records management officer
(information services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-7157
Central Records Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-6882
GENERAL COUNSEL
Lindil Fowler, general counsel . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-6715
Colin Lineberry, special counsel . . . . . . . . . 512-463-7149
David Cooney, director
(Enforcement Section). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-6977
HEARINGS
Ryan Larson, director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-463-6766

UTAH
DIVISION OF OIL, GAS & MINING
1594 W. North Temple, Suite 1210, P.O. Box 145801, Salt Lake
City, UT 84114-5801; 801-538-5340, Fax 801-359-3940; website www.ogm.utah.gov
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