Bob Townsend - Administrator, Minerals and Mining Program (email)

 

Mike Lees - Senior Hydrologist, Minerals and Mining Program (email)

 

Lucy Dahl - Geologist, Minerals and Mining Program (email)

 

Class II Underground Injection Control (UIC) Point of Contact:

Brian Walsh - Environmental Scientist III, Ground Water Quality Program (email)

 

 

Board of Minerals and Environment Adopts Revisions to the State’s Oil and Gas Conservation Rules

 

 

Welcome to the Oil & Gas regulatory homepage.  The Minerals & Mining Program, Division of Environmental Services, Department of Environment and Natural Resources regulates oil and gas exploration and production in South Dakota.

 

 

Contact Information:

 

Send Correspondence, Permit Applications and Reports to:

Minerals and Mining Program

2050 West Main Street, Suite #1
Rapid City, SD 57702-2493

Fax: 605-394-5317

 

Questions Regarding Regulation of Oil & Gas?  Contact Bob Townsend, Mike Lees, or Lucy Dahl at 605-773-4201.

 

Questions Regarding Class II UIC Permits? Contact Brian Walsh at 605-773-3296.

 

 

 

 

 

What We Do:

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Purpose: to implement the state oil and gas laws in a timely, efficient, and customer service oriented manner that will encourage exploration for and development of oil and gas; prevent waste; and protect correlative rights, water resources, the environment, and human health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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