Mineral Resources and Society: A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Resource Surveys Program Plan (1996)

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APPENDIX B 69 Appendix B List of Presentations to the Panel at Meetings of the PANEL TO REVIEW THE MINERAL RESOURCE SURVEYS PROGRAM PLAN OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Overview and Future Directions of USGS and Geologic Division—Patrick Leahy, Chief Geologist, USGS Overview of Mineral Resource Surveys Program (MRSP) and National Plan— Willis White and Klaus Schulz, USGS 1. Why did the USGS request a NRC review? 2. What are the expectations of the USGS? 3. How will the NRC report be utilized? 4. How was the National Plan developed? USGS-MRSP: Mineral Assessments—Jane Hammarstrom (presenter), Paul Barton, Lawrence Drew USGS-MRSP Mitigation Studies—Geoffrey Plumlee (presenter), Larry Gough, Stanley Church USGS-MRSP: Resource Investigations—David John (presenter), Byron Berger, David Leach USGS-MRSP: Information and Technology Transfer— Kathleen Johnson (presenter), Richard McCammon, Gary Raines 

APPENDIX B 70 U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM): Mineral Information and Analysis ctivities— John DeYoung, USGS (introduction); George Coakley, USBM (presenter); W. David Menzie, USGS; Ronald Balazik, USBM; Michael McKinley, USBM Collateral USGS Programs—Timothy Miller, Chief, National Water Quality Assessment, USGS; David Houseknecht, Acting Chief, Energy Resource Survey Program New Program Directions for the U.S. Geological Survey—Richard Carten, Budget Information and Planning Process for the MRSP; Bruce Lipin, USGS Initiative on a Watershed Approach to Characterize and Remediate Abandoned Mine Lands; William Langer, USGS Initiative on Loss of Resources Critical to the Support of the Nation's Infrastructure White House Perspectives—Janet Irwin, White House Office of Management and Budget; Murray Hitzman, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Federal Agency Perspectives—Mark Schaefer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water & Science, designee; Rhea Graham, Director, U.S. Bureau of Mines; Thomas Kitsos and Donald Hill, Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals, Minerals Management Service; C. Thomas King, U.S. Forest Service; Robert McSwain, Department of State; Robert Bastian, Environmental Protection Agency Federal Agency Perspectives (field offices)— Frank Salwerowicz, Deputy State Director (Colorado), Bureau of Land Management; Melody Holm and Rusty Dersch, U.S. Forest Service (Colorado); Robert D. Higgins, National Park Service (Colorado); James Dunn, Mining Waste Team Leader, Environmental Protection Agency (Colorado) State Agency Perspectives—Vicki Cowart, State Geologist and Director, Colorado Geological Survey; Bruce K. Stover, Senior Geologist, 

APPENDIX B 71 Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology; Dianne R. Nielson*, Executive Director, Utah Department of Environmental Quality; Jonathan G. Price*, State Geologist and Director, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Perspectives of Non-Governmental Organizations— Rick Reininger, Senior Vice President, National Stone Association; Debra Knopman, Director, Center for Environmental Economics, Progressive Foundation; Philip Hocker, President, Mineral Policy Center Private Sector Perspectives—Connie Holmes, Senior Vice President, National Mining Association; Hugo Dummett*, Group Manager and Senior Vice President, BHP Minerals International; Travis Hudson, Independent Consultant, Remediation Technology; Donald Runnells*, President, Sheperd Miller, Inc. *Member, National Research Council Panel to Review the Mineral Resource Surveys Program Plan of the U.S. Geological Survey 

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