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The Committee on Michigan’s Mining Future (CMMF) is an advisory committee created by Public Act 47 of 2019 to recommend actions that strengthen and develop a sustainable, more diversified mining and minerals industry in this state, while protecting the environment and natural resources. The Committee will evaluate government policies that affect the mining and minerals industry, recommend public policy strategies to enhance the growth of the mining and minerals industry, and advise on the development of partnerships between industries, institutions, environmental groups, funding groups, and state and federal resources and other entities. The Committee will be dissolved 60 days after the submission of its final report.
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Adam Wygant, Oil, Gas and Mineral Division Director
Email: wyganta@michigan.gov
Phone: 517-284-6823
Richard Becker, Monroe
Represents an aggregate mining operation in the state
Dr. Snehamoy Chatterjee, Houghton
Represents a current or retired research faculty member with a degree in mining or geology
Sean Hammong, Lansing
Represents a statewide environmental organization
Matthew Johnson, Marquette
Represents a mettalic non-ferrous mining operation in the state
Stephen Kessler, Ann Arbor
Represents a current or retired research faculty member with a degree in mining or geology
James Kochevar, Marquette
Represents a ferrous mining operation in this state
Chad Korpi, Ishpeming
Represents member of a local chapter of an international steel workers union representing workers at an ongoing ferrous mining operation in this state or workers from an idled ferrous mining operation in this state
Jerome Maynard, Marquette
Represents a statewide environmental organization
Deborah Pellow, Ishpeming
Represents a municipality in the state where a ferrous, metallic nonferrous, or aggregate mining operation is located
Evelyn Ravindran, L'Anse
Represents members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe