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Department's vision
statement:
The people and industries that operate in our state have both
the corporate conscience and the technical ability to work with
us on constructive solutions to basic environmental management
and public health issues. We anticipate, collaborate, negotiate,
educate and communicate to address the most important environmental
and public health risks to Alaska and Alaskans. Investigation,
legislation, regulation and litigation are available tools, but
not the first tools of choice.
The chief
executive office of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
provides agency direction and administration and acts as policy
liaison with the Governor's Office and Legislature.
Primary
Services:
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Provides
policy direction for the department.
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Ensures
that public concerns are fully considered in department decisions
and actions.
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Establishes
the department's objectives and assures performance.
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Serves
as chief spokesperson for the Governor on environmental matters.
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Serves
as judge for administrative appeals.
DEC's
Organization
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Michele
Brown, Commissioner
Department of Environmental Conservation
410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303
Juneau, AK 99801-1795
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Telephone: (907)
465-5065
Fax Number: (907) 465-5070
Email: commissioner@envircon.state.ak.us
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Kurt Fredriksson, Acting Deputy
Commissioner
Department of Environmental
Conservation
410 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 303
Juneau, AK 99801-1795
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Telephone: (907)
465-5066
Fax Number: (907) 465-5070
Email: deputy_commissioner@envircon.state.ak.us
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Recent
Speeches by Commissioner Brown
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At
Water Monitoring Days,
October 18, 2002, Sheraton, Anchorage, AK
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At
an Amchitka Workshop,
February 12, 2002, Fairbanks
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On
DEC Accomplishments,
Missions and Measures, to the Alaska House of Representatives
Finance Committee --Juneau,
January 16, 2002.
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Presentation
at the Alaska
Public Health Summit--Anchorage, December 5, 2001.
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On
Nontank Legislation
and a View of Future Spill Prevention and Response in Alaska--Anchorage,
October 17, 2001, Alaska Chadux Corporation, Annual Full
Member Meeting Luncheon.
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Remarks
by Michele Brown, DEC Commissioner; on Cruise Ship Pollution--HB
260 Signing, and Remarks
by Tony Knowles, Governor of the State of Alaska.
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At
Governor Knowles' Announcement
of new cruise ship legislation, Juneau, March 9, 2001.
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On
DEC Accomplishments
and Performance Measures, to the Alaska House of Representatives
Finance Committee, Juneau, January 11, 2001.
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On
Natural gas commercialization,
Anchorage, November 16, 2000.
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On
Cruise ship Issues,
Juneau, September 14, 2000.
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To
the International
Conference on Arctic Pollution, Biomarkers, and Human Health,
Anchorage, May 1-3, 2000.
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To
the International
Oil and Ice Workshop 2000, Anchorage, April 5-7, 2000.
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On
DEC Accomplishments,
addressed to the House Finance Committee, Alaska Legislature
January 13, 2000, Juneau.
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To
the Alaska Health
Summit, December 7, 1999, Anchorage.
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To
the Cruise
Ship Waste Management And Disposal Meeting, December
3, 1999, Juneau.
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On
Amchitka Worker Health,
November 5, 1999, Anchorage.
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Opening
Remarks, Water Permit Work Group, August 31, 1999, Juneau.
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To
the Alaska Water Wastewater
Management Association, April 30, 1999, Juneau.
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On
Earth Day, to recognize the United
States Air Force for ensuring the safety of their Alaskan
underground storage tanks, April 22, 1999, Anchorage.
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On
Earth Day, to Fairbanks
Green Star Chapter Annual Meeting
Fairbanks Green Star Chapter Annual Meeting, Earth Day,
April 22, 1999, Anchorage.
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Regulatory Assistance
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Mission
To ensure
that the department's regulations are written in "plain English"
and that the process for amending regulations follows Alaska's
legal procedures. To assist staff with questions regarding the
public records law and other statutory and regulatory requirements.
Primary
services
- Provides
assistance in writing regulations.
- Coordinates
responses to public records requests.
- Acts as
liaison for administrative hearings.
- Conducts
research and works with attorneys at Department of Law.
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Laura
Hastings, Regulatory Specialist
Telephone: (907) 465-5061
Fax Number: (907) 465-5070
Email: laura_hastings@envircon.state.ak.us
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 Michele
Brown, Commissioner
Michele Brown
was appointed commissioner of the Department of Environmental
Conservation on January 20, 1996, by Governor Tony Knowles.
Ms. Brown
formerly was a DEC deputy commissioner, regional administrator
of the southcentral region which was headquartered in Anchorage,
and an assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of
Law, where she represented and advised the Departments of Environmental
Conservation, Natural Resources, Fish and Game, and Community
and Regional Affairs. In that position, she worked extensively
on the Exxon Valdez spill response to deal with many of
its legal, regulatory, and enforcement problems.
In 1993,
Ms. Brown was appointed as senior environmental specialist for
the USAID Mission in Moscow, where she administered the agency's
environmental technical assistance projects to Russia, including
sustainable natural resources management, industrial environmental
management, and multiple source pollution management in the widespread
regions of the country.
Ms. Brown
attended college at the University of California, Berkeley, and
received her law degree from the University of California, Davis.
Alaska has been her home since 1977.
Ms. Brown
has published law journal articles on the Exxon Valdez oil spill
and has been an invited speaker at many conferences on issues
ranging from environmental development programs in Russia to oil
spill response, oil pipeline regulation, and public participation
in environmental decision making.
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