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Cathy Giessel

64:46 - 64:59

"We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources."

“We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources.”
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October 8, 2026

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We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources. Representative Fields, you had your hand hand up? Just another legal question, if I might. To Ms. Radford? Yes.

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