Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on November 16, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., at the Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501, Main Conference Room, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Natural Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 312 IAC 2-4-12 by removing J. Edward Roush Lake (formerly known as "Huntington Reservoir") from the listing of lakes that are subject to standards governing fishing tournaments; 312 IAC 8-2-3 by clarifying requirements for hunting blinds, prohibiting the use of lead shot while hunting mourning doves, and clarifying requirements for the taking of reptiles and amphibians on a DNR property; 312 IAC 8-2-8 by clarifying requirements for the use of airborne transportation devices and motor-driven airborne devices used on a DNR property; and 312 IAC 8-2-9 by removing the reference to tow kite flying.

All requirements or costs by the rule amendments on regulated entities under IC 4-22-2-24(d)(3) are reasonably necessary to the Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) responsibility to provide for the protection, reproduction, care, management, survival, and regulation of wild animal populations as required under IC 14-22-2-3 and manage properties controlled or owned by the DNR under IC 14-22-11-1.

Copies of these rules are now on file at the Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501 and Legislative Services Agency, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N201, Indianapolis, Indiana and are open for public inspection.