Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on July 20, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at the Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room N501, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Natural Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to 312 IAC 8, which governs the use of DNR properties, to address the management of nature preserves and other properties managed by the Division of Nature Preserves, to require written consent of the fee owner before the Commission may establish fees, entrance and exit sites, authorize hunting, or similar other conditions on usage for dedicated nature preserves that are not owned by the state of Indiana, to clarify that restrictions on public use of a nature preserve apply to properties owned by the state of Indiana and managed by the Division of Nature Preserves but not yet dedicated as a nature preserve, and to make other technical changes.

IC 4-22-2-24(d)(3) Justification Statement: The proposed rule amendments would not impose requirements or costs under IC 4-22-2-24(d)(3).

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.