California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 2 - Department of Conservation › Chapter 1 - Department of Conservation-Conflict-of-Interest Code › Appendix A - Designated Positions and Retired Annuitants Filling Such Positions Under the Conflict-of-Interest Code of the Department of Conservation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following positions are hereby required to file
				  statements of economic interests in accordance with the disclosure category
				  indicated:
Position
Disclosure
						  Category
Department-Wide
All Exempt positions
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
All Career Executive Assignment (CEA) positions
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Executive Division
Director (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Chief Deputy Director (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Chief Scientific and Data Advisor (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Carbon Management Policy Advisor (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Technical Outreach Coordinator (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Members, State Mining and Geology Board (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Executive Officer / Special Representative, State
						  Mining and Geology Board (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Senior Engineering Geologist, State Mining and Geology
						  Board ..........................
..........................
						  2,3,4,5,6,7
Staff Services Analyst, State Mining and Geology Board
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Staff Services Manager (all levels) (EEO Officer)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Administrative Assistant (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Division of Mine Reclamation
Supervisor of Mine Reclamation (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
All positions in the following Office of Mine
						  Reclamation classifications or series:
Environmental Program Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3
Senior Engineering Geologist
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3
Engineering Geologist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3
Environmental Planner (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Associate Environmental Planner (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3, 7
Environmental Scientist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Research Data Specialist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2, 3
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Landscape Associate
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Staff Management Auditor
						  ..........................
.......................... 3
Legal Office
Chief Counsel (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
All positions in the following Legal Office
						  classifications or series:
Assistant Chief Counsel (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Attorney (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3,4,5,6,7
Senior Legal Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3,4,5,6,7
Legal Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3,4,5,6,7
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2,3,4,5,6,7
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Office of Legislative and Regulatory
						  Affairs
Assistant Director, Office of Legislative and
						  Regulatory Affairs (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
All employees in the following Office of Legislative
						  and Regulatory Affairs classifications or series:
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2, 3,4,5,6,7
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2, 3,4,5,6,7
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2, 3,4,5,6,7
Research Data Specialist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3,4,5,6,7
Public Affairs Office
Assistant Director of Communications (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 7
All employees in the following Public Affairs Office
						  classifications or series: Information Officer (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 7
Division of Land Resource Protection
Division Director, Division of Land Resource Protection
						  (Exempt) ..........................
.......................... 1
All positions in the following Division of Land
						  Resource Protection classifications or series:
Senior Environmental Scientist
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Environmental Scientist
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Senior Environmental Planner
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Associate Environmental Planner
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Environmental Planner
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 7
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Research Data Analyst (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Research Data Specialist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 6
Division of Administration
Division Director, Division of Administration (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Business Services and Performance Review
						  Unit
All positions in the following Division of
						  Administration, Business Services and Performance Review Unit classifications
						  or series:
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Fiscal Services (Accounting Office and
						  Budget Office)
All positions in the following Division of
						  Administration, Fiscal Services classifications or series:
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Accounting Administrator (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Senior Accounting Officer
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Accounting Officer (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Associate Budget Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Associate Accounting Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Human Resources Office
Staff Services Manager II
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Associate Industrial Hygienist
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Labor Relations Specialist
						  ..........................
.......................... 2
Enterprise Technology Services
						  Division
(Chief Information Officer (CEA) Services Division
						  (CEA) ..........................
.......................... 1
All positions in the following Enterprise Technology
						  Services Division classifications or series:
Information Technology Supervisor (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 5
Information Technology Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 5
Information Technology Specialist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 5
Information Technology Associate
						  ..........................
.......................... 5
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 5
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 5
California Geological Survey
State Geologist (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
All positions in the following California Geological
						  Survey classifications or series:
Chief Deputy, California Geological Survey (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Senior Geologist
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Senior Civil Engineer
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Civil Engineer
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Research Data Supervisor (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Seismologist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Engineering Geologist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Staff Electronics Instrumentation Engineer
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Librarian
						  ..........................
.......................... 7
Senior Precision Electronics Specialist
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Associate Oil and Gas Engineer
						  ..........................
.......................... 3 and 7
Geologic Energy Management Division
State Oil and Gas Supervisor (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Chief Deputy (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Deputy Director (Programs) (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Deputy Supervisor of Policy and Administration (Exempt)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Area District Deputy (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Public Outreach Coordinator (CEA)
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
All positions in the following Division of Oil, Gas,
						  and Geothermal Resources classifications or series:
Supervising Oil and Gas Engineers
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Senior Oil and Gas Engineers
						  ..........................
.......................... 1
Associate Oil and Gas Engineers
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Energy and Mineral Resources Engineer
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Oil and Gas Technician
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Research Data Supervisor (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 4 and 7
Research Data Specialist (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Research Data Analyst (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Research Manager
						  ..........................
.......................... 4 and 7
Associate Governmental Program Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Staff Services Analyst
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Associate Environmental Planner
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Environmental Program Manager
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Engineering Geologist
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Staff Services Manager (all levels)
						  ..........................
.......................... 4 and 7
Senior Environmental Scientist
						  ..........................
.......................... 4 and 7
Environmental Scientist
						  ..........................
.......................... 4
Consultants/New Positions
Consultants/New Positions (Department-wide)
						  ..........................
.......................... 
						  *
* Consultants and new positions are "designated employees"
				  for the purposes of these provisions and shall disclose pursuant to the
				  broadest disclosure category in the Code, subject to the following limitation:
				  The Director may determine in writing that a particular consultant or new
				  position, although a "designated employee," is hired to perform a range of
				  duties that is limited in scope and thus is not required to fully comply with
				  the disclosure requirements described in this section. This written
				  determination shall include a description of the consultant's or new position's
				  duties and, based upon that description, a statement of the extent of
				  disclosure required. The Director's determination is a public record and shall
				  be retained for public inspection in the same manner and location as this
				  Conflict of Interest Code.
Department of Conservation
Disclosure Categories
Disclosure Category 1:
A designated employee in this category must report all
				  investments, business positions, interests in real property, and sources of
				  income, including gifts, loans and travel payments.
Disclosure Category 2:
A designated employee in this category, must report all
				  income (including gifts, loans, and travel payments) from any business entity
				  that provides services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment of the
				  type used by the Department of Conservation. These employees must also report
				  all investments and business positions in any business entity that provides
				  services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment of the type used by the
				  Department of Conservation.
Disclosure Category 3:
A designated employee in this category must report real
				  property that may be affected by or subject to any provisions, guidelines,
				  rules, regulations, or policies adopted, enforced or promulgated by the
				  California Geological Survey, the Division of Mine Reclamation or the State
				  Mining and Geology Board. A designated employee in this category must also
				  report all investments and business positions in, and income (including gifts,
				  loans, and travel payments) from, any business entity of the type that may be
				  affected by or subject to any provisions, guidelines, rules, regulations, or
				  policies adopted, enforced or promulgated by the California Geological Survey,
				  the Division of Mine Reclamation, or the State Mining and Geology Board. This
				  includes, but is not limited to, business entities of the type that are
				  regularly engaged in: real estate development, mining, quarrying, mineral
				  refining or smelting operations, logging operations, geothermal and petroleum
				  development, or public utility facility development; or the manufacturing,
				  distribution, sale, repair, or advertising of products for use in exploration,
				  development and design criteria, and construction of facilities; or projects
				  involving siting investigations or land use.
Disclosure Category 4:
A designated employee in this category must report real
				  property that may be affected by or subject to any provisions, guidelines,
				  rules, regulations, or policies adopted, enforced or promulgated by the
				  California Geologic Energy Management Division. A designated employee in this
				  category must also report all investments and business positions in, and income
				  (including gifts, loans, and travel payments) from, any business entity of the
				  type that may be affected by or subject to any provisions, guidelines, rules,
				  regulations, or policies adopted, enforced or promulgated by the California
				  Geologic Energy Management Division. This includes, but is not limited to,
				  business entities of the type that are regularly engaged in: the extraction
				  and/or production of oil, gas or geothermal resources; or providing consulting,
				  research or other contractual services to companies sponsoring such
				  developments; or the manufacturing, distribution, sale, repair or advertising
				  of products for use in exploration, development and design criteria, and
				  construction of facilities; or projects involving siting investigations or land
				  use.
Disclosure Category 5:
A designated employee in this category must report all
				  investments and business positions in, and income (including gifts, loans, and
				  travel payments) from, sources of the type that provide equipment, hardware,
				  software, facilities, supplies, training, consulting, or services related to
				  information technology, geographical information systems, electronic records
				  storage, audio, video, multimedia, and telecommunications, of the type used by
				  the Department of Conservation.
Disclosure Category 6:
A designated employee in this category must report real
				  property that may be affected by or subject to any provisions, guidelines,
				  rules, regulations, or policies adopted, enforced or promulgated by the
				  Division of Land Resource Protection. A designated employee in this category
				  must also report all investments and business positions in, and income
				  (including gifts, loans, and travel payments) from, any source of the type that
				  may be affected by or subject to any provisions, guidelines, rules,
				  regulations, or policies adopted, enforced or promulgated by the Division of
				  Land Resource Protection. This includes, but is not limited to, sources of the
				  type that are involved in the Williamson Act program or are recipients of
				  grants from the Division of Land Resource Protection.
Disclosure Category 7:
A designated employee in this category must report all income
				  (including gifts, loans, and travel payments) from any business entity that
				  provides services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment of the type
				  used by the division in which they are employed. These employees must also
				  report all investments and business positions in any business entity that
				  provides services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment of the type
				  used by their division.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 87300 and
					 87306,
					 Government Code. Reference: Sections
					 87300-
					 87302 and
					 87306,
					 Government Code.