February 19 2004




Mr. Payer,




I am formally requesting that Mr. Johannes response be reviewed by that

Attorney Generals office to make sure it complies with Minnesota statutes.




Sincerely,

John Reynolds

Midwest Fish and Crayfish










----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Ron Payer" <ron.payer@dnr.state.mn.us>

To: <johnrey@uslink.net>

Cc: <fishes@brainerd.net>; "John Guenther" <john.guenther@dnr.state.mn.us>

Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:52 PM

Subject: Re: license violation







Mr. Reynolds-Mr. Johannes will be working on answering your concerns in

this e-mail and in the one you sent directly to him.




Ronald D. Payer

Fisheries Section Chief

MN DNR

500 Lafayette Road

St. Paul, MN  55155-4012

Phone:  (651) 297-4098

Fax:       (651) 297-4916







>>> "John" <johnrey@uslink.net> 2/17/2004 8:36:41 AM >>>

February 17 2004










Mr. Payer,




I am giving you a heads up in hopes that you will head off a problem before it develops.

Your staff is about to violate state statute again.  I am referring to my fish farm license. 

I noticed on the renewal that the mussel species I requested in 2001 are not on my license.  

According to state statute MS 15.99 the DNR has 60 to either approve or deny a license.  After 60

days the license is automatically granted.  If additional information was needed the DNR had

10 days to request additional information.




Should Fisheries continue to deny those species for all of my ponds I expect to receive 

documentation showing that the 60 day and 10 day limit clearly stated in MS 15.99 were not violated.




Thank you for your attention to this matter.




Sincerely,

John Reynolds

Midwest Fish and Crayfish

26385 County Road 3

Merrifield MN 56465

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