With numerous moves to overcome the economic crisis, some new problems will have to be contained. Positive measures from the government of Indonesia are being taken in this regard. For instance, the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued a Standard Operating Procedure on the transfer of mining supervision from the Central Government to the decentralized regions. In the Government Regulation (PP #75, 2001) it is clearly stated that all contracts sianed prior to the issuance of Law # 22, 1999 on Regional Autonomy, will continue to be administered by the Central Government. New mining contracts will be administered through the now empowered regional governments with full ccistance of the Central Government. A "Task Force" has been set up by the inister of Energy and Mineral Resources to assist in transferring mineral title technology and mining administration to the decentralized regions.