FOR RELEASE: April 4, 1995                   CONTACT:  Lee Scurry
                                                   (202) 208-3983

                             PRESS ADVISORY


     For more information on the devolution of the U.S.
Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS),
copies of The State of Wyoming's Proposal to Implement a Federal
Royalty Collections Program and the Clinton Administration's
Proposal to Devolve the Responsibilities of the MMS will be made
available beginning Wednesday, April 5.  To receive a copy, call
the MMS Communications and Government Affairs Office at (202)
208-3983.


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