[Federal Register: February 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Notice and Agenda for Meeting of the Royalty Policy Committee of
the Minerals Management Advisory Board
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of the Interior has
established a Royalty Policy Committee (Committee) on the Minerals
Management Advisory Board to provide advice on our management of
Federal and Indian minerals leases, revenues, and other minerals
related policies. Committee membership includes representatives from
States, Indian Tribes and allottee organizations, minerals industry
associations, the general public, and Federal departments.
At this twelfth meeting, the Committee will consider minority and
majority reports on Sodium/Potassium draft valuation regulations and
reports from the Coal and Accounting Relief for Marginal Properties
subcommittees. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will present
reports on offshore Gulf of Mexico activities, program reengineering,
and the Wyoming Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Evaluation. Guest presenters will
discuss the new Administration's priorities and pending energy related
legislation.
DATES: The meeting will be held on: Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel,
500 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, telephone number, (504)
525-2500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary L. Fields, Royalty Policy
Committee Coordinator, Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 300B3, Denver, CO 80225-0165, telephone
number (303) 231-3102, fax number (303) 231-3781, e-mail
gary.fields@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The location and dates of future meetings
will be published in the Federal Register and posted on our Internet
site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov//Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm. The meetings
will be open to the public without advanced registration on a space
available basis. The public may make statements during the meetings, to
the extent time permits, and file written statements with the Committee
for its consideration.
Written statements should be submitted to Gary L. Fields at the e-
mail or mailing address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. Transcripts of Committee meetings will be available two weeks
after each meeting for public inspection and copying at MMS's Minerals
Revenue Management, Building No. 85, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Colorado. Meeting minutes will be posted on our Internet site at http:/
/www.mrm.mms.gov//Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm about one month after the
meeting.
These meetings are conducted under the authority of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. appendix 1) and Office
of Management and Budget (Circular No. A-63, revised).
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Dated: February 16, 2001.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 01-4831 Filed 2-27-01; 8:45 am]
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