[Federal Register: August 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 165)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Notice and Agenda for Meeting of the Royalty Policy Committee
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the September 18, 2008, meeting of the
Royalty Policy Committee (RPC). Agenda items for the meeting of the RPC
will include remarks from the Director, MMS, and the Associate
Director, Minerals Revenue Management (MRM); a status report on the
Department of Interior's implementation of recommendations from the RPC
Subcommittee on Royalty Management; and a presentation on the Royalty
in Kind (RIK) Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report. The agenda also includes
a briefing on a recent Office of Inspector General Evaluation of the
RIK oil sales process; an update on the MRM Compliance Program; status
reports on the rulemakings for Indian Oil Valuation and Advanced
Royalty for Coal; and updates from the Oil and Gas Valuation, Oil and
Gas Royalty Reporting, and RIK Subcommittees. The RPC membership
includes representation from states, Indian Tribes, various mineral
interests, the public-at-large (with knowledge and interest in royalty
issues), and other Federal departments.
DATES: Thursday, September 18, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Mountain Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel,
360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado,
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telephone number 303-987-2000 or 1-800-325-3535.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Dan, Minerals Revenue Management,
Minerals Management Service; PO Box 25165, MS 300B2, Denver, Colorado
80225-0165; telephone number (303) 231-3392, fax number (303) 231-3780;
e-mail gina.dan@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RPC provides advice to the Secretary and
top Department officials on minerals policy, operational issues, and
the performance of discretionary functions under the laws governing the
Department's management of Federal and Indian mineral leases and
revenues. The RPC reviews and comments on revenue management and other
mineral-related policies and provides a forum to convey views
representative of mineral lessees, operators, revenue payors, revenue
recipients, governmental agencies, and the interested public. The
location and dates of future meetings will be published in the Federal
Register and posted on our Internet site at http://www.mms.gov/mmab/
RoyaltyPolicyCommittee/rpc_homepage.htm.
Meetings are 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 RPC for its consideration. Please submit copies of these written
statements to Ms. Dan by September 9, 2008. Transcripts of this meeting
will be available for public inspection and copying at our offices in
Building 85 on the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado. The MMS
will post the minutes on our Internet site.
These meetings are conducted under the authority of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 1) and the
Office of Management and Budget (Circular No. A-63, revised).
Dated: August 20, 2008.
Richard J. Adamski,
Acting Associate Director, Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. E8-19649 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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