[Federal Register: September 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Royalty Policy Committee of the Minerals Management Advisory
Board; Notice and Agenda for Meeting
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Royalty Policy Committee of the Minerals Management
Advisory Board will meet at the
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Sheraton Denver West Hotel in Lakewood, Colorado.
DATES: Tuesday, October 22, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 360 Union Boulevard,
Lakewood, Colorado, 80228, telephone (303) 987-2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gary Fields, Royalty Policy
Committee Coordinator, Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 300B3, Denver, CO 80225-0165, telephone
(303) 231-3102, fax (303) 231-3781, email gary.fields@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior established a
Royalty Policy Committee on the Minerals Management Advisory Board to
provide advice on the Department's 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 15th meeting, the committee will elect a Parliamentarian
and receive subcommittee reports on sodium/potassium, coal, and
marginal properties. Previous committee recommendations on the appeals
process will be discussed with the MMS Director. The MMS will present
reports on financial management, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and
the royalty-in-kind initiatives. The MMS will provide an update if new
Energy Legislation is passed by Congress, and the Committee will
discuss the possibility of forming a subcommittee to study potential
implications of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision on an
offshore natural gas pipeline system handling Gulf of Mexico
production.
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 are open to
the public without advance 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 Mr. Fields at
the mailing address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. Transcripts of committee meetings will be available 2 weeks
after each meeting for public inspection and copying at MMS's Minerals
Revenue Management, Building 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 5 weeks after the
meeting.
Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 5
U.S.C. Appendix 1, and Office of Management and Budget Circular No.
A-63, revised.
Dated: August 28, 2002.
Cathy J. Hamilton,
Acting Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 02-23145 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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