[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25680]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Minerals Management Advisory Board; Notice of Renewal/Revision

    This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix). Notice is hereby 
given that the Secretary of the Interior is renewing the Minerals 
Management Advisory Board Charter and revising it to reflect minor 
membership changes in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy 
Committee. The charter also disestablishes the Gulf of Mexico Offshore 
Advisory Committee and establishes the Alaska OCS Region Offshore 
Advisory Committee.
    The purpose of the Minerals Management Advisory Board is to provide 
advice to the Secretary of the Interior and other officers of the 
Department in the performance of discretionary functions of the OCS 
Lands Act, as amended, including all aspects of leasing, exploration, 
development, and protection of the resources of the OCS. The Board also 
advises the Department on discretionary functions under the Federal Oil 
and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996, and the 
mineral leasing laws for coal and other solid mineral leases.
    Further information regarding the Committee may be obtained from 
the Chief, Office of Advisory Board Support, Minerals Management 
Service, Department of the Interior, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, 
Virginia 20170.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal and revision of the Minerals 
Management Advisory Board Charter is in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department of 
the Interior by 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. and 30 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.

    Dated: September 26, 1996.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-25680 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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