[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5087]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice of Consultation Meeting

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of consultation meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that MMS will hold a meeting to consult 
with industry before setting up criteria to implement a 
disqualification provision in the proposed rule on Postlease Operations 
Safety, published on February 13, 1998 (63 FR 7335). A new regulation 
has been proposed to provide criteria that MMS will consider, 
individually or collectively, in evaluating whether to disqualify 
operators with repeat poor safety performance. MMS may also disapprove 
or revoke a company's status as a designated operator.

DATES: MMS will hold the meeting on March 24, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. to 
12 noon at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section. 
Preregistration will be held at 7:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Crown Hotel, 15700 JFK Blvd., Houston, Texas 77032, 
telephone: (713) 442-5100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dough Slitor, Performance and Safety Branch at (703) 787-1591.

    Dated: February 23, 1998.
E.P. Danenberger,
Cheif, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 98-5087 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]
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