[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25804]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Minerals Management Advisory Board; Notice of Renewal Revision

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, DOI.

ACTION: Minerals Management Advisory Board notice of renewal/revision.

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SUMMARY: 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 Royalty Policy Committee and the Alaska 
Outer Continental Shelf Region Offshore Advisory Committee. The charter 
for the OCS Scientific Committee is expanded to include the OCS Sand 
and Gravel Program.
    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 Management Act of 1982, the Geothermal Steam Act of 
1970, the mineral leasing laws for coal and other solid mineral leases.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Further information regarding the Committee may be obtained from Terry 
Holman, Program Management Officer, Minerals Management Service, 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.

Certification of Statement

    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 21, 1998.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-25804 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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