[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34225]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice and Agenda for Meeting of the Royalty Policy Committee of 
the Minerals Management Advisory Board

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of the Interior has 
established a Royalty Policy Committee (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 eighth meeting, the Minerals Management Service 
will be prepared to discuss the OIG report on Net Receipts Sharing, the 
Committee's recommendations on Lessee/Designee issue, the Royalty-in-
Kind Pilot, Reengineering Operational Models, Joint Ventures Paper, 
Annual Performance Reviews, and the Marginal Properties Accounting 
Relief Rule. The Committee will also consider progress reports by the 
active subcommittees.

DATES: The meeting will be held on: Wednesday, January 20, 1999, 8:30 
a.m.-4:00 p.m. Mountain time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Denver West, 360 
Union Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, telephone number (303) 987-
2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gary L. Fields, Chief, Program 
Services Office, Royalty Management Program, Minerals Management 
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 3062, Denver, CO 80225-0165, telephone 
number (303) 231-3102, fax number (303) 231-3781.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The location and dates of future meetings 
will be published in the Federal Register. The meetings will be open to 
the public without advanced registration. Public attendance may be 
limited to the space available. Members of 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. Gary L. Fields, at the address 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Minutes of 
Committee meetings will be available 10 days following each meeting for 
public inspection and copying at the Royalty Management Program, 
Building No. 85, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado.
    These meetings are being held by the authority of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1, and 
Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-63, revised.

    Dated: December 21, 1998.
R. Dale Fazio,
Acting Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 98-34225 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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