[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50102-50103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24087]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Federal Oil and Gas Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Programs

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent; notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) hereby gives notice that 
it is extending the public comment period on a Notice of Intent that 
was published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1999 (64 FR 37809), 
in connection with MMS's royalty-in-kind projects. The Notice of Intent 
addressed practices to which MMS plans to adhere in exercising the 
options available to the Secretary of the Interior to take the 
government's royalty share of production in kind from Federal oil and 
gas leases. In response to industry requests for additional time to 
submit comments, MMS will extend the comment period 14 days, from 
September 13 to September 27.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any 
one of several methods. You may mail comments to Bonn Macy, Special 
Assistant to the Director, Minerals Management Service, 1849 C Street, 
NW., MS 4230, Washington, DC 20225. You may also comment via the 
Internet (E-mail) to Bonn.M[email protected]. Please submit Internet comments 
as a WordPerfect 6.0 or an MS Word 97 document (earlier versions of 
these formats are acceptable) avoiding the use of special characters 
and any form of encryption. Please also include your name and return 
address and phone number in your Internet message. If you do not 
receive a confirmation from the system that we have received your 
Internet message, contact Bonn Macy directly at (202) 208-3827.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonn Macy, Special Assistant to the 
Director, Minerals Management Service, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 4230,

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Washington, DC 20225, telephone number (202) 208-3827.

    Dated: September 10, 1999.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Associate Director for Policy and Management Improvement.
[FR Doc. 99-24087 Filed 9-14-99; 8:45 am]
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