[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1747]


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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 (Department) 
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 tenth meeting, the Committee will elect a 
Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Parliamentarian, and consider 
revised by-laws. The Phosphate, Trona and Leaseable Solid Minerals; 
Coal; Accounting Relief for Marginal Properties; and Freedom of 
Information Act Subcommittees will also present interim reports. The 
Minerals Management Service (MMS) will be prepared to discuss Royalty 
in Kind pilots, Royalty Management Program's reengineering overview and 
Operational Models, MMS's Strategic Plan for 2001-2005, and the April 
Award Ceremony.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on Friday, February 4, 2000, 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. Central Standard time.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel, 
12400 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, Texas 77060, telephone number (713) 
875-1652.

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: January 18, 2000.
R. Dale Fazio,
Acting Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 00-1747 Filed 1-25-00; 8:45 am]
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