[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57362-57363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24348]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Minerals Management Advisory Board; Notice of Renewal/Revision

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

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.
    The purpose of the Minerals Management Advisory Board is to provide 
advice to the Secretary of the Interior and other officers of the

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Department of the Interior in the performance of discretionary 
functions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, 
including all aspects of leasing, exploration, development, and 
protection of the resources of the OCS. It also allows the Board to 
advise the Department on discretionary functions under the Federal Oil 
and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Simplification and Fairness Act, the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, and 
the mineral leasing laws for coal and other solid mineral leases.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information regarding the 
Board may be obtained from the Office of Policy and Management 
Improvement, Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, 
1849 C Street, NW., MS 4230, Washington, DC 20240-0001.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal 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 15, 2000.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-24348 Filed 9-21-00; 8:45 am]
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