[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12809-12810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4831]


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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 our 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 twelfth meeting, the Committee will consider minority and 
majority reports on Sodium/Potassium draft valuation regulations and 
reports from the Coal and Accounting Relief for Marginal Properties 
subcommittees. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will present 
reports on offshore Gulf of Mexico activities, program reengineering, 
and the Wyoming Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Evaluation. Guest presenters will 
discuss the new Administration's priorities and pending energy related 
legislation.

DATES: The meeting will be held on: Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 
500 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, telephone number, (504) 
525-2500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary L. Fields, Royalty Policy 
Committee Coordinator, Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management 
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 300B3, Denver, CO 80225-0165, telephone 
number (303) 231-3102, fax number (303) 231-3781, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The location and dates of future meetings 
will be published in the Federal Register and posted on our Internet 
site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov//Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm. The meetings 
will be open to the public without advanced registration on a space 
available basis. 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 Gary L. Fields at the e-
mail or mailing address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section. Transcripts of Committee meetings will be available two weeks 
after each meeting for public inspection and copying at MMS's Minerals 
Revenue Management, Building No. 85, Denver Federal Center, Denver, 
Colorado. Meeting minutes will be posted on our Internet site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov//Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm about one month after the 
meeting.
    These meetings are conducted under the authority of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. appendix 1) and Office 
of Management and Budget (Circular No. A-63, revised).


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    Dated: February 16, 2001.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 01-4831 Filed 2-27-01; 8:45 am]
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