[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40718-40719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19425]


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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 (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior established a Royalty Policy 
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, allottee 
organizations, minerals industry associations, the general public, and 
Federal departments. At this thirteenth meeting, the committee will 
again consider minority and majority reports on sodium/potassium draft

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valuation regulations. The Coal and Accounting Relief for Marginal 
Properties Subcommittees will also present reports. A discussion will 
be held on the appeals process. MMS will present reports on coal waste 
piles, program reengineering, RIK operations, and the Wyoming and Texas 
Section 8g royalty-in-kind pilot evaluations. Panels comprised of MMS 
and guest presenters will discuss topical energy issues such as 
proposed energy bills and the Administration's National Energy Policy, 
and the status of MMS's new financial management system.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2001, 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 
360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado, telephone number (303) 987-
2000 or (720) 963-2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gary 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) 231-3780, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The location and dates of future meetings 
will be published in the Federal Register and posted on the Internet at 
www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm. The meetings will be open to 
the public without advance 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. Fields at the email or mailing 
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 
Transcripts of committee meetings will be available 2 weeks after each 
meeting for public inspection and copying at MMS, Building 85, Denver 
Federal Center, Denver, Colorado. Meeting minutes will be posted on the 
Internet at www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm approximately 1 
month after the meeting. These meetings are being held under the 
authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 5 
U.S.C. Appendix 1, and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-
63, revised.

    Dated: July 20, 2001.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 01-19425 Filed 8-2-01; 8:45 am]
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